AliBaba’s DingTalk collaboration platform released in English for Malaysia market

The days of plonking everyone in the same office for a meeting in order to get something sorted out are going the way of the dodo. These days businesses tend to veer towards collaborating remotely though a dearth of cohesive, cost effective options means having to kludge out out an ad hoc system from multiple platforms. Enter DingTalk.

Hugo Zhu_Chief Technology Officer DingTalk showcasing the launch of the platform in Malaysia

Created in January 2015, Dingtalk is an enterprise communication and collaboration platform that is designed for small to medium enterprises. The enterprise-oriented platform is exceptionally capable, allowing for users to use the full gamut of online interactive communication options including text chat, video and voice conferencing and more. For enterprises that lack an accounting arm, the platform is also able to track and support HR, travel and expensive approvals.


Dingtalk is immensely robust and scalable. While its designed for small to medium enterprises, the platform allows for up to 3,000 members in a single group chat and VoIP voice conferencing for up to 50 people at a time and up to 16 parties at a time for video conferencing which can easily cover the vast majority of companies. The platform also offers an integrated email system with read/unread status updates.

The myriad of features that the DingTalk is able to offer for SMEs

Previously available only in Chinese, Dingtalk is now available in English for the first time and Malaysia is the first country in Southeast Asia that the Alibaba Group has released the platform in with more countries slated for release later on down the line. In China, the platform is used by over five million organisations, making it one of the most popular collaborative platforms in China.

DingTalk is free for download on iOS and Android and is also available on Mac and Windows platforms too.

The Dingtalk platform is available across multiple different operating systems to accommodate different enterprise needs that include iOS, Android, Mac and Windows and is one of the first apps from China to be certified to the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard, a globally recognised data security benchmark that ensure that all data is encrypted to SSL/TLS security standards. 

More importantly, the platform is, for the moment, absolutely free to download with no subscriptions required and use though external charges, such as using data or voice minutes off your own telco and the like are, of course, out of your own pocket.  Additional options like additional storage in the cloud are, of course, chargeable.

DingTalk has also released a series of smart office devices that organisations can purchase that expand the functionality of the platform. Among the examples that are slated for release are a fingerprint reader that marks staff attendance, a facial recognition digital receptionist to remotely interact with visitors, a smart router and a plethora of digital projectors too. There no firm prices or release dates for the Malaysia market.

For more details and to download the platform swing by www.dingtalk.com/en