System of Record · Collaboration

OwnChat

Channels. DMs. Voice. Guests. Governed.

A single governed communication surface for the entire organisation. Consolidates internal channels, direct messages, voice calls, and scoped guest access into one workspace.

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ReplacesSlackMicrosoft Teams

What changes

In week one. Not year one.

01

The email chain becomes a searchable channel with threads and pinned context from day one.

02

Guest access expires on its own schedule, and every message stays in the audit trail.

03

Voice calls run in the same workspace, so the separate conferencing licence goes away.

And the Slack renewal stops being a line item — the replacement is an asset you own. Run your numbers →

FullMessage audit trail and retention

ScopedGuest access with time limits

Built-inVoice calling — no add-on

SelfHosted — your data, your rules

Inside OwnChat · actual interface

WHY OWNCHAT

What sets it apart

Every message searchable, auditable, and compliance-ready

Scoped guest access for vendors — no accidental data exposure

Voice calling built in — no separate Zoom or Teams licence

CAPABILITIES

Key Capabilities

Team Channels

Dedicated channels with topics, pinned context, threads, @mentions, and company-wide broadcast.

Voice Calls

Built-in voice calling with persistent, searchable history across all conversations.

Guest Access

Scoped access for vendors and customers with governance controls and time-limited permissions.

Governance & Audit

Admin controls, full audit trail, searchable history, and compliance-ready data retention.

BUILT FOR

Who it’s for

IT Admin

Full governance: retention policies, audit logs, guest access controls, and compliance-ready archiving.

Team Lead

Channels with topics, pinned context, threads, @mentions — replace the email chain with searchable conversations.

Procurement

Scoped guest channels for vendor communication with automatic expiry and data boundary enforcement.

Perpetual Licence

OwnChat is available as a perpetual licence. You own the software forever. Deploy on your infrastructure. No annual renewals, no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in. Prefer OpEx? A managed subscription is available too — switch between the two anytime, nothing to re-buy.

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Headless by contract

Every screen here also works without the screen.

OwnChat implements the Own360 headless spec: a standard /api/v1 surface with OpenAPI, cursor pagination, idempotent writes, and entity.changed events — drivable from its own CLI, any HTTP client, MCP tools generated straight from its OpenAPI, and the OwnAgents runtime.

$ ownchat entities            # 6 entities
$ ownchat channel list --limit 20
$ ownchat channel create --data '{…}'
$ ownchat domain send

The generated OwnChat CLI — every entity and domain op, OwnAuth-authenticated, idempotent by default.

Entities

channelmessagethreaduserreactionattachment

Domain ops

sendreact

6 verified agent tasks · 7 cross-app workflows

Create channelCreate messageCreate threadCreate userCreate reactionCreate attachment

OwnSocial → OwnChat — OwnSocial post scheduled → OwnChat announcement posted to channel referencing it
OwnDesk → OwnChat — OwnDesk ticket escalated to the support channel in OwnChat — message carries the ticket id
OwnChat → OwnDesk — OwnChat message reporting an issue → OwnDesk ticket whose subject carries the message id
OwnSocial → OwnWiki → OwnChat — OwnSocial campaign → OwnWiki campaign brief → OwnChat launch announcement (3-app chain)

See the full task catalog in the agent runtime →

Deep dive

Inside OwnChat

The full story — why it exists, what it replaces, every capability in detail, and real product screens.

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