416 Like Discord Good alternative? YES NO All-in-one voice, video and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone BSD FreeBSD Share your screen Text chat Voice Call Ad-free ... Chat Bot Push to talk Custom roles Encrypted chat Low Latency Multi Channel Reactions Video calling Browser based app Channel manager Communities Feature Dedicated Server Hosting Development API Direct Messaging Free voice/text servers Specific for Gaming Group chat In-app server browser Interface Overlay Low bandwidth usage Low memory usage Night mode Permission system Persistent Chat Photo Sharing Positional audio Public groups chat Share files Single Sign-On Team Collaboration Add a feature Better call quality, better group management, better design. Guest • Feb 2017 • 9 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Functionality of teamspeak but with the ease of access and clean design better than skype. Guest • Feb 2016 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree At least Discord allows us to choose our username. Guest • Aug 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree The most optimal alternative. Better way of organizing groups and starting voice calls. No video calls or screensharing yet, however those features seem to be coming very soon. Guest • Oct 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree it's more secure and less laggy than skype Guest • Dec 2016 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Fantastic voice call, video call and chat client. Highly recommend. SiNevesh • Nov 2017 Disagree Agree Not owned by Microsoft, has fully functional video and voice chat. ncodex • Dec 2017 Disagree Agree Not even a bit of CPU is used. It's great for gaming, free, and NO ADS. LouieK22 • Sep 2016 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree A lot of the features with none of the lag/problems. Guest • Jun 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Interface is unique, slim design. It is faster than skype for mobile version, skype is always buggy! Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Discord is cleaner than skype, has IP and DDoS protection, and great communities form on Discord. Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree I've never found a desktop messaging software that works half as good and stably as Discordapp on a web browser. So much that I couldn't be bother to even try the Windows software.... I use the APP on my Droid, which is every bit as good and yet unbeatable from any other messaging service that I tried. Also excellent for rapid file and image (full quality) droppings. m80116 • Sep 2016 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree 100% free and no ads, beautiful, modern, intuitive, can be used for 2 users to 10k users. Just perfect. dada1134 • Jul 2017 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree No ads, way better connection and quality Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree
938 Like Telegram Good alternative? YES NO Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free. It is like SMS, but more powerful. . Free Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile Android iPhone Blackberry ... Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear PortableApps.com FreeBSD Built-in File transfer Lightweight Stickers Ad-free ... Encrypted chat End-to-end encryption Group chat Persistent History Share files Voice Call Chat Bot Cloud sync Encrypted calls GPS Location Tracking IFTTT integration In-Game Overlay Messages in cloud Multi Device Support Works Offline Based on phone number Photo Sharing Portable Linux Privacy protection Public groups chat Push to talk Search by tags Self destructing messages Send Big files Share Videos Support for Themes Video calling Voice messages Add a feature Skype needs ID for login while all these need network numbers Guest • Sep 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Clear voice calls, OTR encrypted. Lightest on resources. Multiplatform native client app, not like others. Guest • Oct 2017 Disagree Agree Super fast, stable, lightweight. Everything Skype is not. liqube • Aug 2017 Disagree Agree So many more options and it's end-to-end encrypted :) Guest • Jun 2017 • 2 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree
336 Like Tox Good alternative? YES NO Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet BSD Decentralized Built-in player Encrypted chat Security focused ... Video calling Ad-free Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption End-to-end encryption Group chat Peer-To-Peer Privacy focused Texting Add a feature It is completely decentralized, open source, you can freely choose your client (from terminal, over Windows, to iOS) beatrupp • Mar 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Decentralized, Secure, Open-source, fast to setup, no ads. bumba • Mar 2017 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree You cannot setup your microphone properly on any of the major clients. Useless Guest • Aug 2017 • 0 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree
549 Like Slack Good alternative? YES NO Slack brings all your communication together in one place. It's real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams. Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone BSD Apple Watch ... Electron / Atom Shell Group chat Group collaboration Team Collaboration Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Multi Channel App integration Channel manager IFTTT integration Support for @mentions Onboarding Out Of The Box Reactions Real time collaboration Share files Team work Voice Call Add a feature With the new VOIP it has replaced Skype in our office. Ola • Sep 2016 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Prefer it to Skype in a Commercial environment TNovak • Jan 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
351 Like Mumble Good alternative? YES NO Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux iPhone BSD iPad PortableApps.com Ad-free Channel manager Chat Bot Development API ... Encrypted chat Specific for Gaming In-Game Overlay Positional audio Push to talk Add a feature
