Keybase
by Keybase · End-to-end encrypted messaging and file sharing for teams
BenchRank score
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Overview
Keybase is an end-to-end encrypted messaging and file-sharing service. It uses public key cryptography so message contents cannot be read by Keybase itself, and stores a group's photos, videos and documents with the same encryption. Users create teams, connect to public identities on services such as Twitter and Reddit, and can set a timer on sensitive messages.
- Best for
- Families, clubs and companies wanting encrypted group chat and shared file storage
- Pricing
- No pricing information is shown on the captured page
- Runs on
- macOS
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- End-to-end encrypted chat and file storage for groups
- Teams can be created for families, clubs or companies
- Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android
- Connects accounts to public identities on Twitter and Reddit
Trade-offs
- No pricing, plan or usage limits published on the site
- Identity connections depend on third-party accounts
- Requires installing an app; no browser client is mentioned
How Keybase markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Keybase’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“End-to-end encryption for things that matter.”
- Angle: Security / trust-led
- Hero: Typography only
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Keybase’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Customer sentiment
Third-party ratings, shrunk toward the catalogue mean by review volume and corroborated across independent sources.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Keybase pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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