Microsoft Teams vs Rocket.Chat

Microsoft Teams: from $4 a month, free plan not confirmed. Rocket.Chat: free plan; paid plans vary, free plan yes. Plans differ, so check what each price includes.

	Microsoft Teams Team chat, video meetings and calling from Microsoft	Rocket.Chat Secure open-source chat for teams, partners and customers
Starting price	From $4 a month	Free plan; paid plans vary
Free plan	Not confirmed	Yes
Pricing in detail	Teams Essentials is $4 per user a month on an annual subscription. Microsoft 365 Business Basic, with Teams, is $7.	The core is open source under the MIT licence and free to run on your own server; some enterprise features need a paid licence.
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Company	Microsoft	Rocket.Chat Technologies Corp.
Works with	Not listed	Not listed
Facts checked on	20 Oct 2026	22 Oct 2026
Features	Group and one-to-one chat Meetings up to 30 hours and 300 people File sharing and storage Meeting recordings and transcripts Apps inside Teams	Team chat and video calls End-to-end encryption Role and attribute-based access control Self-hosted, cloud or air-gapped Customer and partner channels

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