Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
Strong free pick for gaming clans and Roblox groups that want chat, voice, calendars, and forums in one place.
Comparison
Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities vs Stoat - Find your community
Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities lands on Worth it, and Stoat - Find your community lands on Depends.
Stoat - Find your community
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Take it if you want a free, open-source Discord-style chat for friends or hobby communities and accept a young, thinly-reviewed project.
| Compare | Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities | Stoat - Find your community |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Worth it | Depends |
| Best for | Gaming clans and guilds | Friend groups |
| Who it's not for | Workplace teams . gamer-first, no compliance story | Businesses needing compliance, SLAs, or support contracts |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.² | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | No support evidence in sources | No support evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Forum users treat Guilded as a workable Discord alternative, but a recent update and bot shutdowns frustrated parts of its base.⁶ | Most buzz is forum discussion positioning Stoat as a Discord alternative; formal user reviews are very scarce.15 |
| Biggest gotcha | A 2024 'bad update' reshaped the product; bots and features vanished, angering longtime users.⁶ | 20MB per-file upload cap; media-heavy communities will hit it quickly |
Pick Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities when
- Gaming clans and guilds
- Roblox developer communities
- Tabletop RPG groups needing scheduling
- Communities replacing paid chat tools
When Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities is not a fit
- Workplace teams . gamer-first, no compliance story
- Communities whose members already live on Discord
- Bot-heavy servers needing Discord's huge bot ecosystem
- Guess: enterprises needing SSO, SLAs, or admin controls
Pick Stoat - Find your community when
- Friend groups
- Hobbyist and gaming communities
- Users avoiding Discord's ID checks
- Self-hosting fans
When Stoat - Find your community is not a fit
- Businesses needing compliance, SLAs, or support contracts
- Large communities dependent on Discord's bot ecosystem
- Teams needing guaranteed uptime and vendor accountability
- Media-heavy servers; 20MB upload cap bites fast
Sources
official
- Guilded security pageguilded.ggsecurity
- Guilded on Y Combinatorycombinator.comofficial
news
- Guilded - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgnews
review
- Discord replacement/alt - Open Source & Web-Based (Level1Techs forum)forum.level1techs.comreview
- Update on Guilded and Communities (Roblox DevForum)devforum.roblox.comreview
- Extreme Gaming Podcast post on Guildedfacebook.comreview
official
- Stoat on GitHubgithub.comofficial
- Stoat - Find Your Community - Google Playplay.google.comofficial
- AppBrain listing (free app, Revolt Platforms)appbrain.comreview
- Gizmodo download pagegizmodo.comnews
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- Zcash Community Forum threadforum.zcashcommunity.comreview