Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Discourse
Discourse clearly comes out ahead of Rocket.Chat on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Discourse's paid plans start at $20/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. | Rocket.Chat Technologies Corp. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | MarketingDevelopmentEducation & EdTech | MarketingDevelopment |
| Categories | customer-success | customer-successcollaboration |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | discourse | rocketchat |
|---|---|---|
| 15+ Plugins (Discourseconnect, Chat Integration, Solved, Github, Etc.) | ||
| Audio & Video Messages | ||
| 20+ Plugins (Data Explorer, Automation, Oauth2, Openid Connect, Policy, Etc.) | ||
| Channel Governance | ||
| 50+ Plugins (Code Review, Saved Search, Topic Tooltips, Saml Authentication) | ||
| Hierarchical Conversations | ||
| Everything On Business | ||
| Launchpad Deployment | ||
| Everything On Free | ||
| Localized Interface (64 Languages) | ||
| Everything On Pro | ||
| Meeting Notifications & Calendar Visibility | ||
| Everything On Starter | ||
| Message Formatting & Editing | ||
| Expert Design & Development Services | ||
| Multimedia & File Sharing | ||
| Free Domain (Your-Community.Discourse.Group) | ||
| One Workspace Per Organization | ||
| Migration Services | ||
| Read Receipts | ||
| Social Logins (Facebook, Google, Github, Apple) | ||
| Searchable Message History | ||
| Self-Managed Hosting | ||
| Threaded Discussions | ||
| Video Conferencing Integrations |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Discourse comes out ahead overall, though Rocket.Chat can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Discourse and Rocket.Chat offer a free tier.
Discourse scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
