GroupMe

GroupMe

Microsoft
Session

Session

The Session Technology Foundation
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About

The best way to chat with everyone you know. It's like a private chat room for your small group. Have as many as you want, and it's always free. Now, you can coordinate with coworkers, organize a game night, and keep in touch with family all in the same place. With native apps for iOS and Android, you can chat with your friends from your phone on the go, on your computer at the office, and on your tablet from the couch. You don't need to have our app to use GroupMe. Add anyone from your phone book and they will immediately be able to chat with the group. You can chat with your groups directly over SMS. Learn more about GroupMe over SMS. GroupMe makes it easy to stay in touch with the important people in your life.

About

Session is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that minimizes sensitive metadata, designed and built for people who want absolute privacy and freedom from any form of surveillance. Session accounts are completely anonymous. No phone number or email required. Session doesnโ€™t collect data, so thereโ€™s nothing to leak. Send messages through our onion routing network and leave no trace. Sessionโ€™s code has nothing to hide. Anyone can view, audit, and contribute. With no central point of failure, itโ€™s harder to shut Session down. Talk to your friends or talk to the world. You decide. Closed groups let you talk to up to 20 friends at once, with the same encrypted protection as one-on-one chats. Got a bigger crowd? Use an open group to connect with as many people as you want. Sometimes, a text just isnโ€™t enough. Voice messages let you send something a little more personal, so nothing gets lost in translation.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Groups of people who want a free group messaging app

Audience

Anyone who wants an encrypted messaging app that works on all platforms, no phone number required

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.9 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 4.9 / 5
design 4.6 / 5
support 4.9 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.0 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • GroupMe has a great reputation, which makes it easier when the app is well known and functions as needed when communicating with large groups of people.
  • The GroupMe is very user friendly and it's easy to get started no matter how much of a novice you are. The fact that you can create events and invitations for your group events is a real plus.
  • In my university days, thus was a must have and I've used it for work too. It keeps everyone in the loop no matter where they're at with quick messages. It's good for when you don't need to do a full on meeting but you need to get a message or file out to everyone quickly.
  • Intuitive communication platform to interact with coworkers and friends. Easy to add and chat with people. Photo and video sharing options. Group chat.
  • GroupMe has multi-platform support. It offers instant messaging. Group chatting and controlling are great. Encrypted and secured messages.

Cons

  • It has served the purposes I have needed it to over the years, so no complaints.
  • Sometimes it is a little difficult to follow multiple conversation threads that are subgroups of the main group.
  • There's a few glitches with it if you're only using it through your phone number. I suggest always using the app.
  • I never encountered any problems with this platform.
  • It worked great for me. I highly recommend this tool.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • I found session 2 years ago when it was just put out and was in love, no sign up or logs, top notch encryption and u can dump and create new accounts as quick and easy as pushing a button. Session is the future.
  • The range of features and the actual current demonstrated capabilities and omissions are grand. Open source is critically important and their protocol is based upon tried and true protocols from safe developers. It's a shame you can't trust their situation as an entity - as all of this can become irrelevant immediately in the blink of an eye under a number of plausible - likely, even - scenarios. This weakness must be addressed.
  • Free and open source. End-to-end encrypted messenger. Decentralized. Doesn't require phone number or email. No meta data tracking.
  • Decentralized. E2e encrypted. No email or number required. P2p v.soon. Faster than tor. Easy interface.

Cons

  • It was buggy, but they were working on it. I also noticed something, called sentinel? A file that someone was trying to send me, in the past I've ran into it and believe it's a form of spyware, probably just the person I was chatting with, but idk...
  • You won't find privacy from apps developed in Australia or by Australians. Period. This is very suspicious and what is secure today may be very quickly made insecure and revelatory retrospectively in one quick patch. Do not trust any company at the mercy of Australian lawmakers. Because even they have no say over the matter if push comes to shove.
  • Not really a con of the app but Session is not really popular.
  • Design is not so cool as compare to signal or others.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Microsoft
United States
groupme.com

Company Information

The Session Technology Foundation
Switzerland
getsession.org

Alternatives

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft

Alternatives

Slack

Slack

Salesforce
JioChat

JioChat

Reliance Jio Platforms
Cwtch

Cwtch

Open Privacy Research Society
LINE

LINE

Naver

Categories

Categories

Messaging Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Team Chat Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Messaging Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Team Chat Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Integrations

8x8
All-in-One Messenger
Azure AI Bot Service
Desktop.com
Franz
IFTTT
Microsoft Bot Framework
OurHouse
Rambox
Responserack
Sameroom
Shift
Stackreaction

Integrations

8x8
All-in-One Messenger
Azure AI Bot Service
Desktop.com
Franz
IFTTT
Microsoft Bot Framework
OurHouse
Rambox
Responserack
Sameroom
Shift
Stackreaction
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