Comparison

Trillian vs Cloudbrink

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Trillian

This secure messaging platform offers instant communication for businesses, healthcare organizations, and individuals. It modernizes employee communication, provides HIPAA-compliant messaging for healthcare, and allows free, private communication for personal use.

Highlights
  • Secure business instant messaging
  • HIPAA-compliant healthcare communication
  • Free individual messaging
  • Modern employee communication
  • Privacy-focused personal chat
Features
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Trillian is both a free instant messenger for individuals and a powerful business and clinical communication platform used by companies and healthcare systems of all sizes. Here's how we can help you: • FOR BUSINESSES: Does your business still rely on texting or cumbersome email chains? Let Trillian's modern and secure business instant messaging modernize employee communication without compromising on security or control. • FOR HEALTHCARE: Your healthcare organization needs secure instant messaging, and Trillian's HIPAA-compliant secure messaging platform has you covered. We help teams of all sizes improve clinical communication without breaking the bank. • FOR INDIVIDUALS: Stay in touch with family and friends without compromising your privacy. Your unique Trillian username can be used to send unlimited messages free of charge over your existing data plan and/or WiFi. Whether you're looking to empower secure employee instant messaging or just to keep in touch with family and friends, Trillian can help. Thanks for checking us out! Terms of Use: https://trillian.im/legal/customer-agreement/

About

Cloudbrink

This software-only platform offers high-performance, zero-trust access to business applications for remote users. It combines application performance with robust security, ensuring authenticated access based on user and device identity. The solution leverages advanced protocols and a distributed network to significantly boost performance for remote workers.

Highlights
  • High-performance zero-trust access
  • Software-only solution
  • Application performance enhancement
  • User and device authentication
  • Role-based access controls
  • Software-defined WAN
  • Cost reduction
Features
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Cloudbrink provides a high-performance and strong zero-trust access to business applications for users from anywhere. Cloudbrink is a completely software-only solution that combines application performance and zero-trust security into a single platform. Cloudbrink ensures users and devices are authenticated before providing any role-based access controls. Cloudbrink protocols overcome the slow downs that come from even the slightest packet loss in the network. Along with a true software-defined WAN and thousands of POPs, no one else can match the quality of experience that can deliver a 30x performance boost for your remote workers. Cloudbrink reduces costs on multiple fronts. There are no expensive hardware appliances like VPN concentrators needed. The thousands of PoPs are spun up and spun down as required to give you ultra-fast access to PoPs only when you are online. And the ability to consolidate SD-WAN, VPN, and ZTNA technologies into a single software solution again reduces costs.

Screenshots

Trillian3 screens
Cloudbrink3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cloudbrink at 5.0 against Trillian's 4.1. Cloudbrink also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Trillian's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (574 vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trillian sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cloudbrink asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cloudbrink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trillian has 574 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trillian ships an update every 5 days, Cloudbrink every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Trillian versus Cloudbrink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrillianCloudbrink
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (574 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings574 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCerulean Studios, LLCCloudbrink Inc

Customer experience

Trillian

All ratings574 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative16.2%
Written reviews338 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral9.8%
Negative33.1%

Cloudbrink

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Trillian

Subscriptions2
  • Trillian Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Trillian Pro - Yearly$47.991 Year
One-time2
  • Trillian Pro - One Month$4.99
  • Trillian Pro - One Year$47.90
None

Cloudbrink

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trillian free?
Trillian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cloudbrink free?
Cloudbrink is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trillian or Cloudbrink?
Cloudbrink is rated higher. Trillian averages 4.1 out of 5 from 574 ratings, while Cloudbrink averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Trillian or Cloudbrink have ads?
Neither Trillian nor Cloudbrink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trillian or Cloudbrink?
Trillian ships an update every 5 days, and Cloudbrink every 2 months. Most recently, Trillian was updated on October 11, 2026 and Cloudbrink on October 2, 2026.

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