A real admin dashboard — not a tacked-on afterthought.
See how LVChat stacks up against Discord, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. Your data, your server, your rules.
| Feature | LVChat | Discord | Slack | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Hosted | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Open Source | ✓ AGPL-3.0 | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Data Ownership | ✓ Full | ✗ Discord | ✗ Salesforce | ✗ Microsoft |
| End-to-End Encryption | ✓ DMs | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| IRC Compatibility | ✓ Native | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Built-In Themes | ✓ 75+ | ✗ Nitro Only | ✗ Limited | ✗ Limited |
| Push Notifications | ✓ Free | ✓ Free | ✗ Paid Only | ✓ Free |
| File Sharing | ✓ Unlimited | ✓ 25MB | ✓ 1GB | ✓ 100MB |
| Analytics Dashboard | ✓ Built-In | ✗ Basic | ✓ Paid | ✓ Paid |
| Support Tickets | ✓ Built-In | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Webhooks | ✓ I/O | ✓ Inbound | ✓ I/O | ✓ I/O |
| API Rate Limits | ✓ Your Server | ✓ Strict | ✓ Strict | ✓ Strict |
| Cost | ✓ Free | Free / $10 Nitro | Free / $8.75+ | $4+/user/mo |
A real admin dashboard — not a tacked-on afterthought.
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