Alternatives to Pumble
A team messaging app with channels, threads, direct messages and voice and video calls. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Pumble
A team messaging app with channels, threads, direct messages and voice and video calls.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Pumble.
Slack
A team chat platform organized into channels, with huddles, file sharing, app integrations and AI features.
Slack offers hosted channel-based chat with a larger range of integrations and workflow automation, but many features and AI tools sit behind 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 of up to 100 participants, and requires a Microsoft account.
Google Chat
Google's team messaging app with spaces, direct messages and threaded conversations.
Google Chat provides spaces and threaded conversations integrated with Gmail, Drive and Docs, but it runs on the web and requires a Google account.
Chanty
A hosted team chat workspace for organizing internal and external communication, with a free plan.
Chanty is a hosted team chat with a free plan, free guest access for external contacts and stated HIPAA, GDPR and SOC 2 compliance, available on the web.
Flock
A team messaging app with channels, voice and video calls, screen sharing and file sharing.
Flock is a proprietary hosted team chat with channels, voice and video calls, screen sharing and file sharing, used through the web.
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 messages stay on your own servers, unlike Pumble's hosted-only service, though some features need 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.
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 Pumble 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.
Pumble is a hosted, closed-source Slack-style workspace with unlimited users and message history on the free offering, plus calls and native apps on all major platforms.
Twist
An asynchronous team messaging app that organizes conversations into threads inside channels.
Pumble is a hosted Slack-style workspace with unlimited users and history on the free offering, native apps on all major platforms, and built-in calls.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Huly
An open-source team platform combining project tracking, chat, documents, planning and video meetings.
Webex
Cisco's collaboration suite for video meetings, calling, team messaging, webinars and whiteboarding.
Zoho Workplace
An online suite from Zoho combining mail, team chat, meetings, file storage and office editors.
Discord
A voice, video and text chat app for communities and friends, organised into servers and channels.
