Choose Campfire if you need
- PWA. We haven't found it on Wire's website.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- Wire's lowest paid plan is Wire for SMB at €7.45 per person per month, billed annually, as of October 28, 2026.
- Both are available on Web.
- Only Campfire lists PWA.
- Only Wire lists All platforms.
- Wire lists GDPR and SSO. We haven't confirmed any of these for Campfire.
- Campfire has a public API. We haven't confirmed one for Wire.
- Both can be self-hosted.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Wire if you need
- All platforms. We haven't found it on Campfire's website.
Campfire
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Wire
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Review WireThe facts
- What it does
- CampfireSuper simple group chat, without a subscription, and you get the code too.
- WireMessaging, calls, conferencing, and file sharing, fully end-to-end encrypted and open source.
- Free plan
- CampfireYes
- WireYes
- Pricing
- CampfireFree, open source, self-hosted
- WirePer person, monthly or annual
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Platforms
Both
- Web
Only Campfire
- PWA
Only Wire
- All platforms
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Campfire and Wire yet.
Used either of them?
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