Productivity & Collaboration / Team Chat Software
Wire is a secure organizational messenger for encrypted messaging, calls, conferencing, file sharing, and workplace collaboration.
Buying snapshot
A compact view of who this tool fits, what it costs, and what to confirm before choosing it.
Product scope
Organizational secure messaging, calling, conferencing and file sharing.
Product checked: Oct 6, 2026
Pricing checked: Oct 6, 2026
Pricing plans
Pricing checked: Oct 6, 2026
SMB has monthly and annual payment options. Enterprise and Partners use custom pricing. Paid services renew automatically, require advance written cancellation and exclude taxes. Customer-hosted deployments require separate infrastructure and implementation budgeting.
Official pricing pageVerified plan boundaries that can change the required edition.
Exceed five team members or require SSO, SCIM or group conferences.
Supporting pricing evidenceExceed the SMB team-size scope or require federation or ID Shield.
Supporting pricing evidenceProduct scope
Material capabilities are separated by their verified relationship to the target product.
Private-cloud and on-premises availability; no edition-wide inclusion or common price is inferred.
Vendor certification; excludes assertions about customer infrastructure.
Scoring method
The score uses the category-specific buying dimensions below and their displayed weights.
This page is based on public product information, official sources, structured feature data, and AI assessment. It is not a hands-on lab test unless explicitly stated. Confidence percentages describe our research indicators, not the probability that a claim is true or a measured accuracy rate.
End-to-end encrypted messaging and communication, together with calls and conferencing, cover several team communication modes; SMB video conferences have a stated participant cap, so match the plan to meeting size.
File and screen sharing plus conferencing support collaborative handoffs; confirm the team-size and conference limits of SMB and the customer-hosted setup work if choosing private cloud or on-premises.
Encrypted messaging, calls and file sharing support workplace communication; teams should verify that their required topic organization, search and archive workflows are covered before selecting an edition.
Messaging, calls and conferencing give teams multiple communication routes; confirm the notification controls and alert behavior needed for availability and focus policies.
SSO and SCIM in SMB and Enterprise support identity workflows, with federation listed for Enterprise; verify the specific business-system connections required for files, updates and approvals.
SMB and Enterprise include SSO and SCIM, while Enterprise adds federation and ID Shield; private-cloud and on-premises deployments require customer technical ownership and scoped implementation.
Wire supports cloud, private-cloud and on-premises deployment, and plans state participant limits; select the deployment and edition against operating capacity and expected meeting size.
Public review signals
OMR Reviews: 4.2/5 (19 reviews); SoftwareReviews: 6.9/10 (13 reviews); SourceForge: 5/5 (4 reviews and ratings)
Public review signals updated: Oct 7, 2026
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Insufficient sample · 4 reviews and ratings
Marketplace app signals
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AI assessment
The assessments below use the same buying criteria. Review their scores, confidence, fit, cautions, and conclusions alongside the sources.
AI assessment updated: Oct 31, 2026
Wire is a fit to evaluate for organizations prioritizing encrypted workplace messaging, calls and conferencing, particularly when they need identity controls or customer-hosted deployment options. Confirm the edition’s team and meeting limits, integration coverage, operating responsibilities, client support and renewal terms before committing.
Research transparency
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FAQ
Wire for Free supports teams of up to five people.
Private-cloud and on-premises deployment are available. Customer-hosted infrastructure requires technical ownership and separately scoped implementation.
Wire for SMB and Wire for Enterprise include them. Partner-specific end-user entitlements need confirmation.
No. Business terms exclude use as a replacement for primary telephone service or emergency calling unless separately agreed.
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