Discord 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 iPad FreeBSD Voice Call Share your screen Ad-free Chat Bot ... Free voice/text servers Text chat Video calling Group chat Push to talk Custom roles Encrypted chat Low Latency Multi Channel Public groups chat Reactions Browser based Camera capturing Channel manager Community based Dedicated Server Hosting Development API Direct Messaging Specific for Gaming Group Voice Chat In-app server browser In-Game Overlay Interface Overlay Low bandwidth usage Low memory usage Night mode Permission system Persistent Chat Photo Sharing Positional audio Responsive design Apps for Sharing Files Single Sign-On Supports Multiple Platforms Team Collaboration Webcam overlays Youtube Gaming Integration Add a feature 528 Like At least Discord allows us to choose our username. Guest • Aug 2017 • 11 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Better call quality, better group management, better design. Guest • Feb 2017 • 16 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree Functionality of teamspeak but with the ease of access and clean design better than skype. Guest • Feb 2016 • 11 agrees and 5 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 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Skype is an ad-infested near-discontinued garbage software. Discord is actively updated for everyone's preferences, and is customizable and useable. Guest • Jan 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Overall better experience than with Skype. yd7fdf548b • Feb 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree A lot of the features with none of the lag/problems. Guest • Jun 2017 • 2 agrees and 3 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 • 2 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree it's more secure and less laggy than skype Guest • Dec 2016 • 4 agrees and 5 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 3 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 3 disagrees 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 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Fantastic voice call, video call and chat client. Highly recommend. SiNevesh • Nov 2017 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Not owned by Microsoft, has fully functional video and voice chat. ncodex • Dec 2017 • 0 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 4 disagrees Disagree Agree No ads, way better connection and quality Guest • Apr 2017 • 1 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree
Telegram 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 Stickers Cloud sync Lightweight Encrypted chat ... Built-in File transfer Chat Bot End-to-end encryption Group chat Voice Call Ad-free Multi Device Support Persistent History Privacy Protection Public groups chat Secret chats Security focused Apps for Sharing Files Anonymous Secure Filesharing Built-in Photo editor Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls GPS Location Tracking IFTTT integration In-Game Overlay Messages in cloud Multiple languages Multiple Account support Works Offline Based on phone number Photo Sharing Portable Push to talk Search by tags Self destructing messages Large File Transfer Share Videos Sync across Devices Support for Themes Video calling Voice messages Add a feature 1093 Like Skype needs ID for login while all these need network numbers Guest • Sep 2017 • 8 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Clear voice calls, OTR encrypted. Lightest on resources. Multiplatform native client app, not like others. Guest • Oct 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Super fast, stable, lightweight. Everything Skype is not. liqube • Aug 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree So many more options and it's end-to-end encrypted :) Guest • Jun 2017 • 4 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree
Tox 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 Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Privacy focused ... Built-in player End-to-end encryption Share your screen Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Group chat Peer-To-Peer Point-to-point encryption Texting Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 377 Like It is completely decentralized, open source, you can freely choose your client (from terminal, over Windows, to iOS) beatrupp • Mar 2017 • 11 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Decentralized, Secure, Open-source, fast to setup, no ads. bumba • Mar 2017 • 10 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree free for most of the feature. But no group chat yet, and difficult to sync between multiple devices. Guest • Jun 2018 Disagree Agree You cannot setup your microphone properly on any of the major clients. Useless Guest • Aug 2017 • 2 agrees and 21 disagrees Disagree Agree
Slack 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 Windows S BSD Apple Watch Electron / Atom Shell Group chat Group collaboration Multi Channel Team Collaboration ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions App integration Channel manager IFTTT integration Support for @mentions Onboarding Out Of The Box Reactions Real time collaboration Apps for Sharing Files Team work Voice Call Add a feature 618 Like With the new VOIP it has replaced Skype in our office. Ola • Sep 2016 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Prefer it to Skype in a Commercial environment TNovak • Jan 2017 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
Signal 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 Security focused Texting ... Encrypted calls Encrypted Connection Self destructing messages Video calling Voice Call Built-in File transfer Color coding Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Group chat Mobile friendly Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number Privacy focused Privacy Protection Private messaging File Sending Voice messages Add a feature 375 Like End-to-end encryption and servers do not log data. Guest • Apr 2017 • 8 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure, encrypted, not owned by Microsoft or Facebook, keeps your data safe. patrykmilhouse • Oct 2017 • 6 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
