An Enterprise-Grade Alternative
to Telegram & WhatsApp
Security and Compliance: Side-by-Side
Compare encryption, access control, on-premise options, and audit capabilities in one table.
Regulatory Non-Compliance
User data is often stored on foreign servers, which can violate data localization and privacy regulations. This creates additional legal and audit risks for regulated organizations.
Lack of Centralized Control
Organizations cannot centrally manage user accounts, permissions, and employee devices. As a result, enforcing consistent security policies and access governance becomes harder.
Poor Cybersecurity Resilience
They lack native integration with corporate security systems (DLP, SIEM, SOC). Critical features like remote data wiping ("panic wipe") are unavailable.
Failure to Meet Security Standards
These messengers lack the necessary certifications required by government and financial regulators for handling sensitive data.
Gem Team: The Corporate Alternative
Gem Team is a true alternative to Telegram and WhatsApp, addressing all key communication challenges faced by modern businesses.
Data Security
- Deploy in a secure local cloud or on-premise within your own infrastructure.
- Uses advanced, government-grade cryptographic algorithms.
- All logs and metadata are stored and controlled within your corporate network.
- Supports enterprise-managed key control (KMS, HSM).
User Features
- One-on-one chats, group chats, channels, and project spaces.
- Video conferencing and screen sharing.
- Secure file sharing with no size limits and full storage control.
- Document collaboration, including built-in e-signature and approval workflows.
Compliance
- Full compliance with data privacy and localization requirements.
- Adherence to stringent security standards for the financial sector.
- Suitable for use in critical infrastructure environments.
- Designed with an architecture that meets the highest security certification
- standards.
Account Management
- Manage users and permissions (RBAC) from a single point.
- Integrates with your corporate identity systems (IAM, LDAP, AD, SSO).
- Control employee devices and enforce forced logouts.
- Optional integration with corporate DLP systems to prevent data from leaving the
- company network.
Data Security
- Deploy in a secure local cloud or on-premise within your own infrastructure.
- Uses advanced, government-grade cryptographic algorithms.
- All logs and metadata are stored and controlled within your corporate network.
- Supports enterprise-managed key control (KMS, HSM).
User Features
- One-on-one chats, group chats, channels, and project spaces.
- Video conferencing and screen sharing.
- Secure file sharing with no size limits and full storage control.
- Document collaboration, including built-in e-signature and approval workflows.
Compliance
- Full compliance with data privacy and localization requirements.
- Adherence to stringent security standards for the financial sector.
- Suitable for use in critical infrastructure environments.
- Designed with an architecture that meets the highest security certification
- standards.
Account Management
- Manage users and permissions (RBAC) from a single point.
- Integrates with your corporate identity systems (IAM, LDAP, AD, SSO).
- Control employee devices and enforce forced logouts.
- Optional integration with corporate DLP systems to prevent data from leaving the
- company network.
Security and Compliance: Side-by-Side
Compare encryption, access control, on-premise options, and audit capabilities in one table.
Feature | Gem Team | WhatsApp | Telegram |
|---|---|---|---|
Personal/ Group Chats, Channels/ Projects | Yes (chats, channels, project spaces) | Yes (chats/ groups, but no corporate hierarchy) | Yes (chats/ channels, but no corporate framework) |
Video Conferences and Screen Sharing | Video calls and screen sharing | Group calls and screen sharing — limited | Group video and screen — limited |
File Sharing | Secure attachments, storage policies | File size/ policy limitations | Large files, but no corporate control |
On-Premise Deployment Option | Can be deployed in organization’s or agency’s data center | Cloud-only (Meta infrastructure, banned in Russia) | Cloud-only |
End-to-End Encryption by Default | Yes (based on organization policy) | Yes (E2E) | Only “Secret Chats” (not enabled by default) |
Metadata Protection/ Minimization under Organization Control | Full control over logs and metadata | Metadata owned by vendor | Metadata owned by vendor |
Key Management (KMS, HSM) | Customer-controlled keys, HSM supported | Not available | Not available |
Remote Data Wipe (panic wipe) | Available (by InfoSec/ admin command) | Not available | Not available |
Centralized Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) | Fine-grained roles, multi-level permissions | Not available | Not available (only chat-level permissions) |
LDAP/ AD/ SSO/ IAM Integration | Supported | Not available | Not available |
Centralized User Management | Centralized dashboard for user management | Not available | Not available |
Audit Logs and Activity Monitoring | Full event history, role-based access | Not available | Not available |
Centralized DLP Policies (blocking forwarding/ screenshots) | Available (optional DLP integration, blocking forwarding/ exports) | Not available | Limited (local restrictions, not enterprise-level) |
Gem Team |
WhatsApp
|
|---|---|
Personal/ Group Chats, Channels/ Projects: Yes (chats, channels, project spaces) | Personal/ Group Chats, Channels/ Projects: Yes (chats/ groups, but no corporate hierarchy) |
Video Conferences and Screen Sharing: Video calls and screen sharing | Video Conferences and Screen Sharing: Group calls and screen sharing — limited |
File Sharing : Secure attachments, storage policies | File Sharing : File size/ policy limitations |
On-Premise Deployment Option: Can be deployed in organization’s or agency’s data center | On-Premise Deployment Option: Cloud-only (Meta infrastructure, banned in Russia) |
End-to-End Encryption by Default: Yes (based on organization policy) | End-to-End Encryption by Default: Yes (E2E) |
Metadata Protection/ Minimization under Organization Control: Full control over logs and metadata | Metadata Protection/ Minimization under Organization Control: Metadata owned by vendor |
Key Management (KMS, HSM): Customer-controlled keys, HSM supported | Key Management (KMS, HSM): Not available |
Remote Data Wipe (panic wipe): Available (by InfoSec/ admin command) | Remote Data Wipe (panic wipe): Not available |
Centralized Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Fine-grained roles, multi-level permissions | Centralized Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Not available |
LDAP/ AD/ SSO/ IAM Integration: Supported | LDAP/ AD/ SSO/ IAM Integration: Not available |
Centralized User Management: Centralized dashboard for user management | Centralized User Management: Not available |
Audit Logs and Activity Monitoring: Full event history, role-based access | Audit Logs and Activity Monitoring: Not available |
Centralized DLP Policies (blocking forwarding/ screenshots): Available (optional DLP integration, blocking forwarding/ exports) | Centralized DLP Policies (blocking forwarding/ screenshots): Not available |
