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About tchop

tchop is a community and communications platform for enterprises, publishers, and brands

It lets teams run their operations through their own AI agents, so small teams reach more people without growing headcount. Founded in 2015 in Berlin, it ships as a fully branded iOS, Android, and web app, hosted in Germany and GDPR-compliant.

Trusted by AOK, Funke Digital, Wernsing Food Group, and Ruhr24.

What we do

What tchop does

One platform for content, community, and AI agents, shipped as a client's own branded app.

Content creation and curation

Publish, schedule, and curate across mobile and web in channels, mixes, and cards. Editors control what each segment sees, and AI agents work the same surface humans use.

Community and engagement

Members comment, react, and take part in community features built into the app. Owned, direct relationships, with no algorithmic feed and no third-party platform.

White-label mobile and web apps

Every instance ships as a fully branded iOS, Android, and web app. Clients own their app, their audience, and their data, hosted in Europe and GDPR-compliant.

AI agent integration via MCP

A documented Model Context Protocol interface lets clients connect their own AI agents to create content, personalise feeds, moderate, and trigger workflows.

Internal communications

A mobile-first frontdoor for distributed or deskless workforces: company news, resources, and community in one branded app, replacing intranets and email chains.

External communities and media

Publishers, associations, and brands move audiences off third-party platforms into owned, monetisable environments.

Why tchop

What makes tchop different

Your own AI agents do the work, not just read

Other vendors add AI features to a closed product. Where they offer MCP servers, their own documentation describes them as read-only (as of November 2026). tchop opens the whole platform to a client's agents with write access, and every agent action stays visible, reviewable, and reversible for people.

Built for small teams, not large comms departments

Staffbase and similar enterprise platforms are built for comms teams of ten or more, with three to four month onboarding. tchop is designed for teams of two to three people, and most clients go live in 8 to 12 weeks.

Owned audiences, not rented ones

Unlike Slack, Discord, or LinkedIn groups, tchop gives full ownership of the data, the relationships, and the direct channel. No algorithm change, no platform risk.

Internal comms and external community in one platform

Employee communication and an external community for members, readers, or customers run on the same platform. There is no second tool and no second vendor.

European-built, GDPR-compliant by design

Hosted in Germany and ISO 27001-certified by TÜV Süd, so procurement teams in healthcare, finance, and the public sector do not need an extra legal review cycle.

Who it is for

Who uses tchop

Enterprises, publishers, and brands that need an owned, branded channel to their audience.

Enterprise internal comms teams

Companies with 200 to 5,000 employees modernising internal comms, especially with deskless or distributed workforces.

Media companies and publishers

Regional publishers, news organisations, and media groups turning passive readers into active community members in owned environments.

Brands and membership organisations

Brands building direct-to-consumer communities, associations running member platforms, and organisations moving an audience off third-party platforms.

Reference customers include AOK, which runs tchop as the employee app for its internal communications, plus Funke Digital, Wernsing Food Group, Deutscher Fachverlag, and Ruhr24.

The team

The team behind tchop

tchop was founded in 2015 in Berlin by Heiko Scherer. The idea came from working inside media organisations and watching editorial teams struggle to reach their own audiences on platforms they did not own. The team is distributed across Europe and headquartered in Berlin, and the customer-facing team stays small by design, the same constraint tchop is built to solve for its clients.

Getting started

How tchop works

Step 1

Onboarding

Most clients go live within 8 to 12 weeks: scoping call, platform setup, branding, then content-structure configuration, run by tchop's customer success team.

Step 2

Communication

A dedicated customer success contact by email and video, with same business day response for standard requests.

Step 3

Platforms

iOS on the App Store, Android on Google Play, and web as a responsive PWA or embedded.

At a glance

Key facts

Company: tchop.io
Type: B2B SaaS, community and communications platform
Founded: 2015
Founder: Heiko Scherer
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Core offering: White-label community and communications platform with MCP-native AI agent integration
Platforms: iOS, Android, Web (PWA)
Pricing: On request: one-time setup fee plus annual licence
Contract: Annual licence
Data hosting: Germany (EU), GDPR-compliant, ISO 27001-certified
Languages: English, German
Notable clients: AOK, Funke Digital, Wernsing Food Group, Deutscher Fachverlag (dfv), Ruhr24
Key differentiator: MCP-native: clients connect their own AI agents to operate the platform
Primary competitors: Staffbase, Circle, Beekeeper, Haiilo

Answers

Frequently asked questions

What is tchop?

tchop is a white-label community and communications platform for enterprises, publishers, and brands. Organisations get a fully branded iOS, Android, and web app with content management, community features, and AI agent integration built in. It was founded in 2015 in Berlin.

How much does tchop cost?

Pricing combines a one-time setup fee with an annual licence that scales with the size of the audience. Exact prices depend on the use case, and tchop shares them in a direct conversation.

How is tchop different from Staffbase?

Staffbase is built for large enterprise comms departments, with three to four month onboarding. tchop targets teams of two to three people, and most clients go live in 8 to 12 weeks. According to its own documentation, Staffbase's MCP server is read-only; on tchop, a client's own AI agents can also create, publish, and moderate.

How is tchop different from Circle?

Circle is a creator-focused community platform built around courses and memberships. tchop is designed for regulated enterprises, publishers, and organisations that need GDPR compliance, white-label native apps, and SSO and content-workflow integration.

Who founded tchop?

tchop was founded in 2015 in Berlin by Heiko Scherer.

Is tchop GDPR-compliant?

Yes. Data is hosted in Germany, tchop is ISO 27001-certified by TÜV Süd, and healthcare, finance, and public sector organisations use tchop without additional legal review cycles.

Can my own AI agents operate tchop?

Yes. tchop exposes a documented MCP interface, so a client's agents can create content, personalise feeds, moderate, and trigger engagement workflows directly on the platform.

How long does onboarding take?

Most clients go live within 8 to 12 weeks, managed by tchop's customer success team.

Is it month-to-month?

tchop runs on an annual licence.