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RocketChat vs Zulip: 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, Zulip is detailed as "Powerful open source team chat". Zulip is powerful, open source team chat that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded conversations Zulip allows busy managers and others in meetings all day to participate in their teams chats..
RocketChat and Zulip can be categorized as "Group Chat & Notifications" tools.
"Open source " is the top reason why over 65 developers like RocketChat, while over 57 developers mention "Open source" as the leading cause for choosing Zulip.
RocketChat and Zulip are both open source tools. RocketChat with 23.3K GitHub stars and 5K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Zulip with 10.1K GitHub stars and 3.11K GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, RocketChat has a broader approval, being mentioned in 34 company stacks & 12 developers stacks; compared to Zulip, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 9 developer stacks.
Mattermost sports higher performance, uses Postgres, is a pure server side application not using up too much of system resources on the client side, and gives an overall enterprise grade impression in general.
Updates go smooth without a hassle, everything is organised logically, and the integration with the OS is absolutely stable. Apart from that, the underlying runtimes and code are mature, proven and stable.
The developers are maybe a bit more cautious in regard to introducing new features, but they maintain a stable experience, not breaking the codebase in order to hastily implement bells and whistles, which are not yet ready for production. Documentation and debugging are fantastic, so running this in enterprise production environment is absolutely approved of.
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.
Pros of RocketChat
- Open source72
- Can be deployed on premise38
- Byos (bring your own server)32
- Faster than Slack30
- Mobile app for iphone, ipad, and ipod touch21
- Built using meteor19
- Desktop client for mac and windows19
- Easily deployed on Cloud Services (Heroku, etc)13
- Screen Sharing10
- Video and audio9
- Excellent support & service, bar-none9
- Web client6
- Amazing product, fast moving development, and BYOS5
- Multiple Security integrations - LDAP etc5
- Docker Image for easy setup5
- Open source5
- Mobile app for android phone, tablet, and tv stick5
- Datacontrol4
- Great development team4
- Free4
- Love it - running on R Pi 22
- Open source server2
- Broadcast & Readonly channels1
- Slack bridge1
- Linux Client Support1
- Flexible Integrations1
- Ldap integration1
- Threading model0
Pros of Zulip
- Open source63
- Great Community47
- Extensive developer documentation40
- Powered by Python38
- Clean & Smooth UI34
- Full text search26
- Dozens of integrations25
- Threading model23
- On-premise deployment21
- Fully internationalized16
- Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android)11
- Its very good forsearching and chatting with topics4
- Awesome open source alternative to Slack3
- Runs very well3
- Very Nice2
- LDAP Integration1
- Mobile Push Notification1
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Cons of RocketChat
- No full markdown support1
- Mobile app in Enterprise version only1
- Many basic features require plugins1
- Visioconference support is external1
- No screen recorder1
- Few options for user customization1
- Limited message history on SaaS1
- Poor user customization1
- Hard to upgrade1
- Not as well-known as others like it1
Cons of Zulip
- Integration with most of well known services1
- The interface require a lot of overhaul0
