Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Rocket Chat

new way to communicate with your team,using enterprise chat

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rocket Chat launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Rocket.Chat▲152
Your own open source Slack-like chat
2015 · rocket.chat · its alternatives →
2
Rocket.Chat for iOS▲96
Team chat software solution for iOS
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Hangouts Chat by Google▲546
Intelligent team communication
2018 · accounts.google.com · its alternatives →
4
Hangouts Chat by Google (Early Access)▲450
Bring your team together
2017 · blog.google · its alternatives →
5
Mantle Chat▲298
Collaboration platform where teams work with AI together
May 2026 · mantle.chat · its alternatives →
6
Twist 1.0▲413
More productive messaging for teams
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
Open-Source Alternative to Intercom, Drift, Zendesk, FreshChat▲417
Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. 🔥💬 - chatwoot/chatwoot
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
8
#Startup Chat▲358
The global startup community, on Slack
2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →
9
Stride▲527
Atlassian's new group messaging and video meeting platform
2017 · its alternatives →
10
Front Chat▲300
The simplest way for teams to manage website chat
2017 · front.com · its alternatives →
11
RocketChatLauncher▲6
The best open source team chat app, with no servers or code.
2017 · its alternatives →
12
Conversations by Thursday▲466
Time for new social rituals for your remote team
2022 · thursday.social · its alternatives →
13
SpatialChat 3.0▲505
All-in-one space for collaboration, all-hands and networking
2022 · spatial.chat · its alternatives →
14
Buzz▲161
Your people, your agents, your project — all in one place
Jul 2026 · buzz.xyz · its alternatives →
15
ChatGPT Team▲448
A customized, superassistant for every member of your team
2024 · openai.com · its alternatives →
16
Hyphen▲128
Chat with teams outside your company
2017 · hyphenapp.com · its alternatives →
17
Teamhub.com▲237
Hey HN, We've just launched our team collaboration platform where we're bringing together all the important tools under one app. We've been frustrated in the past with tools which had a huge disconnect between projects and chat. It always inevitably leads to teams using external chat apps for "project management" and then abandoning the main tools altogether. We're creating tools we hope teams will stick with. Super integrated Chat. Convert comments to tasks and have them auto added to project boards. Automations to help massively reduce burden on the team. Workflows, Time-Off and so much…
2024 · teamhub.com · its alternatives →
18
Twist 2.0▲291
For teams burnt out by real-time chat, work async, not ASAP
2021 · twist.com · its alternatives →
19
Rocket Reply▲70
Reply to messengers and SMS with a single tap on Android
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
20
Kwayet▲114
Team chat & collaboration app, a simple way to Slack
2021 · kwayet.app · its alternatives →
21
8seats▲106
Team Messaging Evolved. Easier, faster +Add AI team members.
2024 · 8seats.com · its alternatives →
22
Rocket for WhatsApp▲90
WhatsApp marketing chrome extension
2021 · rocketsend.io · its alternatives →
23
Rake▲25
Rake provides team messaging and omnichannel customer chat
2022 · rake.ai · its alternatives →
24
Gaming Chat SDK by CometChat▲98
Chat drops into Unreal like it was always there
Jul 2026 · cometchat.com · its alternatives →

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