How AChat compares
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People weigh AChat against different things, depending on what they came to do. Here are 30 of them. Prices and features are what each product's own pages said on the day we checked, and every row links there so you can check it too.
If you're moving off WhatsApp
The thing to check first is what happens to your chats on a new phone. In AChat, another linked device or your recovery key brings your history back.
- WhatsAppA messenger tied to your phone number, with backups through Google or WhatsApp's own cloud storage.
- TelegramA cloud messenger that signs in with your phone number and syncs your chats across devices.
- SignalA free messenger with no ads and end-to-end encryption, on phones and desktop.
- ThreemaA messenger that asks for no phone number or email, with separate backup options for your ID and your chats.
- SessionA messenger with fully anonymous account creation, where a recovery password restores your Account ID on a new device.
- SimpleX ChatA messenger with no user identifiers at all, not even random ones.
- ElementChat for organisations, with a free Community edition and Enterprise and Sovereign options priced by seat or deployment.
- ViberFree calls and messages, with chats synced between your devices.
- WireMessaging with end-to-end encryption on every plan, priced per person and free for teams of up to 5.
- DiscordCommunity chat, with Nitro as its paid upgrade for things like bigger uploads.
If you want chat on your own site
Support widgets and developer kits solve different problems from AChat's. AChat puts an anonymous room or an open channel on your page: paste the code, and visitors can talk.
- tawk.toA free live chat for websites, where paying removes the branding.
- CrispA shared inbox for customer messages, priced per workspace.
- TidioCustomer chat with an AI agent called Lyro, priced by conversations.
- IntercomCustomer service software priced per seat, with its AI agent Fin charged per outcome.
- LiveChatLive chat priced per user, with a 14-day trial.
- Stream ChatChat for developers to build into their apps, free up to 1,000 monthly active users.
- SendbirdIn-app chat priced by monthly active users, with a free trial.
- TalkJSA pre-built chat UI to add to your product, free to use in development mode.
- CometChatChat for developers, free for up to 100 users on its Build plan.
- ChatwootAn open source customer support platform you can self-host, or pay for per agent.
If you just need to get something to another machine
You're on a machine where you can't sign in, and what you need is on another one. Open a room on the first, open its link on the second, take what you need. No account, no phone number, and a password if you want one.
- tlk.ioA web chat room at a URL, with no signup, that you can embed on your own site.
- ChatzyFree private chat rooms for people you invite, with no registration.
- One-Time SecretA one-time link for a secret, with an expiry and an optional passphrase.
- YopassOne-time secret links encrypted in your browser, open source and free to self-host.
- PastebinPaste text and share the link, with a password and burn-after-read option. Uploading files is a PRO feature.
- WormholeFile sharing with end-to-end encryption, up to 10 GB, by a link that expires.
- PairDropSend files and text peer to peer on your local network, or over the internet through paired devices and temporary public rooms.
- SnapdropFile transfer with no account, stored by LimeWire, up to 4 GB per transfer without one.
- FilePizzaPeer-to-peer file transfers in your browser.
- Bitwarden SendFile and password sharing from Bitwarden, with end-to-end encryption and control over how long it lasts.