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Wire

4.5

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About Wire

Wire™ protects critical communications for the world’s most security-demanding organizations. Wire™ highest security standards enable users to communicate securely, thanks to the most advanced encryption and its Zero-Trust architecture while facilitating user administrators to manage and control their organization's information, guaranteeing the sovereignty of their data.

Created by the founders of Skype, Wire™ provides end-to-end encryption for messages, audio and video conferencing, file exchange, external collaboration, and beyond.

Used by most of the world's G7 Governments and other security-critical organizations globally, Wire™ is pushing the limits of secure communication, pioneering work for standardized encryption with Messaging Layer Security. To learn more, visit wire.com

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Document Management
@mentions
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Secure Data Storage
Task Management
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Activity/News Feed
API
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Communication Management
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Customizable Branding
Data Synchronization
Drag & Drop
Employee Database
Encryption
File Sharing
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Live Chat
Messaging
Mobile Access
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Private Chat
Projections
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Real-Time Notifications
Remote Support
Role-Based Permissions
Search/Filter
Single Sign On
SSL Security
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Third-Party Integrations
Two Way Audio & Video
Two-Way Audio & Video
Version Control
Video Chat
Video Support

Wire User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

66%

20%

10%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.3

Natalie D.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Wire is Better than Slack!!!

Excellent experience and it is well worth the download. It is encrypted and certainly better than Slack.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This is a great software for the workplace. All of my work colleagues are on Wire and we are able to communicate with each other while we are in the office and while we are at home. This software makes working from home very effortless because you can remain in constant contact with your coworkers. You can also turn off notifications from the app if you choose to install the software app on to your phone.

Cons:

Sometimes I would like to share files on Wire that are too big. Since some of my coworkers work in the podcasting arena, they have found that sometimes when they try to share their files through wire it is just too big to send, but this has been an issue for us on many softwares.

francois v.

Verified reviewer

Medical Practice

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2020

easy, safe, up to my expectations

It is the tool we needed to support the re-opening of a school with the medical-civil security team. This plus an online pad we shered and work on together in the same time. I use a private free address with my daughter and try to rally them to wire in order to quite wats'crap, facebeurk and those climate warming / data gathering / manipulating software. I started using Signal some years back and heard of Wire a bit more than two years ago from someone who was ambassador for a south American country.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

conference mode safety and confidentiality technical support fluidity of the conversation, we can hear different collaborators speaking in the same time but without having the feeling of saturation. easy management of screen-sharing and easy way to send a document or a link

Cons:

I was unable to figure out how much it will cost me to use Wire, once I finish the trial period.

Reasons for choosing Wire

Wire is a ready to use out of the box solution. Looking for privacy, reliability together with a software that I can trust on that, not only pretending to provide safety but really doing it. Alternate solution would have obliged me to dig into not ready out of the box solution event so they would provide the same services. This become hard to have people adopting them, opensource soft can be easy to us once you understand some principals in basic command line. Not much user friendly :-) I am a supporter of your product and I advise on regular bases, friends working for NGO's to use Wire better than other well known and distributed crap that can not offer the necessary often life saving confidentiality offered by your light easy secure software. I would advise you to think about client education / awareness to IT good practice. This could as well reinforce your own security. (what phone / computer basic requirement do I use, what should I never do on my phone/ computer if I don't want to compromise the reason why I use Wire...) Thanks for all the good work. Keep it up and stay safe and free

Vendor Response

Hi Francois Videcoq, Happy to read such a positive feedback thanks a lot! Regarding the payment information: Noted and shared. It's something we are discussing internally, but no concrete news to share just yet.

Replied April 2021

kshama N.

Verified reviewer

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed April 2021

wire @need some changes

Overall it's good , but few things needed to improve for -people give more priority to wire rather then switching to other apps.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

message delivery . and end-to-end delivery feature . design and view . searching function.

Cons:

1> screen sharing feature - must be included for all screen not for only one 2> when used wire for call - sometime is not good for conversation. 3>not good for multiple people at a same time calling. 4>problem of echoing sometime. 5>include a feature for message is delivered and received check.

Reasons for choosing Wire

essay to use feature.

Vendor Response

Dear Ms Nimore, Thanks for your review. We are always greatful for feedback so we can improve. You can share one of your desktops, entire screen or choose a Window to share during a call. Only one participant can share the screen at a time. Wire also works with low bandwidth. Please have a look at our Bandwidth requirements: https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/208349945-Bandwidth-requirements-for-calls We are constantly working on increasing the participant number for conference calls. Currently we offer audio conferences with up to 25 and video conferences with up to 12 participants in high quality. You can use read receipts this way: https://support.wire.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012392938-Conference-Calling If you have more questions about features, feel free to check out our FAQ or reach out to your customer success manager. Kind regards, The Wire team

Replied April 2021

Verified

Reviewer

Financial Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2018

Wire - secure messaging platform as well as audio/video comms is finally here!

