Moving to Zulip | Zulip help center

Check out the dedicated guides for moving to Zulip from Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, and more.
Welcome to Zulip! This page will guide you through the process of transitioning your organization to Zulip. It assumes that you have completed your initial evaluation of Zulip, decided whether to use Zulip Cloud or self-host, and are ready to introduce Zulip to your organization.
The following steps are described in more detail below:
Each organization is unique, but we hope these common practices will help you think through the transition process in your own context.
You can create a new Zulip Cloud organization in less than two minutes. Setting up a self-hosted server will take a bit longer, but is easy to do with Zulip’s robust installer.
Zulip has import tools for Slack, Mattermost and Rocket.Chat. You can import your organization’s chat data, including message history, users, channels, and custom emoji. To inquire about importing data from another product, contact Zulip support.
Data is imported into Zulip as a new organization, so the best time to import is when your team is about to start using Zulip for day-to-day work. This may be part of your evaluation process, or after you’ve made the decision to move to Zulip.
If you require features that are not available on Zulip Cloud Free or the Zulip Free plan for self-hosted organizations, you will need to upgrade your plan.
Consider updating your organization’s communication policies and practices to take advantage of Zulip’s organized conversations:
Prepare an introduction to Zulip for your organization. It’s often effective to combine a written announcement with a live presentation. Recommended topics to cover include:
Tip: Remember to update links and login instructions to point to Zulip.
Congratulations on making the move! If you have any questions or feedback throughout this process, please reach out to the Zulip team.
Your feedback helps us make Zulip better for everyone! Please contact us with questions, suggestions, and feature requests.