Most of the information we have is shared online: we post about our lives on social media and exchange business files, documents, and images via specialized collaborative platforms.
People have gotten used to so many things that the Internet provides, that they forget to be more careful and not to fully trust public platforms.
Recently, our team noticed how more teams from South and Southeast Asia raise concerns towards privacy and information security in general. More questions about alternatives to cloud platforms like Slack or MS Teams.
We believe that MyChat can help to solve privacy problems and provide independent business communication.
Cloud-based apps are not 100% secure
WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Teams — we all use them both for work and personal communication. These cloud-based apps are simple and provide all basic features for sharing messages, files, images, etc.
However, these are the reasons that make developers and system administrators switch to alternatives:
- important and sensitive information is stored on cloud servers, and you can’t control how exactly your data is maintained;
- frequent updates that are not always helpful and necessary;
- clouds are popular target for hackers;
- mandatory phone number bind;
- requires access to the internet. No connection — no access to any part of your data.
For businesses, these conditions are not only inconvenient but also cause delays and interrupt workflow.
MyChat — self-hosted alternative for SEA teams
MyChat is a completely independent on-premise software that has been providing secure tools for business collaboration since 2004. MyChat is used by schools, government facilities, finance, ships, enterprises, and small teams.
We also have Indian teams that work in the entertainment industry, and these are the reasons they use MyChat as a main collaboration tool:
✅ self-hosted server with advanced Admin Panel. Control any action in the chat, assign permissions for departments, set up your workflow the way your company needs it;
✅ no phone bind to account. MyChat has 4 authorization types, and none of them require your phone number;
✅ independent from Internet connection. The program can work both in a local on-premise network and over the Internet;
✅ large set of tools that are helpful both for professional teams and regular users: task management, internal forum, chatbot, built-in FTP, voice conferences, audit logs, remote control, and a lot more.
MyChat is a self-hosted business tool that provides privacy under full user control and without foreign cloud storage.