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Best EU Team Chat Tools

Slack knows everything your team discusses. European alternatives with real end-to-end encryption.

4 EU Alternatives
3 US Tools Covered

Quick Comparison

Tool Country Free Pricing Best For
Wire OSS
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ CH βœ“ €4/user/mo Enterprise security Try β†’
Element ⭐ OSS
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK βœ“ €0 Decentralized & self-hosted Try β†’
Threema Work OSS
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ CH βœ— €2/user/mo Anonymous messaging Try β†’
Rocket.Chat OSS
BR βœ“ €0 Full self-hosting control Try β†’

All Team Chat Alternatives

Wire

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ CH
Open Source Free Plan

500+ government agencies chose Wire for a reason. Slack-like collaboration meets true end-to-end encryption. Swiss-based. Self-host on your servers if you want. Independent security audits confirm what we claim.

πŸ‘₯ 500+ enterprises πŸ“… Since 2014 🏒 Switzerland & Germany
Best for: Enterprise security

Element

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK
⭐ Staff Pick Open Source Free Plan

The French government uses it. The German military uses it. Mozilla uses it. Built on Matrix, the only truly decentralized messaging network. No vendor lock-in. Federate with others or run your own server.

πŸ‘₯ 65M+ Matrix users πŸ“… Since 2017 🏒 Your choice (self-hosted)
Best for: Decentralized & self-hosted

Threema Work

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ CH
Open Source

No phone number or email required for signup. Complete anonymity by design. Swiss-made, open-source, independently audited. 11 million users. Collects no metadata about your conversations.

πŸ‘₯ 11M+ πŸ“… Since 2012 🏒 Switzerland
Best for: Anonymous messaging

Rocket.Chat

BR
Open Source Free Plan

The most popular open-source Slack alternative with 12 million users. Self-host on your own servers, customize extensively, connect 150+ apps. Full control over your data and infrastructure.

πŸ‘₯ 12M+ πŸ“… Since 2015 🏒 Your choice (EU available)
Best for: Full self-hosting control

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