10 Tried and True Telegram Alternatives

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Telegram

Users looking for a Telegram alternative could do worse than WhatsApp, as its popularity alone makes it a strong contender. And unlike Telegram, WhatsApp encrypts everything end-to-end – chats, calls, shared media, you name it.

#Communication #Messaging #Instant Messaging 129 social mentions

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WhatsApp

Odds are you know a thing or two about WhatsApp. Even if you haven’t used the popular chat app, you probably know someone who does. After all, WhatsApp is used by 1.5 billion globally.

#Communication #Messaging #Instant Messaging 24 social mentions

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Viber

Viber also provides the option to make out-bound calls to non-Viber users, albeit for a fee of course. Recent versions support group video calls for up to five users, as well as group chats for up to 250 participants.

#Chat #Group Messaging #Internet Calls

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Facebook Messenger

Furthermore, as a result of its relationship with Facebook, no conversation around Messenger is complete without mentioning the social media giant’s questionable record of trustworthiness – for instance scraping users’ phone and text messages, providing users’ personal data to political consulting firms, and even paying users for the right to harvest personal data and browsing activity.

#Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Chat 52 social mentions

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Signal

Developed by Open Whisper Systems, or the same company that’s partnered with Facebook to provide end-to-end encryption to both WhatsApp and Messenger, Signal is a free, open-source chat app. That means experts can poke around, making sure the App does was it was designed to do in the way it was designed to do it.

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 180 social mentions

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Threema

Encrypting end-to-end all messages, files, and even status messages, Threema offers one-on-one and group chat, as well as voice calls. While there’s no video calling option, Threema does support the sharing of multimedia and locations.

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 20 social mentions

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Mattermost

While you’ll need to deploy it on your server, Mattermost also provides a host of customization options across its web, desktop, and mobile apps – such as the ability to add encryption on both communication and server-level; custom branding and login page design; and the ability to customize the languages available in the UI.

#Team Collaboration #Work Collaboration #Web And Video Conferencing 61 social mentions

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Brosix

Aside from ensuring secure communication, though, Brosix focuses teamwork through an array of robust enterprise tools. Features and chat room controls, chat history archives, as well as the ability to specify data security levels and set multiple administrators provide comprehensive management over users, communication, and collaboration on the platform.

#Group Chat & Notifications #Communication #Instant Messaging

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Hangouts

Hangouts makes file sharing easy as it integrates with Docs, Sheets, and Slides. What’s more, finding documents is easy through Hangouts Chats document filter and search tool.

#Group Chat & Notifications #Communication #Messaging

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Flock

In addition to the standard team communication tools like chat and audio and video calls, Flock connects to Google Drive so you can share files directly into the chat. Then, through built-in polls, you can quickly vote on the best course of action for your team.

#Communication #Project Management #Group Chat & Notifications 2 social mentions

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Microsoft Teams

#Enterprise Communication #Team Collaboration #Communication 1 user reviews