Zulip Pricing
zulip.com · Business Instant Messaging · refreshed 2026-05-06Zulip pricing starts at $8/user/mo (or $6.67/user/mo billed annually) for the Standard plan. 5 tiers total including a free tier.
Page fetched 2026-05-09 · zulip.com · Tier-based subscription
zulip.com/plans/
Zulip — 2 products
Free
Free
Standard
$8/user/mo
or $6.67/user/mo billed annuallyPlus
$12/user/mo
or $10/user/mo billed annuallyBusiness
$8/user/mo
or $6.67/user/mo billed annuallyEnterprise
$8/user/mo
or $6.67/user/mo billed annuallySee your real cost on each plan
Adjust seats to compare Zulip plans side-by-side and check the annual break-even.
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Standard
$8.00/mo per seat · $6.67/mo billed annually$40.00/mo
Save 17% annually → $400/yrBusiness
$8.00/mo per seat · $6.67/mo billed annually$40.00/mo
Save 17% annually → $400/yrEnterprise
$8.00/mo per seat · $6.67/mo billed annually$40.00/mo
Save 17% annually → $400/yrPlus
$12.00/mo per seat · $10.00/mo billed annually$60.00/mo
Save 17% annually → $600/yrAnnual vs. monthly: on the Standard plan you save $79.80/yr by committing annually instead of paying month-to-month — but only if you keep using Zulip for a full 12 months.
Zulip pricing FAQ
Zulip pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid plans from $6.67/mo per user billed annually (or $8/mo monthly) up to $12/mo per user. Billed monthly or annually.
Zulip's cheapest business-usable plan is Standard at $6.67/mo. Lowest paid tier with full features and per‑user billing.
Yes — Zulip publishes a free tier. Free plan with 10,000 messages and 5 GB storage.
Yes — Zulip's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.
xpay scored Zulip as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. Zulip publishes a pricing page with 5 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. All advertised paths route to a sales conversation rather than a self-serve checkout. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.
In the Business Instant Messaging category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Zulip to compare with 3 nearest peers.
Top Zulip alternatives by pricing transparency
Can an AI agent buy from Zulip?
49
/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS IndexZulip scores 49/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a free entry path exists.
See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Zulip into the Agent-Ready Verified band.At a glance
Free plan with 10,000 messages and 5 GB storage
Monthly or annual
$3.5/user/mo
5 tiers
2 × 5
Tier-based subscription
Most agent-ready
Zulip pricing summary derived from a live read of https://zulip.com/plans/ on 2026-05-06. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Zulip.
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