Top 34 differences between WhatsApp and telegram, Should you migrate from WhatsApp to Telegram

 Top 34 differences between WhatsApp and telegram

In this article, we are going to elaborate on the difference between WhatsApp and telegram. In the past few months, there are a lot of blames on WhatsApp that they use or read user data. This makes WhatsApps popularity a little down. Many users from WhatsApp migrated to other applications and most of them are migrated to telegram.

In this article, I am going to show you the differences between WhatsApp and telegram. There are a lot of differences between WhatsApp and telegram. Top 34 differences between WhatsApp and telegram or listed below in the following table.

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Top 34 differences between WhatsApp and telegram is given below in the table.

Sno	Whatsapp	Telegram
1	End to End encryption is available in WhatsApp.	Only in private chats End to End encryption available
2	Vanishing messages feature is available on Whatsapp.	Vanishing messages features is also available in telegram
3	WhatsApp chat can provide the option of backing up of daughter in Google or iCloud.	Telegram also provide backing up of data in telegram's cloud.
4	WhatsApp does not show any advertisement in their application.	Currently, Telegram does not showing any advertisement on their application but it might be in the future.
5	WhatsApp provides end to end encryption in the WhatsApp group.	Telegram does not provide end to end encryption in their group chat.
6	WhatsApp provides a screen lock facility to their users in applications.	Telegram also provides a screen lock facility to their users in their application.
7	WhatsApp has been sold to Facebook in 2019.	Telegram is not yet sold to any other company.
8	WhatsApp over the spot for the desktop version.	Telegram also offers support for the desktop.
9	WhatsApp users have require the active internet connection while using the desktop Browser a version of their WhatsApp application.	Telegram users have no need of active internet connection on their phone while using their desktop version.
10	WhatsApp collect a lot of information from their users such as phone number, device information, email address location address, purchase history, etc.	Telegram on the other hand collects a small amount of information from their user such as userID, phone number and contact information.
11	WhatsApp is easy to use as compared to their competitor and more secure than that.	Telegram is not so secure as compared to their computer WhatsApp.
13	WhatsApp has more users than a telegram.	Telegram has fewer users as compared to WhatsApp.
14	WhatsApp has billions of active users in a day.	Telegram has also billions of active users but not more than or equal to WhatsApp.
15	In the WhatsApp group only 256 users can be accommodated.	In a group in telegram, there are two legs of users that can be accommodated.
16	WhatsApp offers video calling facilities between 8 people simultaneously.	Telegram light with this facility of video calling between such a number of users simultaneously.
17	A Biometric and pin lock facility is provided in WhatsApp for application locking.	Telegram also provides the facility of locking applications with the help of biometric and pin.
18	WhatsApp allowed taking a screenshot in their chat while using their application.	Telegram also allowed to take screenshot in their chatting. But the signal does not allow to take screenshot in their application.
19	WhatsApp use third-party services to back up their application is data.	Telegram does not use third-party services to back up their application/user data.
20	WhatsApp uses Google Cloud to store its backup data.	Telegram does not use Google Cloud to back up their data.
21	WhatsApp uses iCloud to back up its user's data.	Telegram does not use iCloud to back up the user's data.
22	WhatsApp does not have its own cloud service for backing up data.	Telegram has its own cloud service called telegram cloud.
23	WhatsApp provides end to end encryption in their data.	Telegram provides client-server encryption.
24	WhatsApp doesn't read users data.	Telegrams also making sure that don't read users data.
25	WhatsApp providing the feature of uploading statuses.	Telegram does not provide the feature of uploading status.
26	WhatsApp allowed the user to hide their last seen.	Telegram does allow the user to hide their last seen.
27	WhatsApp does not allow the users to create the channel.	Telegram allows the users to create channels.
28	Business WhatsApp application is also available.	There is no such business application of Telegram is not launched yet.
29	WhatsApp provides the service of money transfer.	Telegram does not provide the service of money transfer.
30	The two-step verification is available in the WhatsApp application.	The telegram also provides two-step verification in their application.
31	In WhatsApp user can block other users from calling and messaging.	Blocking of users from messaging or calling is also available in telegram.
32	In WhatsApp few colour themes or available for the users to interact application.	In Telegram lot of colour themes or available for the users to use the Telegram application.
33	There is no such feature of creating a folder for different groups are available in WhatsApp.	Creating a folder for different groups and put a Switch between them is available in telegram.
34	WhatsApp is currently owned by Facebook.	Telegram is not owned by Facebook anytime in its lifetime.

There are many such differences between WhatsApp and telegram that will help you to understand what applications or services do you used in future.

Should you migrate from WhatsApp to other application such as Telegram, signal, etc. This article will definitely help to make a decision.

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