297 Like Signal Good alternative? YES NO TextSecure and RedPhone have been merged to create Signal! Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Chrome End-to-end encryption Encrypted chat Texting Video calling ... Voice Call Built-in File transfer Color coding Encrypted calls Encrypted Connection Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Group chat Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number Privacy protection Private messaging Security focused Self destructing messages Send files Voice messages Add a feature End-to-end encryption and servers do not log data. Guest • Apr 2017 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure, encrypted, not owned by Microsoft or Facebook, keeps your data safe. patrykmilhouse • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
132 Like Wire Good alternative? YES NO Wire is a secure and private messenger for phones, tablets and desktop. Crystal clear voice and video calls, private group chats, file sharing, audio and video messages... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad End-to-end encryption Security focused Encrypted calls Encrypted chat ... Group chat Integrated File Sharing Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Share your screen Video calling Video chat (Encrypted) Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature Great security, open source, video calls, responsive developers. Guest • Apr 2016 • 9 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Group audio calls with screen sharing functionality, open source, nice UI. svenjost • Oct 2016 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree For 1:1 or group chats or calls, it works well and it works on Linux Guest • Apr 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Good interface, available everywhere, feature rich and in active development namnodorel • Jul 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's open source, cross-platform, and free! someonelast • 11 days ago • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
257 Like Jitsi Good alternative? YES NO Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator with full end-to-end encryption that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/AIM... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android BSD End-to-end encryption Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Multiple protocols ... Multiple Account support OTR Video calling WebRTC Add a feature Does XMPP for chat, Sip for voice. I like the open federation with most XMPP accounts and it's still working as a chat client among Gmail accounts. GordonDejero • Jun 2016 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree it does everything skype does and more, including end-to-end voice and text encryption, which skype does not. Guest • Feb 2016 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Jitsi is a front-end capable of using multiple protocols. Using XMPP, it can provide text, voice, video, and screen-sharing calls as Skype would. On a server with MUP enabled, it also allows groups. File sharing may be slow, but no slower than Skype. As such, Jitsi can functionally replace Skype. Guest • Dec 2015 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Both really easy to use and properly secure (e2e, etc). patitsas • Feb 2017 Disagree Agree Nothing to install. Video. Screen-sharing. Unlimited calls and number of participants (depends only on your bandwidth). Can be installed on your own server. Private rooms with your personalized URL. Open-source. Guest • Apr 2017 Disagree Agree The free service is immediate to use, with no installation nor plugins. Guest • Nov 2017 Disagree Agree
120 Like Riot.im Good alternative? YES NO Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging... Free Open Source Linux Web Android iPhone iPad Self-Hosted Chrome Safari ... F-Droid Firefox End-to-end encryption Decentralized Matrix.org protocol Built-in File transfer ... Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group chat Group collaboration Self Hosted Feature Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Team Collaboration Video calling Voice Call Add a feature
283 Like Viber Good alternative? YES NO Viber is a mobile application that lets you make free phone calls and send text messages to anyone who also has the application installed. . Freemium Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone Windows RT Android Tablet Windows Phone ... iPad Blackberry 10 Apple Watch Group chat Multiple languages Push to talk Secret chats ... Video calling Voice Call Add a feature
78 Like Ring Good alternative? YES NO Ring is a secure and distributed voice, video and chat communication platform that requires no centralized server and leaves the power of privacy in the hands of the... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Decentralized Distributed End-to-end encryption Peer-To-Peer ... Video calling Add a feature
157 Like TeamSpeak Good alternative? YES NO TeamSpeak is a proprietary Voice over IP software that allows users to speak on a chat channel with other users, much like a telephone conference call. A TeamSpeak user... Freemium Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Decentralized Group chat Hostable In-Game Overlay ... Privacy Protected Push to talk Voice Call Add a feature
99 Like Linphone Good alternative? YES NO Linphone is an internet phone or Voice Over IP phone (VoIP). With Linphone you can communicate freely with people over the internet, with voice, video, and text instant... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile Android iPhone Android Tablet ... Windows Phone iPad Xfce Encrypted VoIP calls Video calling Add a feature Allows voice, video and text converstaions Guest • Jan 2016 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
102 Like Mattermost Good alternative? YES NO Mattermost is an open source, self-hosted Slack alternative. As an alternative to proprietary SaaS messaging, Mattermost brings... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted ... JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Cloudron Team Collaboration Data API Group chat Integrated File Sharing ... MarkDown support On-premises software Plugin API Slack integration Add a feature
60 Like Matrix.org Good alternative? YES NO Matrix is an open standard for decentralized persistent communication over IP. It can be used for decentralised group chat, WebRTC signaling, IoT-data transfer, ... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad ... Self-Hosted WebRTC Python JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Java Perl End-to-end encryption Decentralized Chat Bot Distributed ... Encrypted chat GNU/linux-libre Group chat Real time collaboration Server side history Team Collaboration WebRTC Add a feature Feature-full modern free opensource instant messaging server with federation. Murz • Aug 2017 Disagree Agree
