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Add to SafariWhen comparing AstraChat 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 AstraChat is ranked 42nd. 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
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Direct connect
Pro Secure
Messages are received from clients using secured (TLS or SSL) XMPP (jabber) protocol.
Pro Network efficient
AstraChat is tuned to make very efficient use of the network connection and processor so you can be confident that it will use very little of your battery or data allowance.
Pro Supports a lot of protocol
- RFC-3920:Core
- RFC-3921:Instant Messaging and Presence
- XEP-0012 Last Activity
- XEP-0016 Privact lists
- XEP-0054 VCARD-temp
- XEP-0085 Chat State Notifications
- XEP-0153 vCard-Based Avatars
- XEP-0172 User Nickname
- XEP-0184 Message delivery receipts
- XEP-0191 Blocking commands
- XEP-0198 Stream Management
- XEP-0199 XMPP Ping
- XEP-0176: Jingle ICE-UDP
- XEP-0136: Message Archiving
- XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat
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 No OTR service
Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) is a cryptographic protocol that provides encryption for instant messaging conversations. Astrachat doesn't include this protocol, that it is often included in other XMPP services.
