Alternatives to Chanty
A hosted team chat workspace for organizing internal and external communication, with a free plan. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Chanty
A hosted team chat workspace for organizing internal and external communication, with a free plan.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Chanty.
Slack
A team chat platform organized into channels, with huddles, file sharing, app integrations and AI features.
Slack offers the same hosted channel-based chat with a much larger range of integrations, huddles and workflow automation, though many features and AI tools require paid plans.
Microsoft Teams (free)
The free edition of Microsoft Teams for chat, file sharing and video meetings.
Microsoft Teams (free) combines chat, file sharing and meetings for up to 100 participants, but requires a Microsoft account and ties you to Microsoft services.
Google Chat
Google's team messaging app with spaces, direct messages and threaded conversations.
Google Chat provides spaces with threaded conversations integrated with Gmail, Drive and Docs, but it requires a Google account and cannot be self-hosted.
Pumble
A team messaging app with channels, threads, direct messages and voice and video calls.
Pumble is another hosted Slack-style workspace, offering unlimited users and message history on its free offering along with calls, recording and native desktop and mobile apps.
Mattermost
A self-hosted team chat platform with a desktop client, aimed at organisations that want Slack without the cloud.
Mattermost is open source and self-hosted, so message data stays on your infrastructure, but you must run a server and some features are in paid editions.
Zulip
Team chat organised by topic inside each channel, so conversations stay readable when you come back hours later.
Zulip is open source with topic-based threading inside channels, and can be self-hosted or hosted, with free plans for open-source communities.
Flock
A team messaging app with channels, voice and video calls, screen sharing and file sharing.
Flock is a similar proprietary hosted team chat with channels, built-in voice and video calls, screen sharing and productivity integrations.
Rocket.Chat Desktop
Connect to Rocket.Chat workspaces from a desktop client.
Rocket.Chat Desktop is an open-source client for Rocket.Chat workspaces on Windows, macOS and Linux, with server access and licensing handled separately.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Chanty as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Campfire
A self-hosted group chat system from 37signals with rooms, direct messages and @mentions.
Chanty moves your team chat to a proprietary hosted service with a free plan, free guest access for external contacts and stated HIPAA, GDPR and SOC 2 compliance.
Twist
An asynchronous team messaging app that organizes conversations into threads inside channels.
Chanty is a hosted team chat with a free plan, free guest access and stated HIPAA, GDPR and SOC 2 compliance, oriented toward real-time chat.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Huly
An open-source team platform combining project tracking, chat, documents, planning and video meetings.
Missive
A collaborative email app for teams that combines shared inboxes, internal chat and task assignment.
Zoho Workplace
An online suite from Zoho combining mail, team chat, meetings, file storage and office editors.
Webex
Cisco's collaboration suite for video meetings, calling, team messaging, webinars and whiteboarding.
