SOFTWARE / INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS / ROCKET.CHAT

Rocket.Chat

Communications platform that puts data privacy first

Ranked #7 in Enterprise internal communications software.

A customisable open source communications platform that allows organisations to host their own chat servers.

At a glance

Price from	Custom
Best for	Government and healthcare sectors needing data privacy

From Rocket.Chat's own website.

Company facts

Social profiles

LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, GitHub

Facilities and features

Its website also mentions:

Published pricing
Integrations

What stands out

The product features native federation with Matrix and XMPP protocols without requiring bridges.

“Native Matrix and XMPP – Federate server to server over both protocols as built-in homeservers, with no bridge in the middle and no extra infrastructure to accredit.”Rocket.Chat, own website

The product supports self-hosted, air-gapped, and sovereign cloud deployments for data sovereignty.

“Deploy anywhere you control – Self-hosted, on-prem, air-gapped, or in a sovereign cloud including EU-hosted, with no dependency on a vendor s public cloud.”Rocket.Chat, own website

Worth knowing

Self-hosting requires dedicated IT resources
Documentation can be sparse for advanced configurations

How it ranks

Rocket.Chat is ranked 7th of 10 in Enterprise internal communications software (Lister Score 90.0).

#7 in Enterprise internal communications software · Lister Score 90.0

Rocket.Chat is a secure collaboration platform that unifies messaging, voice, video, and governed AI. It operates under a single security model across all deployment environments.

Supports self-hosted, air-gapped, and sovereign cloud deployments for data sovereignty.

How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 18; buying information on its own site 12.

“Collaborate anyway, in one secure platform for messaging, voice, video, apps and AI.”Rocket.Chat, own website

“Secure CommsOS® Enterprise Plans Built for organizations where sovereignty, compliance, and mission continuity are non-negotiable.”Rocket.Chat, own website