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8seats alternatives
8seats gives frontline and deskless teams a focused way to communicate through broadcast Rooms, group Tables, and private Direct Messages. Employees can join with a phone number, while administrators control users, locations, guests, branding, and role-based access. It supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows, with encrypted messages, file sharing, audit logs, and a free Starter plan for up to 10 employees. Starter keeps 365 days of messages and 1 GB of storage; Business costs $2.99/user/mo and adds unlimited employees, expanded storage, tasks, checklists, announcement broadcasts, and multi-location management.
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Rocket.Chat
by Rocket.ChatFree plan Open source AndroidAPIiPhone+5Teams needing integrations and self-hosting — Rocket.Chat adds self-hosting, Linux and API access, unlimited history, and many named integrations.
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Crypho
Free plan AndroidiPhoneMac+2Enterprises prioritizing encrypted communications in Norway — Crypho adds end-to-end encrypted chat, file sharing up to 2GB, video conferencing, BankID, and dedicated Norwegian servers.
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Troop Messenger
by Troop MessengerFree plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+3Organizations wanting unlimited history and integrations — Troop Messenger provides unlimited message history, channels, guest access, and Dropbox, Google Drive, Zapier, and LDAP integrations.
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Celo
Free plan AndroidiPhoneWebHealthcare teams coordinating patient care — Celo adds patient case files, secure patient chats, AI Scribe, and FHIR, HL7, and RESTful API integrations.
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Eleven for Business
Free plan AndroidiPhoneMac+2Small businesses keeping encrypted chat off cloud servers — Eleven for Business supports self-hosting, encrypted device-held keys, browser and warehouse Android access, and client links without guest accounts.
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Secretly for Teams
Free plan AndroidiPhoneMac+1Regulated teams needing encrypted, phone-free communication — Secretly for Teams provides Secretly IDs, disappearing-message and export-lock policies, an admin console, and on-device encryption.
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Diode Collab
Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+2 - 9
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eXpress
Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+5 - 11
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LockChat
Free plan AndroidiPhoneSelf-hosted - 13
KeeperChat
Free plan AndroidiPhoneMac+1 - 14
AWS Wickr
Free trial AndroidiPhoneLinux+3 - 15
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Threema
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+5 - 19
KChat Work
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+2 - 20
Yay.com Business Instant Messaging
Free trial AndroidiPhoneLinux+3 - 21
Indryve Converse
Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb - 22
Care Thread
Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb - 23
Spok Secure Messaging
Paid AndroidiPhoneMac+1 - 24
Orion Health Communicate
Paid APIWeb
An alternative may suit you better if you need named integrations, self-hosting, unlimited history, specialist healthcare workflows, or different identity and privacy controls. 8seats requires phone-number onboarding, does not name third-party integrations, and limits its free tier’s history and storage. Compare how each option handles guests, retention, administration, encryption, deployment, platforms, and industry-specific work before moving your teams.