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When comparing BBM Blackberry Messenger vs Twake, the Slant community recommends BBM Blackberry Messenger for most people. In the question“What are the best Skype alternatives?” BBM Blackberry Messenger is ranked 30th while Twake is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose BBM Blackberry Messenger is:
Video, voice, chat, file sharing, screen sharing and glympse enabled,
Specs
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Chat plugins YES
Cloud SyncYES
DIY integrationsYES
File SharingYES
Group callsYES
GroupsYES
Hosting optionsYES
Message DeletionYES
Message deletionYES
Message historyYES
Messaging systemsYES
MultideviceYES
Open SourceYES
Open clients APIYES
Open sourceYES
Open source backendYES
Open-SourceYES
OpensourceYES
PlatformsWindows / Mac / Linux / Android / iPhone
PriceOPEN SOURCE
Private ChannelsYES
Private ChannelsYES
Proprietary DependenciesNO
PublisherYES
Requires a ServerYES
SearchYES
SecureYES
Server stored messagesYES
Service integrationsYES
Spell checkingYES
StorageYES
Supports Local HostingYES
UsernamesYES
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Pros
Pro Feature rich
Video, voice, chat, file sharing, screen sharing and glympse enabled,
Pro Privacy oriented
End to end encryption.
Pro Great interface
Twake has a modern UI/UX
Pro Open source
Twake is on open source (https://github.com/TwakeApp/Twake)
Cons
Con Video is Blackberry only
BBM video is only available on BBOS 10 or the Blackberry Playbook.
Con Not many integrations yet
There's not a lot of integration, but it's easy to talk to the developers and build with them what we need.
