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RocketChat vs Blink: What are the differences?

Developers describe RocketChat as "Open source slack alternative". Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.. On the other hand, Blink is detailed as "An all-in-one app for communication at work". It empowers and protects your most important people with the information and tools they need. Its Direct & Group Messaging means you can reach anyone, anytime, without the need for email addresses or phone numbers.

RocketChat and Blink can be categorized as "Group Chat & Notifications" tools.

Some of the features offered by RocketChat are:

  • BYOS (bring your own server)
  • Multiple Rooms
  • Direct Messages

On the other hand, Blink provides the following key features:

  • A Total Information and Communications Solution
  • The Feed
  • Micro-apps

RocketChat is an open source tool with 26.7K GitHub stars and 5.84K GitHub forks. Here's a link to RocketChat's open source repository on GitHub.

Decisions about Blink and RocketChat
Stefan Schuchlenz
CEO / CTO at DROOM! · | 5 upvotes · 148.3K views
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We chose RocketChat over other communications suites like Cliq or Slack mainly because we can self-host it on our own infrastructure. Since we have quite some projects going on which demand that we stay in touch with a lot of different stakeholders, pricing was an issue, too. With RocketChat, we have a huge set of features basically for free, RC offers apps for all major devices and systems and overall, we're very happy with it. The only downside is the limited amount of apps and integrations, but we can make due with what we have available.

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Pros of Blink
Pros of RocketChat
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    • 72
      Open source
    • 38
      Can be deployed on premise
    • 32
      Byos (bring your own server)
    • 30
      Faster than Slack
    • 21
      Mobile app for iphone, ipad, and ipod touch
    • 19
      Built using meteor
    • 19
      Desktop client for mac and windows
    • 13
      Easily deployed on Cloud Services (Heroku, etc)
    • 10
      Screen Sharing
    • 9
      Video and audio
    • 9
      Excellent support & service, bar-none
    • 6
      Web client
    • 5
      Amazing product, fast moving development, and BYOS
    • 5
      Multiple Security integrations - LDAP etc
    • 5
      Docker Image for easy setup
    • 5
      Open source
    • 5
      Mobile app for android phone, tablet, and tv stick
    • 4
      Datacontrol
    • 4
      Great development team
    • 4
      Free
    • 2
      Love it - running on R Pi 2
    • 2
      Open source server
    • 1
      Broadcast & Readonly channels
    • 1
      Slack bridge
    • 1
      Linux Client Support
    • 1
      Flexible Integrations
    • 1
      Ldap integration
    • 0
      Threading model

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    Cons of Blink
    Cons of RocketChat
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      • 1
        No full markdown support
      • 1
        Mobile app in Enterprise version only
      • 1
        Many basic features require plugins
      • 1
        Visioconference support is external
      • 1
        No screen recorder
      • 1
        Few options for user customization
      • 1
        Limited message history on SaaS
      • 1
        Poor user customization
      • 1
        Hard to upgrade
      • 1
        Not as well-known as others like it

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      What is Blink?

      It empowers and protects your most important people with the information and tools they need. Its Direct & Group Messaging means you can reach anyone, anytime, without the need for email addresses or phone numbers.

      What is RocketChat?

      Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework. It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.

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        What are some alternatives to Blink and RocketChat?
        Slack
        Imagine all your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. That’s Slack. All your messages. All your files. And everything from Twitter, Dropbox, Google Docs, Asana, Trello, GitHub and dozens of other services. All together.
        Jira
        Jira's secret sauce is the way it simplifies the complexities of software development into manageable units of work. Jira comes out-of-the-box with everything agile teams need to ship value to customers faster.
        Trello
        Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process.
        G Suite
        An integrated suite of secure, cloud-native collaboration and productivity apps. It includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet and more.
        Confluence
        Capture the knowledge that's too often lost in email inboxes and shared network drives in Confluence instead – where it's easy to find, use, and update.
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