Trillian
by Trillian · Instant messaging for individuals, business and healthcare
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Overview
Trillian is an instant messaging service from Cerulean Studios with native clients for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android and an optional web app. It covers 1:1 and group chat, file and screen-capture sharing and audio calls; business plans add video calls, screen sharing, central administration and a REST API. Enterprise adds an optional on-premises server, audit logging and HIPAA compliance.
- Best for
- Teams and healthcare practices wanting hosted or on-premises instant messaging with HIPAA options
- Pricing
- Free for one user, then $3.99/month for Individual Pro, $3.99/user/month for Business and $7.99/user/month for Enterprise, both with a five-user minimum.
- Runs on
- LinuxSelf-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Native apps for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android, plus web
- Free 1-user tier with messaging, file sharing and 1:1 audio calls
- Enterprise adds on-prem server, audit logging API and HIPAA BAA
- REST API, chat bots and user policies from the Business plan up
Trade-offs
- Video calls and screen sharing need the Business plan, 5-user minimum
- HIPAA and on-premises server only on the $7.99/user Enterprise plan
- Only 1:1 audio and video calls are listed; no group calling
- Trillian SMS and Premium Support are chargeable add-ons
How Trillian markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Trillian’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“is modern and secure instant messaging for people, business and healthcare”
- Angle: Security / trust-led
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Trillian’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
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Agent friendliness
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Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Customer sentiment
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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
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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.
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