Twist: Team Messaging vs. Zulip

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Twist: Team Messaging
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Twist is a collaboration application offered by Doist, suggested to teams as a calmer topically organized conversation tracker to better manage multiple streams of conversation and idea sharing. Discounts are offered for non-profits and student users.
$5
per user, per month
Zulip
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Zulip is a team chat app that is designed for both live and asynchronous conversations. Zulip topics create a separate space for each discussion, so different conversations will never get in each other's way. Teams of all sizes can use Zulip, and Zulip is 100% open-source enterprise-grade software, self-hosted or in the cloud.
$3.50
per month per user
Pricing
Twist: Team MessagingZulip
Editions & Modules
Unlimited
$5.00
per user, per month
Zulip Cloud Free
$0
per month per user
Zulip Free
$0
per month per user
Zulip Basic
$3.50
per month per user
Zulip Cloud Standard
$8
per month per user
Zulip Business
$8
per month per user
Zulip Cloud Plus
$12
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Twist: Team MessagingZulip
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Features
Twist: Team MessagingZulip
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Twist: Team Messaging
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Ratings
Zulip
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Mobile Access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Search00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Twist: Team Messaging
-
Ratings
Zulip
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Chat00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Twist: Team Messaging
-
Ratings
Zulip
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Video files00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Twist: Team MessagingZulip
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Twist: Team MessagingZulip
Likelihood to Recommend
Doist
If you have no existing messaging solution, Twist is a viable option. I can't find any reason to recommend it ahead of Slack, Spaces, Teams, Discord, etc. This is one more solution with team messaging functionality, and file sharing, and message archiving/searching. If budget is an issue, Twist can be replaced with a free solution like Discord.
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Zulip
Zulip is great at what it does, and I enjoy using this product every day, but to me it serves as an alternative to the bigger names in instant communication. If they had more features and offered a simpler profile layout that was easier to look at, my rating would be higher.
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Pros
Doist
  • Messaging
  • Team communication
  • Email updates
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Zulip
  • Letting you send direct messages
  • Letting you customize each message like adding bullet points and hyperlinks
  • Keeping each thread organized
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Cons
Doist
  • Does nothing to stand out from other messaging apps
  • Boring
  • Feature parity with everything else on the market
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Zulip
  • It would be nice to see a person's title under their name when you click their profile
  • It would be nice to see a person's direct report when you click their profile
  • Including more personalized information in the quick view of a profile would be nice
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Usability
Doist
No answers on this topic
Zulip
Again, I would like to see more personalized features pertaining to the quick view you get when you click on someone's profile within the software. I do like how it offers a desktop app as well as web browser support. I also like the customizing of notification sounds, there's a lot to choose from which is ideal.
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Alternatives Considered
Doist
Does not stand out at all. I can't think of any reason to select Twist over more popular choices like Slack, Teams, Discord, or Spaces. We use Twist because it forced on us by a specific scenario. Otherwise, we would just use an existing platform (ex: Slack) to handle this communication
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Zulip
I did not have a say in my company choosing Zulip as their main communication channel, but I can understand why they chose Zulip over any other program. It does house different discussion topics better than Teams does in my opinion, and you're able to easily add subtopics underneath them.
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Return on Investment
Doist
  • None that can be directly tied to Twist
  • We were forced to use Twist in a certain environment, but no change to our ROI
  • Provides one more place to look, one more place to try and find messages.
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Zulip
  • I don't feel suited to answer this as I have been with my organization for less than 2 months.
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ScreenShots

Twist: Team Messaging Screenshots

Screenshot of Group Threads In ChannelsScreenshot of Intelligent InboxScreenshot of Direct MessagesScreenshot of Thread-Based Communications