Zulip

Vorteile

We try to use and support smaller and open source technologies, and Zulip really fits the bill for team communications. I also like the fact that there's a self-hosting capability, though we haven't done it yet.

Nachteile

I don't have any dislikes. It's a little rough around the edges compared to Slack and Teams, but that has never been a problem.

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Vorteile

Zulip is free and opensource and works on all platforms (windows, mac, linux, android and ios). It offers all standard chat methods needed for team communication. Communication can be organized through streams and topics and team members can be subsrcibe to these topics and stay in the loop with relevant information. The software is free to use, and you can even host it in your own servers for flexibility. Additional integration is also possible and includes a lot of popular services such as GitHub, Heroku, Zendesk and more. There is a paid plan which is cheap and offers additional features like company branding and 10GB storage per user. Communication can work smoothly as you can stay informed about topics relevant to you and ignore the rest, which can be a lot of messages when you are working in a diverse team.

Nachteile

Overall, there was nothing that was lacking in particular. There are no features like video calling or calendars built in, which might be possible to add via integration but was not tested personally. But Zulip gets the job done if you are only looking for a chat client to communicate in an organized manner.

Vorteile

chat in real time, the ability to create discussion channels and to create topics within them, to keep the discussions in order, this is the plus compared to other team chat software.
It is also completely open source

Nachteile

some improvements in the mobile app but it is already very beautiful