Everything in CETEChat.
Every feature, on every plan, end-to-end encrypted. Free for families of up to 50 and companies of up to 300.
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Messaging that feels easy, and stays private.
Every way to talk to your team, your clients and your family, with the small touches that make chat quick.
Channels
Public channels anyone in the company can find and join, private ones by invitation, and broadcast channels where only admins post.
Direct messages and group chats
A private chat with one person, or a group conversation with up to 8 others.
Threads
Keep a side conversation under one message without filling up the main chat.
Quote replies
Reply to one message so everyone sees what you are answering. On a phone, swipe a message to reply.
Reactions
Answer with an emoji instead of writing a reply.
Mentions
Get someone's attention with @name, or everyone at once with @here and @channel.
Formatting
Bold, italic, strikethrough, code, quotes and links, with simple marks to type.
Edit and delete
Fix a typo in a message you sent, or delete it for everyone.
Forward
Send a copy of a message, file, sticker or GIF to other conversations.
Pinned messages
Pin what matters so everyone in the conversation can find it.
Polls
Ask a question and let people vote, right in the chat.
Voice messages
Record, send and play voice messages.
Video notes
A short round video of you, like a voice message people can see.
Stickers and GIFs
Send a sticker, or search for the right GIF.
Emoji and emoji codes
Pick from the emoji picker, or type a code like :thumbsup:.
Slash commands
Type / for quick actions such as polls, GIFs and muting.
Link previews
A small preview card under links, or send a link without one.
Drafts that stay
Enter to send, Shift and Enter for a new line, and drafts that wait for you in each chat.
Urgent messages
A message that keeps beeping on people's phones until they open it.
Send a message later
Write it now and have it sent at the time you choose.
Remind me, and the Later list
Get a nudge about a message later, and see every reminder and scheduled message in one place.
Shared lists
A shopping list, job list or to-do list that everyone in the chat ticks off as they go.
Events
Plan something in a chat. People answer Going, Maybe or Can't go, and get a reminder.
Status updates
Share a photo, a video or a few words that disappear after 24 hours, and see other people's.
Seen and typing
See when people have read your messages and when someone is typing.
Online and last seen
See when someone is around, and choose who sees yours.
Search
Find words or file names across the conversations in a space.
Import from WhatsApp or Slack
Bring your old chat history across, encrypted on your device on the way in.
Notifications per conversation
All messages, mentions only or nothing, for each channel or chat. Or mute it.
Clear or delete history
Clear a conversation from your own screen, or (for admins) delete everything for everyone.
Calls and meetings, sealed end to end.
Voice and video in any direct message, group or channel. Audio and video are encrypted on your device, so nobody can listen in, including us.
Voice and video calls
Call one person, a group or a whole channel from the top of the conversation.
Screen sharing
Show your whole screen, one window or a browser tab to everyone in the call.
Backgrounds and blur
Blur your room, put a picture behind you, add a filter or brighten a dark room.
Raise hand and reactions
Put your hand up or react with an emoji without interrupting.
Recording
Record a call when everyone needs a copy.
Live captions
Words on screen as people speak.
Speaker view, waiting room and host controls
Everything to run a bigger meeting smoothly.
Voice chat rooms
An open audio room in a group or channel. Nobody is rung; people drop in and out whenever they like.
Call links
Send a link that opens a call, including for people from outside your company.
Scheduled calls
Put a call in the chat's calendar, and people are reminded when it is time.
Join late
Join from the call bar, the incoming call prompt or a notification.
Chat while you call
Open the chat without hanging up, send photos and see messages as they arrive.
Minimise and carry on
Shrink the call to a bar while you use the rest of the app.
Ringing when the app is closed
Calls ring on your phone with a notification, and missed calls are easy to return.
Pocket mode
Keep a call going hands-free on your phone.
Listen without a microphone
Join and listen when your microphone is missing, blocked or busy.
Call reminders
Remind yourself to call someone at a time. Your phone rings with Call now or Snooze.
Who can call you
Choose who can reach you, and blocking someone stops their calls too.
Photos, videos and files, kept to the people you send them to.
Everything you share is encrypted on your device before it uploads, and only the people in the conversation can open it.
Encrypted file sharing
Send documents, photos and videos to any chat. Your company sets the largest file size.
