RocketChat vs Sameroom: What are the differences?
Developers describe RocketChat as "Open source slack alternative". Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework
It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.. On the other hand, Sameroom is detailed as "Chat interoperability-as-a-service". Sameroom bridges real-time communication systems. Share channels between Slack teams. Bridge a Skype or Hangouts group with a channel on Slack. Connect a team on Slack with a team on HipChat, Gitter. Manage all your customer support queries as a team, from Slack. Respond to Intercom, Twitter, or Skype customer support questions from your team chat.
RocketChat and Sameroom can be categorized as "Group Chat & Notifications" tools.
Some of the features offered by RocketChat are:
- BYOS (bring your own server)
- Multiple Rooms
- Direct Messages
On the other hand, Sameroom provides the following key features:
- Chat interop
- Support for Skype, Slack, HipChat, Gitter, Fleep, IRC, Twitter (DMs and public mentions), Intercom, Flowdock, Campfire, Google Hangouts, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger
- Customer support—respond to tweets, intercom messages, and skype conversations from Slack
RocketChat is an open source tool with 23.3K GitHub stars and 5K GitHub forks. Here's a link to RocketChat's open source repository on GitHub.