🆚 IRC vs. Zalo

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IRC
Zalo

Type

Instant messaging app
Instant messaging app

About

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.

Zalo is a Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service.

It provides text messaging with images, voice and video calls, status posts, and file sharing, friend discovery by phone number or QR code, reminders and group chats, and integrates mobile payments via ZaloPay and business tools like Official Accounts and Mini Apps.

Headquarters

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Website

irchelp.org #4,223,556
zalo.me #1,339

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free version ✔️ Basic
Advanced 99,000 VND/month
Premium 399,000 VND/month

Categories

Instant Messaging › Rank #22
Instant Messaging › Rank #8

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Zalo instant messaging app is 42 times more popular than IRC.
Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Zalo is more popular in Vietnam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Singapore, while IRC is more popular in the United States, Germany, and France.
Vietnam
U.S. Virgin Islands
United States
Singapore
Germany
France
Canada
Korea
Japan
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Zalo is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and education and reference, while IRC is more commonly used on entertainment, games, and technical, business forums sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Education/Reference
Internet Services
General News
Software/Hardware
Blogs/Wiki
Travel
Marketing/Merchandising
Real Estate

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#2,908
#31,025
#37,321
#51,423
#65,716
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Name
Rank
#1,339
#2,444
#3,001
#3,212
#3,276
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See also

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