🆚 Rocket.Chat vs. WhatsApp

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 WhatsApp is much more popular than Rocket.Chat.
🌍 WhatsApp is more popular in all countries.

Rocket.Chat

Type

Live chat software solution

Instant messaging app

About

Rocket.Chat is an open-source communication platform designed for organizations with high security, privacy, and data sovereignty requirements that supports real-time chat, voice, and video across web, desktop, and mobile clients.

It offers secure messaging with optional end-to-end encryption, role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, self-hosted or air-gapped deployment options, auditing and data retention controls, and federation via the Matrix protocol.

WhatsApp is an instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Meta.

It allows users to send text and voice messages, share photos, videos, documents, and locations, make voice and video calls including group calls, supports end-to-end encryption, and provides a Business API for large-scale messaging and automation.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

rocket.chat #62,707

whatsapp.com #48

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source

ProCustom

Free ✔️

WhatsApp Business, US rate per conversationFree version ✔️1,000 free service conversations/month
Marketing$0.025
Authentication$0.0135
Utility$0.004
Service$0