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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Twist: Team Messaging

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ATwist is a collaboration application offered by Doist, suggested to teams as a calmer topically organized conversation tracker to better manage multiple streams of conversation and idea sharing. Discounts are offered for non-profits and student users.

    $5

    per user, per month

    Zulip

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AZulip is a team chat app that is designed for both live and asynchronous conversations. Zulip topics create a separate space for each discussion, so different conversations will never get in each other's way. Teams of all sizes can use Zulip, and Zulip is 100% open-source enterprise-grade software, self-hosted or in the cloud.

    $3.50

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Twist: Team MessagingZulip
    Editions & Modules
    Unlimited
    $5.00
    per user, per month
    Zulip Cloud Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Zulip Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Zulip Basic
    $3.50
    per month per user
    Zulip Cloud Standard
    $8
    per month per user
    Zulip Business
    $8
    per month per user
    Zulip Cloud Plus
    $12
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Twist: Team MessagingZulip
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    Twist: Team MessagingZulip
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Twist: Team Messaging and Zulip
    Feature
    Twist: Team Messaging
    -
    Ratings
    Zulip
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Mobile Access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Twist: Team Messaging and Zulip
    Feature
    Twist: Team Messaging
    -
    Ratings
    Zulip
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Twist: Team Messaging and Zulip
    Feature
    Twist: Team Messaging
    -
    Ratings
    Zulip
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Video files00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Twist: Team MessagingZulip
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Twist: Team MessagingZulip
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Doist
    If you have no existing messaging solution, Twist is a viable option. I can't find any reason to recommend it ahead of Slack, Spaces, Teams, Discord, etc. This is one more solution with team messaging functionality, and file sharing, and message archiving/searching. If budget is an issue, Twist can be replaced with a free solution like Discord.
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    Zulip
    Zulip is great at what it does, and I enjoy using this product every day, but to me it serves as an alternative to the bigger names in instant communication. If they had more features and offered a simpler profile layout that was easier to look at, my rating would be higher.
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    Pros
    Doist
    • Messaging
    • Team communication
    • Email updates
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    Zulip
    • Letting you send direct messages
    • Letting you customize each message like adding bullet points and hyperlinks
    • Keeping each thread organized
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    Cons
    Doist
    • Does nothing to stand out from other messaging apps
    • Boring
    • Feature parity with everything else on the market
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    Zulip
    • It would be nice to see a person's title under their name when you click their profile
    • It would be nice to see a person's direct report when you click their profile
    • Including more personalized information in the quick view of a profile would be nice
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    Usability
    Doist
    No answers on this topic
    Zulip
    Again, I would like to see more personalized features pertaining to the quick view you get when you click on someone's profile within the software. I do like how it offers a desktop app as well as web browser support. I also like the customizing of notification sounds, there's a lot to choose from which is ideal.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Doist
    Does not stand out at all. I can't think of any reason to select Twist over more popular choices like Slack, Teams, Discord, or Spaces. We use Twist because it forced on us by a specific scenario. Otherwise, we would just use an existing platform (ex: Slack) to handle this communication
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    Zulip
    I did not have a say in my company choosing Zulip as their main communication channel, but I can understand why they chose Zulip over any other program. It does house different discussion topics better than Teams does in my opinion, and you're able to easily add subtopics underneath them.
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    Return on Investment
    Doist
    • None that can be directly tied to Twist
    • We were forced to use Twist in a certain environment, but no change to our ROI
    • Provides one more place to look, one more place to try and find messages.
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    Zulip
    • I don't feel suited to answer this as I have been with my organization for less than 2 months.
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    ScreenShots

    Twist: Team Messaging Screenshots

    Screenshot of Group Threads In ChannelsScreenshot of Intelligent InboxScreenshot of Direct MessagesScreenshot of Thread-Based Communications