Larkvs
Zoom


Zoom: Video conferencing that's easy, reliable, and secure

The super app for team collaboration
As of 30 August 2026, Lark has a free plan and paid plans start at $12/month. Lark is an all-in-one collaboration suite that combines messaging, video meetings, calendars, documents, cloud storage, and workflow automation. Softwr lists it under Communication. Lark is made by ByteDance (Lark Technologies), launched in 2019, available on Web, Windows, macOS, Linux.
Overview
Lark is an all-in-one collaboration suite that combines messaging, video meetings, calendars, documents, cloud storage, and workflow automation. Developed by ByteDance, Lark offers seamless integration between its tools with features like real-time co-editing, AI-powered search, and smart scheduling. Popular in Asia Pacific, Lark is expanding globally as a Slack and Microsoft Teams alternative.
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Cross-shopped
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Zoom: Video conferencing that's easy, reliable, and secure


Microsoft Teams: Meet, chat, call, and collaborate in just one place


Loom: Record instantly, share anywhere


RingCentral Video: Connected cloud communications
Pricing
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Starter
Free
Pro
$12 /mo
Enterprise
$20 /mo
Capabilities
Team messaging
Video conferencing
Collaborative docs
Cloud storage
Calendar
Jira
Integration with Jira
GitHub
Integration with GitHub
Salesforce
Integration with Salesforce
Google Workspace
Integration with Google Workspace
Open API
Integration with Open API
ISO27001
ISO27001 security feature
SOC2
SOC2 security feature
Answered, with sources
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Lark advertises itself as a best-priced all-in-one solution with multiple pricing plans, but specific pricing tiers, costs, and features are not publicly detailed on accessible pages.
SourceBehind it
Keep looking
Meet, chat, call, and collaborate in just one place
Korean business messaging built on the KakaoTalk interface for domestic enterprise teams
Business chat built on the LINE interface, aimed at Japanese firms whose staff and customers already use LINE
Meetings and webinars with a prepared agenda, interactive blocks and a recorded outcome
Chinese super-app combining messaging, payments, mini programs and identity, effectively required infrastructure in mainland China
Korean and Japanese business messaging with mail, drive and approval workflows in one licence
Remote access and support software from Germany, used for connecting to computers anywhere
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What people switch to, and what they give up
Every tier, and where the cost actually lands
Put it head to head with anything we hold
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Chinese super-app combining messaging, payments, mini programs and identity, effectively required infrastructure in mainland China
Free to download, transaction fees on paymentsMessaging app with its strongest user base in Eastern Europe and the Philippines, owned by Japans Rakuten
Free to download, paid business messaging and out calls to landlines and mobilesMeta's standalone messaging app for Facebook, with end to end encryption on by default since 2023
Free, funded by Meta's advertising businessMessaging app that dominates Japan, Taiwan and Thailand, now run by LY Corporation under joint SoftBank and Naver ownership
Free to download, paid stickers and business messaging tiersThe default messaging app in South Korea, bundled with payments, taxi hailing and other Kakao services
Free to download, paid emoticons, gifting and business messagingConversational messaging and CPaaS with a flat platform fee stacked on top of Meta per-message rates
Per message sentKorean business messaging built on the KakaoTalk interface for domestic enterprise teams
Per user per monthWhite-label community apps published under your own brand on iOS, Android and web
Per month, flat fee with no transaction charge