Wire 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 Personal $ $ $ 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 Secure File Sharing Video calling Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature 173 Like Great security, open source, video calls, responsive developers. Guest • Apr 2016 • 10 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Group audio calls with screen sharing functionality, open source, nice UI. svenjost • Oct 2016 • 8 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 • 5 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 • Dec 2017 • 1 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree
Mumble 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 Lightweight Ad-free Channel manager Chat Bot ... Dedicated Server Hosting Development API Encrypted chat Specific for Gaming In-Game Overlay Portable Positional audio Push to talk Add a feature 368 Like Communication more lightweight due to new opus codec when communicating Guest • Aug 2015 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Completely open source, very high quality Guest • Nov 2016 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Lightweight high quality audio chat. Self-hosted and encrypted, so your communications are private. Guest • Feb 2018 Disagree Agree Mumble requires a server. Skype is end-to-end Guest • Mar 2016 • 3 agrees and 21 disagrees Disagree Agree
WhatsApp Messenger WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for... Free Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... S60 Blackberry Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone Blackberry 10 Android Wear Kindle Fire End-to-end encryption Built-in File transfer Encrypted chat Group chat ... Java IDE Mobile friendly Based on phone number Video calling Voice messages Add a feature 621 Like Skype is know from doing calls & videoconference, specially on the desktop. WhatsApp is implementing now the calling feature, but not all the users have it. They don't have videochat support and is not available on desktop (well, we have WhatsApp Web, but only is a remote controller with a few funcionality: nothing about caling or videochat). EliasNS • Mar 2015 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree To use the web or PC/Mac version of Whatsapp, an existing instance on a mobile phone or tablet is required. Skype, Viber and most other alternatives listed here can be used independently (and in some cases, even transfer calls between devices). Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Skype and Whatsapp can be both used on mobile as a text chat Danilo_Venom • Sep 2016 • 3 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree WhatsApp does not have a video call option Guest • Jun 2016 • 2 agrees and 11 disagrees Disagree Agree
Jitsi 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 Support for Multiple protocols ... Multiple Account support OTR Video calling WebRTC Add a feature 278 Like 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 • 5 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 • 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 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees 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 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree The free service is immediate to use, with no installation nor plugins. Guest • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Both really easy to use and properly secure (e2e, etc). patitsas • Feb 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
Riot.im 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 Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone iPad Self-Hosted Chrome Safari F-Droid Firefox End-to-end encryption Decentralized Group chat Matrix.org protocol ... Video calling Voice Call Built-in File transfer Community based Custom widgets DRM Free Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group collaboration MarkDown support File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Team Collaboration Video calling Add a feature 172 Like It's like Skype but has open groups like Teamspeak and it has unlimited fileupload. Thanks to a server to server structure, everyone can text everyone. MasteLrugarius • Nov 2016 Disagree Agree Free, opensource and encrypted, with federation support and can be hosted on your servers. Murz • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
Mattermost Mattermost is an open source, self-hosted Slack alternative. As an alternative to proprietary SaaS messaging, Mattermost brings... Freemium $ $ $ 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 Privacy Protection Slack integration Supports XMPP Add a feature 129 Like
Ring 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 ... Share your screen Video calling Add a feature 96 Like Not only is it free and open, they also do not record all your private conversations and use it against you. As a trial in New Zealand has shown, it also does not spy on your computer like Skype does and does not insert itself into everything. Guest • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree
Viber 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 Call Transfer Group chat Hidden chat Multiple languages ... Push to talk Secret chats Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 296 Like Nearly all features that Skype offers plus CALL TRANSFERS from one device to another. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree had no problems until now and really high security standards walkerrobin79 • Jul 2018 Disagree Agree
Linphone 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 102 Like Allows voice, video and text converstaions Guest • Jan 2016 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
TeamSpeak 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 165 Like Self-hosted, privacy, encrypted, free license for 32 slots Guest • Jun 2018 Disagree Agree
