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title: "Rocket.Chat Pricing 2026 | Capterra"
description: "Learn more about Rocket.Chat pricing plans including starting price, free versions and trials."
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# Rocket.Chat Pricing

- Overall rating: 4.3 out of 5 from [156 reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/161575/Rocket-Chat/reviews/)
- Free trial: Not available
- Free version: Available
- Credit card required: No

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## How much does Rocket.Chat cost?

Rocket.Chat has **4 different plans**.

### Starter

- Price: Custom Quote
- Billing: Per User, Per Year

#### Starter plan includes:

- up to 50 users
- Self-managed hosting only
- One workspace per organization
- Launchpad deployment
- Hierarchical conversations
- Threaded discussions
- Channel governance
- Message formatting & editing
- Multimedia & file sharing
- Searchable message history
- Audio & video messages
- Read receipts
- Localized interface (64 languages)
- Video conferencing integrations
- Meeting notifications & calendar visibility
- Whiteboarding
- Active Directory / LDAP authentication
- Single sign-on (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect)
- Multi-factor authentication
- Pre-built mission apps
- Custom apps with Apps Engine
- Visual customization (themes, colors, layouts)
- Custom user status & attributes
- Secure mobile access (iOS, Android)
- Mobile data-at-rest encryption
- Mobile biometrics (PIN/FaceID/TouchID)
- Push notification privacy controls
- Native Matrix Federation
- Cross-platform messaging with Microsoft Teams

### Commercial

- Price: Custom Quote
- Billing: Per User, Per Year

#### Commercial plan includes:

- Custom users
- On-prem, private cloud, or isolated VPC and VPN network deployment
- Dedicated cloud hosting
- High availability and disaster recovery
- HIPAA-supportive
- FINRA and MiFID II ready
- NIS2 and DORA ready
- GDPR and CCPA configurable
- Messaging, calls, and screen sharing
- Secure external collaboration
- Mobile app for remote and field teams
- Open API and custom integrations

### Government

- Price: Custom Quote

#### Government plan includes:

- Custom users
- On-premises or sovereign cloud deployment
- Granular role-based access control
- End-to-end encryption
- SSO, LDAP, SAML 2.0, and AD
- Tamper-evident audit logs
- Message search and export
- Granular retention policies
- GDPR-ready with full EU data handling
- Messaging, calls, and screen sharing
- Sovereign AI capabilities
- Matrix protocol federation

### Defense

- Price: Custom Quote

#### Defense plan includes:

- Custom users
- Air-gapped, isolated environment, and SCIF-ready deployment
- DoD ATO up to IL6 - deployed on NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS
- Secret and Top Secret compatible
- DISA STIG-hardened (2026 roadmap)
- FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography (2026 roadmap)
- Clearance enforced ABAC
- Encryption key management (2026 roadmap)
- Post-quantum E2EE and transport encryption (2026 roadmap)
- Managed mobile with device-level enforcement (2026 roadmap)
- Messaging, calls, and screen sharing
- Intelligent search across classified channels
- Secure coalition and allied network federation
- XMPP interoperability

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## How does Rocket.Chat compare to other alternatives?

Rocket.Chat pricing comparison

| Product | Plans | Starting price | Free version | Free trial | Value for Money |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rocket.Chat — 4.3 out of 5 ([156 reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/161575/Rocket-Chat/reviews/)) | 4 plans | Not available | Available | Not available | 4.4 |
| [Connecteam](https://www.capterra.com/p/153140/Connecteam/) — 4.6 out of 5 ([5,308 reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/153140/Connecteam/reviews/)) | 4 plans | $29.00 /mo | Available | Available | 4.5 |
| [Microsoft Teams](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/) — 4.5 out of 5 ([11,134 reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/168668/Microsoft-Teams/reviews/)) | 3 plans | $4.00 /user/mo | Available | Available | 4.4 |
| [Slack](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/) — 4.7 out of 5 ([24,185 reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/135003/Slack/reviews/)) | 4 plans | $8.75 /user/mo | Available | Available | 4.5 |
| [Telegram](https://www.capterra.com/p/180347/Telegram/) — 4.7 out of 5 ([6,433 reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/180347/Telegram/reviews/)) | 1 plan | Not available | Available | Not available | 4.7 |

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