About WeCom
WeCom is Tencent's enterprise messaging and office management app, built by the WeChat team for companies. It is designed to feel like WeChat, so employees can start using it without much training, and it can connect with WeChat users outside the organization.
Beyond chat, the vendor lists contact management with a central directory, video meetings with document and screen sharing, group live streaming, an enterprise mailbox, a file disk with free storage and paid expansion, manageable group chats with admin permissions, company payments such as red packets, and company-paid phone calls. Built-in office tools cover attendance and approvals, and third-party or custom tools can be added through APIs.
WeCom works with WeChat messages, Mini Programs and WeChat Pay, which makes it relevant to organizations that already reach customers on WeChat. The vendor highlights encryption and other security protections. The core apps are described as free, with expanded file storage available for a fee.
Key features
- Messaging connected with WeChat users
- Video meetings with document and screen sharing
- Central contact directory
- Built-in attendance and approval tools
- Enterprise mailbox and file disk
- APIs for third-party and custom tools
- Company payments and group live streaming
Good fit for
- →Businesses serving customers who use WeChat
- →Schools running online classes with live streaming
- →Companies handling approvals and attendance in chat
- Tags
- team-chat
- enterprise-messaging
- tencent
- video-meetings
- office-automation
- china
WeCom: questions and answers
- What is WeCom used for?
- WeCom is Tencent's enterprise messaging and office management app, built by the WeChat team to connect company teams with WeChat users. It is a good fit for businesses serving customers who use WeChat, schools running online classes with live streaming, and companies handling approvals and attendance in chat.
- Is WeCom free?
- Yes. WeCom has a free plan.
- Is WeCom open source?
- No. WeCom is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to WeCom include Rocket.Chat, Mattermost and Zulip.
- What are some alternatives to WeCom?
- WeCom competes with DingTalk, Lark and Microsoft Teams. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source WeCom alternatives.
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SaaS alternatives to WeCom
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Microsoft Teams
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Slack
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