DRIVUNO vs Discord
Great for communities. Not designed for material covered by an NDA.
Discord is optimised for large, social, public-leaning communities: content is server-readable, moderated and CDN-hosted. DRIVUNO Rooms targets the opposite use case — small confidential teams where every message and attachment is sealed on the device and no moderation pipeline can read it.
| Feature | DRIVUNO | Discord |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption model | End-to-end, per-member sealed keys | Server-side; provider holds content |
| Attachment hosting | Ciphertext in your vault, decrypted locally | Public CDN URLs |
| Content moderation/scanning | None possible on our side | Platform-side moderation |
| Files inside conversations | Encrypted before upload, client-side previews, encrypted ZIP download | Direct CDN links, provider-readable |
| Voice/video | Peer-to-peer DTLS-SRTP with IP-exposure modes | Provider-relayed |
| Intended use | Confidential team and client work | Communities and gaming |
Comparison based on publicly available documentation at time of writing. DRIVUNO does not make absolute claims about competitor security; we describe architectural differences.
Frequently asked questions
Is this comparison fair?
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We compare architectural characteristics publicly documented by each vendor at the time of writing. We never call a competitor insecure — only 'not zero-knowledge by default' where that is the case.
What does zero-knowledge change for a chat tool?
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Message payloads are sealed on the device under a room key wrapped per member. The provider relays envelopes it cannot open, so there is no admin export of content, no server-side scanning and nothing readable to disclose.
Do we lose features by encrypting everything?
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You keep channels, threads, mentions, reactions, file drops, galleries, encrypted ZIP downloads, calls and search. Search runs on blind indexes computed on your device instead of server-side plaintext indexing.
How do we migrate a team?
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Invite members by email; keys are generated on their first login and channel keys are sealed to each member. Files can be dragged in, or mirrored continuously from a local folder with Live Clone.
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