Comparison
Korovs
WhatsAppFrom WhatsApp to a real team tool — without Meta in the rearview.
WhatsApp encrypts your content properly. What Meta still sees: who messages whom, when, how often, from where. On top of that, it stays a personal messenger with no workspaces, tasks or translation. Here’s what Koro does differently.
Short and honest
Three reasons WhatsApp falls short for teams.
Meta sees all the metadata
Content is encrypted. Who talks to whom, when, how often, IP addresses — ends up in the US with Meta.
Phone number = public identity
Every new contact needs your number. With Koro a username or email is enough.
No tool for teamwork
No workspaces, no channels per topic, no tasks, no API. That’s exactly what Koro is built for.
Encryption
Who can read your messages?
The same conversation, two paths. Where does it run encrypted end to end — and where doesn’t it?
Via WhatsApp
You
Sender
Server
Sees metadata
Markus
Recipient
Content encrypted — metadata isn’t
Message content is end-to-end encrypted via the Signal protocol. But Meta logs metadata — who chats with whom, when, IP addresses; cloud backups (if enabled) are often accessible server-side. Jurisdiction: USA.
Via Koro
You
Sender
Server
Can’t read
Markus
Recipient
Servers are blind
Diffie-Hellman key exchange on your device. We see neither content nor metadata in a form that could be linked to people. Servers in the EU, source code audit by Cure53.
Feature by feature
What you get with Koro — and what’s missing in WhatsApp.
KoroWhatsAppHonestly speaking
When does WhatsApp win, when does Koro?
We’re not going to talk WhatsApp down where it doesn’t deserve it. Here’s the honest split.
If this is what you want
Stick with WhatsApp
- You mostly chat with family and friends.
- You need exactly the reach WhatsApp has — almost everyone’s on it.
- Plain 1:1 communication without team structures is enough.
- You use it primarily as a voice and video call app for personal use.
If this is what you want
Switch to Koro
- Your studio, agency or company is currently coordinating over WhatsApp — and it’s slowly getting messy.
- You want channels per topic, tasks straight out of chat, and workspaces with team & private cleanly separated.
- Your team works in multiple languages. Live translation should be built-in, not copy-paste through Google.
- You want an app you can embed into your own product — whitelabel, API, no Meta approval.
- GDPR and EU jurisdiction aren’t just compliance ticks for you — they’re business requirements.
From WhatsApp to Koro — in a few minutes.
Join the waitlist. At launch we’ll import your contacts encrypted, give you 1 month of Koro Pro for free and have your workspaces ready.