When comparing Campfire vs Trillian for Business, the Slant community recommends Trillian for Business for most people. In the question“What is the best team chat software?” Trillian for Business is ranked 24th while Campfire is ranked 30th. The most important reason people chose Trillian for Business is:
Trillian seems serious about security and privacy, and is ready to explain in detail how they architect their service to achieve these goals.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Supports optional 128-bit SSL encryption
Pro Guest access
You can invite people to join conversations even if they don't have a Campfire account. Campfire will generate a link to share and the guest will only need to enter their name to join the conversation.
Pro Easy conferencing
When you need to make a conference call, all you need to click is "Start A New Call" and Campfire instantly embeds a phone number and password code in the message thread.
Pro Mobile apps
Campfire supports only iOS, but third party apps can be used for Android. There are also other third party apps that build upon Campfire and extend its functionality.
Pro Embeds images
Images that are uploaded in the GIF, PNG, or JPEG formats are represented as thumbnails in the chat room.
Pro Comprehensive security and privacy policy
Trillian seems serious about security and privacy, and is ready to explain in detail how they architect their service to achieve these goals.
Pro Self-Hosting available
If you are worried about third-parties getting access to your data you should consider self-hosting. With self-hosting you are in control over where your data is stored, who has access to it. You will also not be vulnerable to exploits of a third-party provider. Trillian supports both cloud hosting and a self-hosted Trillian Server.
Pro Native clients for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and Web.
Trillian has fully native apps for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and Web.
Pro Multi-protocol support
Chat with other Trillian users or those on Facebook, Google, AIM, ICQ, XMPP, Yahoo!, Twitter, and more.
Cons
Con Future of Campfire is uncertain
37signals have "changed direction" away from Campfire, focusing on Basecamp. They've ruled out shutting it down, but at this stage it's uncertain whether it'll be spun off as a separate company, sold off, or run in maintenance mode without any new features.
Con No private one-on-one conversation possibility
Con Does not show who's online
