Chanty
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 Slack, which covers 73% of the compared capabilities.
Find my alternative
Way less money.
Top Chanty alternatives
We compared 12 products and found 10 cheaper alternatives · 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 10 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 11 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Discord Nitro Basic plan · missing: Channels & group messaging, Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration, App integrations, SAML single sign-on, Compliance exports & audit logs, Self-hosted deployment, Dashboards & reporting, API access, SSO & SCIM provisioning | 9% | $2.99/mo how? ⓘ | $444.12 / year 93% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Zulip Self-hosted Basic plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Dashboards & reporting, API access, SSO & SCIM provisioning | 64% | $3.50/mo how? ⓘ | $438 / year 91% cheaper | |
Zoho Cliq Standard plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration, SAML single sign-on, Compliance exports & audit logs, Self-hosted deployment, Dashboards & reporting, API access, SSO & SCIM provisioning | 27% | $18/mo how? ⓘ | $264 / year 55% cheaper | |
Pumble PRO plan · missing: Compliance exports & audit logs, Self-hosted deployment, Dashboards & reporting, API access, SSO & SCIM provisioning | 55% | $29.90/mo how? ⓘ | $121.20 / year 25% cheaper |
Which Chanty alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Slack — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 73%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Rocket.Chat — $0/mo (Starter plan) · covers 64%
- Need channels & group messaging, unlimited message history, audio/video calls & screen sharing, guest & external collaboration, app integrations, SAML single sign-on, compliance exports & audit logs or SSO & SCIM provisioning?
- Slack — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need self-hosted deployment?
- Rocket.Chat — from $0/mo (Starter 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 Rocket.Chat, Zulip, Mattermost.
- Audio/video calls & screen sharing — Make audio or video calls with screen sharing.Missing from Mattermost.
- Self-hosted deployment — Run the chat platform on your own infrastructure.Missing from Slack.
- Dashboards & reporting — View dashboards and reports on project progress.Missing from Slack, Rocket.Chat, Zulip, Mattermost.
- API access — Access and update project data programmatically via an API.Missing from Slack, Rocket.Chat, Zulip, Mattermost.
- SSO & SCIM provisioning — Sign in through your company's SSO with SCIM provisioning.Missing from Rocket.Chat, Zulip, Mattermost.
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 11 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Chanty | Slack | Rocket.Chat | Zulip | Mattermost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 from Enterprise | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dashboards & reporting from Enterprise | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| API access from Enterprise | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SSO & SCIM provisioning from Enterprise | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $40/mo Business | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Starter | $0/mo Zulip Cloud Free | $0/mo Entry |
✓ 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 — from Enterprise
- ✓ Dashboards & reporting — from Enterprise
- ✓ API access — from Enterprise
- ✓ SSO & SCIM provisioning — from Enterprise
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.chanty.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://www.chanty.com/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
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. Slack has a free plan that covers 73% of the 11 capabilities we compared against Chanty.
What is the cheapest Chanty alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Slack is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
Does Chanty have a free plan?
Yes. Chanty's free plan is limited to 5 seats.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.