The Solution: CometChat Air
A self-hosted WhatsApp alternative.
A fully supported, proprietary messenger that runs on your infrastructure, giving you complete control without the operational burden of open source or the compromises of the cloud.
Self-Hosted. On-Prem. Air-Gapped
Your team already knows how to use it. Give them the same simple chat, voice notes, and calling, running entirely on your own infrastructure, air-gapped or on-prem.
113,000+
apps powered by CometChat
7M+
messages sent every day
163+
countries connected through CometChat
7ms
API response time
99.999%
uptime
The Gap
Every sensitive conversation on WhatsApp is outside your control
WhatsApp messages live on personal devices and third party infrastructure, making retention, auditability, compliance, and access control difficult to enforce.
Convenient and completely ungoverned.
Your organization doesn’t own the platform, the accounts, or the environment where those conversations happen.
Built for business messaging, but still not yours.
When an employee leaves, the chat history often leaves with them. Handover becomes manual, incomplete, or impossible.
In your control, but the DIY bill comes due
No retention policy, no audit trail, no admin visibility, and no reliable way to retrieve conversations for compliance, legal, or security reviews.
Trusted Infrastructure
Deployment
Own your data. Deploy on your terms.
One messenger, three ways to run it. Start fully sealed and open up only if you need to.
- Air-gapped: Default
On-prem, self-hosted, no outbound connectivity. The whole messenger lives inside your network.
- On-prem, connected
Self-hosted, with selected services allowed to reach approved systems. You control exactly what's on.
A complete messenger
Everything your team expects from a messenger, nothing they give up
Built on a decade of messaging infrastructure, not chat bolted onto a generalist tool. The full experience, ready on day one.
Comparison
Choose the right team messenger
Category
On-premise / air-gapped
Yes
No
Deployment
Self-hosted or managed
Cloud only (Meta)
Who runs and maintains it
You or CometChat
Meta
Support
Enterprise SLA
Consumer support only
Mobile apps & notifications
Built in, reliable
Strong
Retention & admin controls
Included
None
Data ownership
Your infrastructure
Meta's servers
Open source
No
No
Where air-gapped isn't optional.
HIPAA-compliant messaging with a signed BAA. Coordination that stays inside the walls.
Built for the people who own the decision:
- IT
- CISO
- CIO
- CTO
- COO
- COMPLIANCE
- HR
Enterprise-Grade Security
Security and scale your team can verify
Certifications, encryption, and access controls your security and compliance teams can audit, running on infrastructure you own.
Let's map out how CometChat works for you.
30 minutes. Real answers. A plan you can actually act on.
Pick a time that works, talk to someone who knows the product.
Your use case shapes the call - no guessing, no repeating yourself.
No commitment. Just a straight conversation about how this fits - and if it doesn't, we'll say so.
Trusted by teams building conversations at scale.