Comparez Fleep et Kolab Now sur les capacités, la juridiction, les garanties et l'adéquation pour les acheteurs européens.
Estonia· Groupware
Needs review
Shortlist when you want an Estonian-operated messenger that mixes team chat with real email participation, light task/pin/file tools, and Business-side account ownership. Skip when you need E2EE, self-hosting, or a deep enterprise app marketplace — consider Nextcloud Talk (self-host) or Slack/Teams instead.
Switzerland· Groupware
Les lignes surlignées diffèrent entre les deux produits.
| Caractéristique | Fleep | Kolab Now |
|---|---|---|
| Pays d'origine | Estonia | Switzerland |
| Catégorie | Groupware | Groupware |
| Open source | Non | Oui |
| Auto-hébergé | Non | Non |
| Siège | Estonia | Non indiqué |
| Entité légale | Fleep Technologies OÜ (registry code 12373841), Akadeemia tee 21/4, Tallinn, Estonia | Non indiqué |
| Droit applicable | Republic of Estonia (Tallinn courts per Terms) | Non indiqué |
| Maison mère / contrôle US | Aucune maison mère US connue | Non indiqué |
| Exposition CLOUD Act (indicative) | Moyen | Non indiqué |
| Hébergement / résidence | Primary app data on Amazon Web Services EC2 in Dublin, Ireland (vendor About + security help). Privacy policy: AWS in EU territory. Also names Braintree/PayPal (payments), Google Analytics and Mixpanel (analytics), MailChimp/US for marketing email. Full processor list on request only. | Non indiqué |
| Résumé | Estonian team messenger that combines chat with email bridging, conversation tasks, pinboards, file sharing, and Business admin ownership of accounts and history. | Swiss-hosted FOSS Kolab groupware from Apheleia IT AG: email, calendars, contacts, files and optional Collabora collab on operator infrastructure in Bern. |
| Tags |
| En un coup d'œil | Fleep | Kolab Now |
|---|---|---|
| HQ | Tallinn, Estonia | Non indiqué |
| Legal entity | Fleep Technologies OÜ (reg. 12373841) | Non indiqué |
| Hosting (claimed) | AWS EC2, Dublin, Ireland | Non indiqué |
| Deployment | SaaS only (not self-hosted) | Non indiqué |
| Open source | No (proprietary; API samples on GitHub) | Non indiqué |
| Commercial model | Free trial; seat-based Business; Enterprise custom | Non indiqué |
Email-bridged conversations
Send to a conversation's unique email address, receive on username@fleep.io, create email threads with non-users, or connect an existing mailbox so external partners stay in the same work stream without mandatory Fleep accounts.
Taskboard per conversation
Create, assign, and track tasks inside the same conversation where decisions happen; Business adds a My tasks view across work. Suited to light coordination, not a full project-management suite.
Pinboard and File Drawer
Pin announcements so plans do not drown in scrollback; store and re-open shared files from a conversation-level drawer across web, desktop, and mobile.
Fleep for Business admin ownership
Organization admins control Premium accounts and conversations—provision/deactivate users, reset passwords, manage membership and history access, set file retention, organization-wide teams, and company branding.
API, webhooks, and app integrations
Public API for post/read of messages and files plus listed integrations (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Zapier, Dropbox, Whereby for A/V). Not a self-hosted product.
E-mail avec filtrage avancé
Kolab Now livre vues e-mail threadées et filtrage Sieve côté serveur, permettant règles triant messages avant appareils. Utilisateurs gèrent filtres via interface web ou scripts, assurant cohérence sur clients. Identités multiples et interfaces personnalisables soutiennent workflows professionnels.
Sync calendrier, contacts et tâches
Calendriers incluent planification libre/occupé pour coordonner sans révéler détails. Contacts, tâches et notes sync via ActiveSync pour Android, iOS et BlackBerry, ou CalDAV/CardDAV pour compatibilité élargie. Clients natifs KDE Kontact tournent sur Linux, Windows et macOS.
Stockage et partage fichiers
Stockage fichiers sécurisé offre contrôles accès granulaires et options partage. Ajouts récents incluent édition collaborative via Collabora Online pour documents et présentations, plus salles visioconférence pour équipes.
| Assurance & compliance | Fleep | Kolab Now |
|---|---|---|
| Independent security / no-logs audit | Not found No public independent audit report located on official site or help center. | Non indiqué |
| ISO 27001 | Not found No ISO 27001 claim found on official pages. | Non indiqué |
| SOC 2 / SOC 3 | Not found No SOC 2/3 report or claim found on official pages. | Non indiqué |
| GDPR / EU data protection | Vendor claimed EE entity; public privacy policy; AKI as supervisory authority. Confirm DPA and processing roles for your use case. | Non indiqué |
| US CLOUD Act exposure (indicative) | Partial EU entity, no known US parent, but primary hosting on AWS and US-group analytics/payment/marketing tools (GA, Mixpanel, Braintree/PayPal, MailChimp). Not legal advice. | Non indiqué |
| Data processing agreement (B2B) | Not found No public DPA template found. Privacy policy offers updated authorized-processor list on contact—ask sales/support for DPA. | Non indiqué |
| EU AI Act | Not applicable Team messenger; not marketed as an AI system. | Non indiqué |
| Considerations & known limitations | Fleep | Kolab Now |
|---|---|---|
| US-group cloud and SaaS subprocessors | Medium Message storage on AWS (Dublin claimed) plus Google Analytics, Mixpanel, payment processors, and MailChimp (US marketing mail). Affects CLOUD Act / transfer diligence even with EE legal entity. | Non indiqué |
| No public ISO/SOC or independent audit | Medium Assurance package for regulated buyers is thin on the public site; expect questionnaire and contractual annexes rather than downloadable certs. | Non indiqué |
| Server-side encryption, not E2EE | Medium TLS + encrypted storage on provider servers; unsuitable if policy requires client-held keys or provider-blind messaging. | Non indiqué |
| Privacy/Terms last dated 2019 on site | Low Public privacy (Mar 2019) and terms (Jan 2019) may lag operational reality—confirm current policy versions and subprocessors during procurement. | Non indiqué |
| No self-host option | Low Cannot place Fleep inside your own VPC or air-gapped network; residency limited to vendor AWS EU setup. | Non indiqué |
When: You need self-hosted collaboration chat with full control of infrastructure
Consider: Nextcloud (Talk) or other self-hosted groupware already in your stack
Fleep is SaaS-only on AWS EU.
When: You need deep Microsoft 365 chat, meetings, and identity integration
Consider: Microsoft Teams
Fleep is independent of M365 but thinner on meetings/Graph.
When: You need the largest integration marketplace and channel-centric workflows
Consider: Slack
Fleep competes on email bridging and simplicity, not ecosystem breadth.
When: You want hosted European groupware with mail/calendar as the core
Consider: Kolab Now
Different product shape: groupware suite vs messenger-first.
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