Communication · team chat

Track your Zulip bills and renewals

Zulip is an open-source team chat app, first released in 2012, that organises every conversation under a topic so distributed teams can follow discussions asynchronously. Teams can use the managed Zulip Cloud or self-host it and move between the two with export and import tools, and the project sponsors more than 1,500 organisations such as open-source projects, research groups and non-profits.

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Provider: Zulip
Website: zulip.com
Category: Communication
Type: team chat

About Zulip

What people pay Zulip for

Zulip Cloud team chat
Self-hosted Zulip plans
Enterprise support

For: Businesses, research groups, education, open-source communities and non-profits
Since: 2012
Wikipedia: Zulip

Zulip pricing and billing

Pricing: Per user
Free plan: Yes
Billed: Monthly or yearly
Plans: Cloud Free, Cloud Standard, Cloud Plus, Self-hosted Free, Self-hosted Basic, Self-hosted Business, Self-hosted Enterprise
Paid plans from: $6.67 per user per month, billed annually (Cloud Standard)

Cloud Standard is $8 per user billed monthly; Cloud Plus requires at least 10 users and self-hosted Business at least 25, and many eligible groups get Standard free.

As listed on Zulip's site on 12 October 2026 · official pricing. Prices change; confirm before you buy.

Tracking tip

Zulip charges per user, so the bill follows your headcount. When seats change, update the subscription's amount; payments you already recorded keep what you actually paid.

How to track Zulip in SysCost

SysCost keeps every Zulip subscription in one ledger with the rest of your tools, reminds your team before each renewal, and converts every currency into yours.

Step 1
Pick Zulip
Add a subscription, choose Zulip as its provider and give it your own name.
Step 2
Set the cycle
Enter the amount, currency, billing cycle and next payment date.
Step 3
Get reminders
In Slack, Discord, Telegram or email, days before each renewal.
Step 4
Record payments
Mark each one paid, failed or skipped; unpaid ones show as overdue.

Useful Zulip links

Pricingzulip.com/plans
Status pagestatus.zulip.com
Help centerzulip.com/help

Checked to load on 12 October 2026. Sources: zulip.com, wikidata.org.

Zulip and SysCost: common questions

Can SysCost track my Zulip subscription?

Yes. Zulip is built into SysCost with its logo: pick it as the provider when you add a subscription.

Does Zulip have a free plan?

Yes, Zulip lists a free plan, according to its website (checked 12 October 2026). Paid plans start from $6.67 per user per month, billed annually (Cloud Standard).

How does Zulip bill?

Zulip offers monthly or yearly billing, priced per user. In SysCost, choose the matching cycle (monthly, quarterly or yearly) and every renewal is projected from your next payment date.