As an early Wire (personal) adopter and a vocal supporter (I want to say Ambassador), I may be a bit biased. Still, I strongly believe everyone deserves a fully secure communication platform and there must be no compromise on that - Wire proves it's possible. I have successfully converted more than a couple dozens users to Wire - and we never looked back.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

First and most of all, Wire is all about security. Full E2E encryption for all the services it provides - messaging, voice, video. There are no compromises here and if security is a top priority, you don't have to look further. As far as I know, they are already doing some post-quantum cryptography experimenting, which is really impressive. Did I mention they are 100% Open Source? Did I say the voice quality is absolutely fantastic?

Cons:

Not a lot of things I can say I don't like - basically for private usage the only issue is adoption, as the competition is very hard (not that I find any of the competitors good) and most people base the adoption on the number of people already on the platform. For business usage, I would say that it has everything that most people would want - yeah, including gifs, but it's always hard to adopt a new tool/software for the team, especially a communication platform.

Justin J.

Verified reviewer

Retail

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2020

Use for sharing the screen with end to end encryption.

Wire is an unlimited package of benefits because we are using this application for many years and it has been proven a good package for all our needs. This application is an excellent video conference tool to communicate with clients and its mobile app offers 24-hours service to allocate the business detail on hand. Everything is quite easy and superb with this amazing application by making video conferences to overseas clients and sharing the ideas on every business promotion. All information is secured and stored on the cloud to provide the safest way of communication.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Wire is the best application to communicate online with clients for sharing ideas and thoughts on business promotions. So, this software provides the best platform to collaborate with clients through live streaming and video conferences. An easy hand on all business details and provoking new ideas for promoting business opportunities. Nothing is difficult in understanding as this application is very easy and simple to share the business ventures. Then, all you need to do is just put this software for your business meetings and have unlimited benefits.

Cons:

This software helps in understating the business promotions with unique ideas but, all that comes with good quality internet. If your networking is not good then, you can enjoy its offers and packages because during live streaming it can cause hindrance to your live conversations.

Vendor Response

Hi Justin Jerry, Thanks so much for such a positive feedback! Great to hear that you enjoy using Wire with your team. I will forward your insights regarding the internet connection with our team.

Replied April 2021

Samer A.

Verified reviewer

Legal Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

The best we've found, but leaves a lot to be desired

Not loving it, sometimes really frustrated by it, but it works just well enough to keep around. I don't know of any secure messaging alternatives that work any better...

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Our organization works with vulnerable communities and needs to be able to communicate securely so we've been looking for an encrypted alternative to Slack for some time now. Wire seemed like the closest fit in terms of the features we wanted: custom "channels" the ability to include some people outside of the org, silo'ed information, and secure group calling. It hasn't been spectacular at any of those things, but it hasn't been terrible either.

Cons:

Wire is a pretty new product and it shows. The calls frequently drop, or some people's audio won't connect, etc. etc. Calls generally have to be limited to just a 3-4 people or the quality degrades even further. Our plan to use it as a communication tool with communities has been shelved indefinitely while we wait for some upgrades. In the meantime, our team mostly uses it text each other, which has been a significant improvement over email, but not quite as functional or intuitive as Slack channels. Nevertheless, it seems to be the best thing we've got so we're sticking with it for the time being.

Verified

Reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2020

Great for the Workplace!

My whole team really appreciates Wire and we rely on it over any other form of communication.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Wire is great for the workplace! It is simple to use and has a fabulous IOS app. It allows me to stay in contact with all of my coworkers who work not in the area since we are all working remotely right now. It is an added bonus that Wire is encrypted and they care about their user privacy.

Cons:

I really have no complaints with this software. It updates frequently and it is perfect for a large work group to communicate via computer as well as via mobile device.

Vendor Response

Hi, Thanks so much for your review! Happy to hear that you are very satisfied with our user friendly and secure product.

Replied April 2021

Verified

Reviewer

Think Tanks

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Why I love using Wire for Work

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Wire is a great way to contact employees about a variety of tasks. It is great because it is encrypted so you can discuss work related matters in a more secure way.

Cons:

Wire is pretty slow and sending photos in chats.

Tyrell F.

Verified reviewer

Machinery

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed September 2018

I'm Wire'd!

Have been using Wire for both personal and business use - and it's been great from the start! Communicating with work colleagues is, not only fast, but easy to track and to send important information. And knowing that it is fully-encrypted is a huge confidence builder!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

The layout and ease of use! The business/ enterprise edition has features that great for communicating with co-workers and even customers. It's like having messaging (private and public), webcasts, document sharing, and "FaceTime" all together! Oh and the best-in-class security features!

Cons:

The "homepage" - needs to have an initial start page to see an overview of everything at first.

Verified

Reviewer

Government Administration

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

Beautiful, Easy to use, Top notch security, Messaging as it should be

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Wire is a great example of well developed security messaging. The UI is beautiful and the security does not drag down the ease of use of the software. This is a prime example of engineers knowing how to balance usability and security.

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