toolgrep / Email & messaging / Gitter
Alternatives to Gitter
Gitter: Where developers come to talk. 8 products similar to Gitter, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 8 of 8 have a free tier, 6 of 8 have an API, 2 of 8 offer an MCP server, 5 of 8 are open source.
- Element
Secure collaboration and messaging
- Rocket.Chat
Secure communication platform for messaging, voice, video, apps, and AI, deployable on-premises, in sovereign cloud, or air-gapped.
- Mintlify
Documentation platform for building, hosting, and maintaining self-updating docs for developers and AI agents.
- GitBook
The knowledge layer for AI
- Braid
Group chat with discrete conversations and tags instead of chatrooms
- Telegram
A new era of messaging
- Knocket
One Knock. Every Connection.
- Stoat
Open-source group chat app for friends and communities
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gitter | Free | yes | yes | no | no | — |
| Element | Freemium | yes | no | no | no | yes |
| Rocket.Chat | Freemium | yes | yes | no | yes | yes |
| Mintlify | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
| GitBook | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Braid | Freemium | yes | — | — | — | yes |
| Telegram | Free | yes | yes | no | yes | yes |
| Knocket | Free | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| Stoat | Free | yes | yes | no | — | yes |
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