Top 10 Discord Competitors & Alternatives in 2025
Updated onFind more companies like Discord. We've shortlisted leading alternatives and mapped their strengths, pricing, and go-to-market focus.
Discord
Best for consumersDiscord is a real-time voice, video, and text chat platform for creating and joining community "servers" used by gamers, creators, and interest-based groups.
Starts at $0
Competitors
#1Est. 2017 • 51-200 employees • Public (NYSE:RBLX)Guilded
Best for consumersGuilded is a communications platform for gaming communities that offers text, voice and video chat plus integrated server tools like calendars, scheduling, forums, and subscriptions; it operates as an independent product group of Roblox Corporation.
Starts at $0
#2Est. 2013 • 11-50 employeesTelegram
Best for consumersTelegram is a cloud-based instant-messaging and social platform emphasizing speed, security, large-group features, and multi-device sync.
Starts at $0
- #3Est. 2016 • 1k+ employees • Public (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Microsoft Teams
Best for enterprisesMicrosoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform offering persistent chat, meetings, calling, and file collaboration tightly integrated with Microsoft 365.
Starts at $0
#4A cloud-based team collaboration platform that provides real-time messaging, channels, file sharing, app integrations, and workflow automation for organizations.
Starts at $7.25 / per user / monthly
#5Est. 2007 • 201-1k employeesSteam Community
Best for consumersSteam's online social and community hub for players, offering user profiles, game-specific hubs, discussions, Workshop, Market, broadcasts, and other community features operated by Valve Corporation.
Starts at $0
#6Est. 1999 • 11-50 employeesTeamSpeak
Best for consumersTeamSpeak is a low-latency, encrypted VoIP platform providing voice, text and file-sharing for gamers, esports, and organizations.
Starts at $0
#7Est. 2005 • 2-10 employeesMumble
Best for power usersMumble is a free, open-source, low-latency, high-quality voice chat application that supports self-hosted servers and encrypted communication for gamers and communities.
Starts at $0
#8Element
Best for SMBsMatrix-based, end-to-end encrypted collaboration platform for communities and teams offering federated/decentralized hosting options.
Starts at $0
#9Est. 2003 • 1k+ employees • Public (NASDAQ:MSFT)Skype
Best for consumersSkype is a Microsoft-owned VoIP, video calling and messaging service launched in 2003 that provides free and paid voice, video and chat features and (per Microsoft) is being retired in May 2025 with users transitioned to Microsoft Teams.
Starts at $0
#10Zoom is an American communications company that provides video conferencing, chat, phone, and collaboration software (the Zoom platform) for individuals, teams, and organizations worldwide.
Starts at $14.99 / per user / monthly
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