Kanvo vs Telegram

A billion users, a great bot API, and a constant spam problem. Here is what Telegram does better, where it stops, and what changes with Kanvo.

Telegram and Kanvo, head to head

Fast, everywhere, huge public channels and the best bot platform of the consumer apps. You can stop strangers adding you to groups, and since March 2025 charge non-contacts in Stars to message you.

Where Telegram is better

Fast, everywhere, huge public channels and the best bot platform of the consumer apps. You can stop strangers adding you to groups, and since March 2025 charge non-contacts in Stars to message you.

Where it stops

Spam is the defining complaint: unrequested adds to crypto “signal” groups, fake job offers and investment scams. Revolut attributed over 58% of reported job scams in 2025 to Telegram, which blocked more than 44 million groups and channels that year. Ordinary and group chats are not end-to-end; Secret Chats are 1:1, m…

What changes with Kanvo

Everything that reaches you through Kanvo's Telegram connection is screened: strangers can wait in Requests, likely scams land in Spam, and none of it notifies you — no Premium required.

Kanvo and Telegram, side by side

The rows from the full comparison, for these two.

What Kanvo is not

The parts that do not go our way, so you can decide with all of it.

Questions people ask

Kanvo beside iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Messenger, Slack and Beeper, or all of them on Compare.

Sources on Telegram

NordVPN — Telegram scamsTelegram — moderation statisticsTelegram — Star Messages