🆚 Threema vs. WhatsApp

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Messenger
Messenger

About

Threema is a commercial, cross-platform, privacy-focused instant messaging app.
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

Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland
Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

Pricing

$4.99+
Threema Work
Essential$24/user/year
Advanced$30/user/year
Professional$42/user/year
Free version ✔️
WhatsApp Business, US rate per conversation
Free version ✔️1,000 free service conversations/month
Marketing$0.025
Authentication$0.0135
Utility$0.004
Service$0

Categories

Instant Messaging › Rank #21
Instant Messaging › Rank #1
Social Media › Rank #5

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The WhatsApp instant messaging app is 3,346 times more popular than Threema.
Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

WhatsApp is more popular than Threema in all countries.
Brazil
India
Thailand
Indonesia
Russia
Turkey
Spain
Italy
Argentina
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

WhatsApp is more popular than Threema in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Travel
Education/Reference
Fashion/Beauty
Health
Blogs/Wiki
General News

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#25,395
#146,441
#423,564
#991,083
Name
Rank

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Data updated

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