Full screen photos and video
Open photos full screen, swipe between them, play videos and open PDFs inside the app.
Private Vault
Keep photos, videos and files encrypted and hidden behind your own private code, with a decoy code if you need one.
Photos that cannot be kept
Photos and videos sent to disappear cannot be downloaded, forwarded or copied. The phone apps block screenshots; in a browser they carry the viewer's name and blur when the window is not in front.
Plenty of room
2 GB of encrypted files for a personal space and 10 GB for a company, free.
Save a copy
Save a photo or file to your device when you need it, with a clear note that the copy is no longer encrypted.
A privacy toolkit, not just a lock icon.
Encryption protects your messages on the way. These protect them on your phone, from the person next to you, and over time.
End-to-end encryption
Messages, files, calls and locations are locked on your device with keys only the people in the conversation hold.
Forward secrecy
Conversation keys change on a schedule, and old keys can be destroyed so old messages can never be opened again.
Safety numbers and key warnings
Clear notices when someone's keys change, and what to do about it.
Your recovery key
A private code that brings back every conversation if you ever forget your password.
Two-factor authentication
A 6-digit code from an authenticator app when you sign in.
Signed-in devices
See everywhere you are signed in, and sign out a device you do not recognise.
Sign in with Google or Microsoft
Link your Google or Microsoft account to sign in quickly.
App lock, on your terms New
Lock CETEChat with a PIN, Face ID or fingerprint, and choose when it asks: as soon as you leave, after a few minutes, or only when it opens. Or not at all.
Decoy PIN
A second PIN that opens an empty-looking CETEChat if someone forces you to unlock it.
Lock it instantly
Tap the lock at the top, or press Esc three times on a computer.
Private Mode
Blur messages and photos until you tap them, and hide message text in notifications.
Locked chats
Move chats out of your list. They open only with your private code, and their notifications hide who and what.
Disappearing messages
Messages delete themselves after a set time, for one message or a whole conversation.
Signed records
Export a conversation as one file that proves what was said and when.
Delete for good
Deleted messages and files are erased from our servers, not archived.
Who can find you
Choose whether people can find you by username, email or mobile, or go completely private.
Report and block
Stop someone contacting you, and report messages to the space's admins.
Private notifications
With an app lock, notifications never show the message text unless you choose to see it.
Kept in Sydney
Servers in Sydney, Australia, with encrypted daily backups kept for 14 days.
Delete your account
Permanently erase your account, messages and files whenever you want.
Know your family is safe. Without being watched.
A family map like the location apps you know, with every location end-to-end encrypted, each person in charge of their own sharing, and the family always told.
Personal spaces
A free, private space for your family, friends or club, for up to 50 people.
The family map
See everyone who shares their location, when they were last seen and their battery.
Places with alerts
Add up to 20 places like Home, School and Work. The family is alerted when someone arrives or leaves.
Where someone has been
A person's trail for today, the last 7 days or the last 30 days, while they share.
Crash detection
If a phone feels a crash while driving it asks "Are you OK?". No answer in 30 seconds, and the family gets an urgent alert with where it happened.
Driving reports
Each drive with distance, top speed, hard braking, fast starts, phone use and a score out of 100.
Low battery alerts
The family hears when someone's phone drops to 15% and is not charging.
Sharing in the background New
The phone apps keep sharing when CETEChat is closed. On Android it can start again by itself after a restart.
Pause or stop
Pause for an hour or a day, or stop and delete your history. The family is told either way.
Nobody can switch it on for you
Each person turns sharing on for themselves, and is reminded every 30 days who can see them.
Live location in any chat
Let people follow where you are for 15 minutes, 1 hour or 8 hours, in any conversation.
Send where you are
Drop your current location into a chat in one tap.
I'm safe
Let everyone know you are okay with one tap.
Check-in timers
Your family is alerted if you have not said you are safe by the time you set.
SOS
Alert everyone in a conversation that you need help, with your location.
Around me
Find food, cafes, parking, fuel, EV charging, hotels and chemists nearby, and share a place to meet.
One login for every part of your life.
Work, family and friends each live in their own space, kept apart, with one account and one tap to switch.
One login, every company
Be in as many companies and personal spaces as you like. Each one stays completely separate.
Contacts
Chat one to one with friends, family or people from other companies, by username, email or mobile.
