Chanty alternatives
Team Chat & Messaging · www.chanty.com
Chanty is a team chat and collaboration platform offering unlimited chats, audio/video calls, built-in task management and integrations.
Switching to Pumble, which covers 57% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Chanty alternatives
We compared 12 products and found 6 cheaper options (3 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Chanty Business at $40/mo for 10 seats ($4/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Chanty costs $40/mo on the Business plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 6 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 1 of them covers at least 75% of the 7 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Discord Nitro Basic plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Audio/video calls & screen sharing, Guest & external collaboration, SAML single sign-on, Compliance exports & audit logs | 29% | $2.99/mo how? ⓘ | $444.12 / year 93% cheaper | |
Zoho Cliq Standard plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration, SAML single sign-on, Compliance exports & audit logs | 43% | $18/mo how? ⓘ | $264 / year 55% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Pumble PRO plan · missing: Guest & external collaboration, SAML single sign-on, Compliance exports & audit logs | 57% | $29.90/mo how? ⓘ | $121.20 / year 25% cheaper | |
Zulip Self-hosted Basic plan · missing: Unlimited message history | 86% | $35/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 13% cheaper |
Which Chanty alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Pumble — $0/mo (FREE plan) · covers 57%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Zulip — $35/mo (Self-hosted Basic plan) · covers 86%
- Best paid drop-in
- Zulip — $35/mo (Self-hosted Basic plan) · covers 86%
- Need channels & group messaging, unlimited message history, audio/video calls & screen sharing or app integrations?
- Pumble — from $0/mo (FREE plan)
- Need guest & external collaboration?
- Slack — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need SAML single sign-on or compliance exports & audit logs?
- Zulip — from $35/mo (Self-hosted Basic plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Chanty has that the top alternatives lack.
- Unlimited message history — Search and access message history without a retention limit.Missing from Slack, Twist, Zoho Cliq.
- Audio/video calls & screen sharing — Make audio or video calls with screen sharing.Missing from Twist.
- Guest & external collaboration — Invite people outside your organization into a conversation.Missing from Pumble, Zoho Cliq.
- SAML single sign-on — Sign in through your company's SAML single sign-on.Missing from Pumble, Slack, Twist, Zoho Cliq.
- Compliance exports & audit logs — Export message history and audit logs for compliance.Missing from Pumble, Slack, Twist, Zoho Cliq.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Chanty vs the top alternatives, on the 7 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Chanty | Pumble | Slack | Twist | Zoho Cliq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channels & group messaging from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited message history from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Audio/video calls & screen sharing from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Guest & external collaboration from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| App integrations from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SAML single sign-on from Business | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Compliance exports & audit logs from Business | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $40/mo Business | $0/mo FREE | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Chanty covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Channels & group messaging — from Free
- ✓ Unlimited message history — from Free
- ✓ Audio/video calls & screen sharing — from Free
- ✓ Guest & external collaboration — from Free
- ✓ App integrations — from Free
- ✓ SAML single sign-on — from Business
- ✓ Compliance exports & audit logs — from Business
- ↑ Self-hosted deployment — only from Enterprise, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.chanty.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://www.chanty.com/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Chanty cost?
Chanty's Business plan costs $40/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Chanty alternative?
Yes. Pumble has a free plan that covers 57% of the 7 capabilities we compared against Chanty.
What is the cheapest Chanty alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Pumble is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (FREE plan).
What is the cheapest Chanty alternative with SAML single sign-on?
Zulip covers SAML single sign-on and costs $35/mo (Self-hosted Basic plan) in our scenario.
Does Chanty have a free plan?
Yes. Chanty's free plan is limited to 5 seats.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.