Twist: Team Messaging vs. Zulip

Twist: Team Messaging

Zulip

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting 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 Messaging

Zulip

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 Messaging	Zulip
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Discount available for annual pricing.

More Pricing Information

Features

Twist: Team Messaging

Zulip

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	Twist: Team Messaging - Ratings	Zulip 10.0 1 Ratings 25% above category average
Mobile Access	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Search	00 Ratings	10.01 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
Chat	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Notifications	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Discussions	00 Ratings	10.01 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 files	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Audio files	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Document collaboration	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Twist: Team Messaging	Zulip
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User Ratings
	Twist: Team Messaging	Zulip
Likelihood to Recommend	6.0 (1 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Twist: Team Messaging	Zulip
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. Incentivized Ryan Freeman President Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Doist Messaging Team communication Email updates Incentivized Ryan Freeman President Read full review	Zulip Letting you send direct messages Letting you customize each message like adding bullet points and hyperlinks Keeping each thread organized Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Doist Does nothing to stand out from other messaging apps Boring Feature parity with everything else on the market Incentivized Ryan Freeman President Read full review	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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 Incentivized Ryan Freeman President Read full review	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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. Incentivized Ryan Freeman President Read full review	Zulip I don't feel suited to answer this as I have been with my organization for less than 2 months. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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