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25 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

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  • Courier logo

    Courier

    Notification infrastructure API for sending messages across channels

    Free
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Disciple logo

    Disciple

    White-label community apps published under your own brand on iOS, Android and web

    From £599/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Flock logo

    Flock

    Organized team communication platform

    Free plan, then $5/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +2

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Gupshup logo

    Gupshup

    Conversational messaging and CPaaS with a flat platform fee stacked on top of Meta per-message rates

    From $0.001/message
    • Web
    • API
    7 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Kakao Work logo

    Kakao Work

    Korean business messaging built on the KakaoTalk interface for domestic enterprise teams

    Free plan, then 2,400/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +2
    5 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • KakaoTalk logo

    KakaoTalk

    The default messaging app in South Korea, bundled with payments, taxi hailing and other Kakao services

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Windows
    • +2

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Lark logo

    Lark

    The super app for team collaboration

    Free plan, then $12/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +3

    4 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • Line logo

    Line

    Messaging app that dominates Japan, Taiwan and Thailand, now run by LY Corporation under joint SoftBank and Naver ownership

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Windows
    • +2

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • LINE WORKS logo

    LINE WORKS

    Business chat built on the LINE interface, aimed at Japanese firms whose staff and customers already use LINE

    Free plan, then 450/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +2
    5 integrations

    4 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Loom logo

    Loom

    Record instantly, share anywhere

    Free plan, then $18/mo
    • Web

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Messenger logo

    Messenger

    Meta's standalone messaging app for Facebook, with end to end encryption on by default since 2023

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Web

    1 alternative · 3 questions answered

  • Microsoft Teams logo

    Microsoft Teams

    Meet, chat, call, and collaborate in just one place

    Free plan, then $4/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +2
    5 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Naver Works logo

    Naver Works

    Korean and Japanese business messaging with mail, drive and approval workflows in one licence

    Free plan, then 3,000/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +2
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Novu logo

    Novu

    Open-source notification infrastructure for multi-channel messaging

    Free plan, then $30/mo
    • Web
    • API

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • S

    Sessions

    Meetings and webinars with a prepared agenda, interactive blocks and a recorded outcome

    Free
    • Web
    8 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Slack logo

    Slack

    Where work happens

    Free plan, then $7.25/mo
    • Web
    • iOS
    • Android
    • +3
    6 integrationsPart of Salesforce

    2 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Telegram logo

    Telegram

    Pure instant messaging — simple, fast, secure, and synced across all your devices

    Free plan, then $4.99/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +3

    4 alternatives · 1 question answered

  • Twist logo

    Twist

    Distraction-free team communication

    Free plan, then $6/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +2

    4 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Viber logo

    Viber

    Messaging app with its strongest user base in Eastern Europe and the Philippines, owned by Japans Rakuten

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Windows
    • +2

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • V

    Vowel

    AI-powered meetings that make everyone more productive

    Free plan, then $16.49/mo
    • Web
    • macOS
    • Windows

    4 alternatives · 1 limitation documented

  • Webex by Cisco logo

    Webex by Cisco

    A simpler, smarter way to work

    Free plan, then $13.5/mo
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +3

    4 alternatives · 1 limitation documented

  • WeChat logo

    WeChat

    Chinese super-app combining messaging, payments, mini programs and identity, effectively required infrastructure in mainland China

    Free
    • iOS
    • Android
    • Windows
    • +2

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • WhatsApp logo

    WhatsApp

    Simple. Reliable. Private.

    Free
    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • +2
    Part of Meta Platforms, Inc.

    4 alternatives · 2 questions answered

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How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

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