How m3llo stacks up.
m3llo is built for gaming crews. Up to around 100 people who actually know each other. Not a public community with strangers, not an esports roster, not a clip-sharing network. Here's how that compares to the usual alternatives.
| m3llo | Discord | TeamSpeak | Guilded | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Crews up to 100 | Communities of any size | Voice-first crews | Esports teams & orgs | Sharing clips publicly |
| Voice chat | Yes neural noise cancel | Yes | Yes legendary | Yes | No |
| Screen streaming | Yes, 1080p60 | Yes 720p free, 1080p w/ Nitro | No | Yes | No |
| Text chat with GIFs | Yes | Yes | Basic | Yes | No |
| One-tap clips | Yes 30s voice clips | No | No | No | Yes video clips |
| Crew feed / memory | Yes | No | No | No | Partial public, not private |
| Self-hostable | Yes Apache 2.0 | No | Yes | No | No |
| Open source | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Made in Europe | Yes Göteborg, SE | No US | Yes Germany | No US | No US |
| Install weight | <80MB | ~200MB | ~75MB | ~200MB | ~180MB |
| Pricing | Free + optional ~€5/mo | Free + Nitro $9.99/mo | Free + paid hosting | Free + Pro | Free + Premium |
vs Discord
The mall vs the living room. Streaming, clips, and a crew feed for the handful of people you actually play with.
Read the full comparisonvs TeamSpeak
Legendary voice, and only voice. What m3llo adds on top for self-hosters and small crews.
Read the full comparisonvs Guilded
Built for esports orgs with coaches and brackets. m3llo is for the four friends who play on Tuesday nights.
Read the full comparisonvs Medal
Public clip sharing vs clips that stay private with your crew, next to the voice and chat where they happened.
Read the full comparisonWhen m3llo is not the right pick.
We built m3llo for a specific job. It's not going to fit everyone. If any of these sound like you, pick something else and we won't be offended.
- You run a public community with hundreds or thousands of members. Discord or Guilded are built for that shape. m3llo caps out around 100.
- You're running voice for a competitive esports roster. TeamSpeak is still the benchmark, and Guilded has the team-management layer.
- You want your clips to go viral. Medal has the reach. m3llo clips are private to your crew by design.
- You need voice on Android or iOS right now. We're desktop-first during alpha. Mobile is on the roadmap, not in the current build.
- You need Linux today. Windows and macOS only in alpha. Linux is coming.
If none of that applies, and you want voice, streaming, chat, and a crew feed that remembers, keep reading.
Sound like your crew?
Download the alpha and try it for yourself. Free. Open source.