Contact requests
Nothing reaches you until you accept, and nobody can browse the list of users.
Your QR code and add link
Let someone scan your code, or send your link, so they can add you.
Tap to connect
Put your add link or an invite on an NFC card, sticker or keyring that people tap with their phone.
Invite friends your way
Send your invite from WhatsApp, WeChat or a text. Friends who join from it are connected with you straight away.
Follow a channel with a link
Follow a business, school or club's announcements without anyone seeing you.
Switch in a tap
Move between companies, personal spaces, Contacts and followed channels from the space list.
Grow into a company
Turn a personal space into a company workspace to get guests and CETECommand.
Built for business, free for up to 300 people.
The controls an owner needs to run a team and look after clients, on every plan.
Roles
Owners, admins, members, guests and followers, each seeing and doing exactly what they should.
Clients as guests
Invite clients who see only the conversations you share with them.
Owner oversight, out in the open
Owners can choose to read direct messages that include a client. When they do, everyone sees a clear label.
Invites every way
Personal invites by text message or email, or one group link with a QR code, an NFC tag and a limit on uses.
Members who can invite
Let chosen staff invite clients or teammates without making them admins.
Required two-factor
Make owners and admins, or everyone, use an authenticator app.
Required app lock New
Make everyone lock CETEChat with a PIN or Face ID on each device.
Company sign-in with Microsoft or Google
Staff with your email domain sign in with your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace account.
Directory sync (SCIM)
Connect Microsoft Entra ID, Okta or another directory to add and remove people automatically.
Verified business tick
Show clients a verified tick with your legal name and ABN.
Company rules for messages
Set disappearing messages, read receipts, Status, the largest file size, and whether messages can be forwarded out.
Keep chats in the company
Choose whether staff and clients can also connect privately through Contacts.
Key changes and old keys
Set how often conversation keys change and whether old messages become unreadable after a time.
Channels for everyone
Choose which channels new people join, and archive old ones.
Delete for everyone
Empty a conversation, or delete a channel, for every member.
Reports
Deal with messages and people your team has reported.
Audit log
A record of sign-ins, admin actions, account changes and moderation.
Look after your people
Deactivate someone straight away, reset a password or two-factor, or take down a photo.
Integrations
Make a webhook so your shop, forms or monitors can post messages into a channel. Bots welcome.
Get paid in chat
Connect your own Stripe account and send payment requests in any conversation. We take 0%.
Sell in chat New
List what you sell with photos and prices. Customers fill a cart in the chat and pay by card or on pick up.
Broadcast to customers
A channel customers or parents follow with a link or QR code, without seeing each other.
Your data, yours
Export your records, and delete the company for good when you are done.
AI that never sees your messages.
Helpful AI features that run on your own device, so your words never go to anyone's server.
Catch me up
A short summary of a busy conversation you have been away from.
Translate
Turn a message into your language without leaving the chat.
Voice to text
Read a voice message when you cannot listen to it.
On your device only
Nothing you say is sent away to be processed, and you can switch it off in Settings.
On your phone, your computer, your wrist and in the car.
The same encrypted CETEChat on every screen you use, set up the way you like it.
iPhone and Android apps
With notifications, Face ID or fingerprint, background location and screenshot protection.
Mac and Windows
Install it from Chrome, Edge or Safari and it opens in its own window, like any app.
Any web browser
Open app.cetechat.com and carry on where you left off.
Watch and car
Read and reply from Apple Watch, Wear OS, CarPlay and Android Auto, still end-to-end encrypted.
Notifications everywhere
On iPhone and Android, including from the browser on iPhone once it is on your Home Screen.
Quiet hours
Stop notifications at the same times every day, in your own time zone.
Pause notifications
Silence everything for a while, and have it come back on its own.
Sounds and ringtone
Choose whether calls ring loudly and messages play a sound.
Your status
Show an emoji and a note such as In a meeting or On leave, and have it clear itself.
Appearance
Light or dark, your accent colour, text size, spacing and the clock you prefer.
Your language
In English and 11 other languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi and Korean.
No signal
Read what you already have and keep working. Changes send when you are back online.
Keyboard shortcuts
Keys that save time on a computer.
Help built in
A searchable guide that opens at the screen you are on.
Try all of it, free.
Set up a space for your team or your family in a minute. No card needed.