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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Allo

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAllo is a remote workspace made for asynchronous communication and remote teams. With interactive and visual spaces, teams are able to collaborate around, strategy, design, proposals, initiatives, and processes. This is done with Allo's interactive spaces. Allo includes: Creating interactive documents consisting of images, graphics, diagrams, text, and video Previewing documents and PDF's Previewing Microsoft Office documents Editing Google Suite…

    $12

    per month per user

    Google Chat

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Chat, formerly Hangouts Chat, is a collaboration tool competing with Slack, designed to make it easy for teams to be able to get their work done in one place. From direct messages to group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate, and with dedicated, virtual rooms to house projects over time — plus threaded conversations — Chat helps users track progress and follow up tasks. Chat currently supports 28 languages and each room can support up to 8,000 members.N/A
    Pricing
    AlloGoogle Chat
    Editions & Modules
    Team
    $12
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AlloGoogle Chat
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts for annual subscriptions , as well as startups and educational institutions.—
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    Community Pulse
    AlloGoogle Chat
    Considered Both Products
    ALLO
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    AlloGoogle Chat
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Allo and Google Chat
    Feature
    Allo
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Google Chat
    8.4
    23 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Task Management7.93 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.73 Ratings9.322 Ratings
    Search7.03 Ratings9.020 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.43 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.59 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.912 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Allo and Google Chat
    Feature
    Allo
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Google Chat
    8.9
    23 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Chat7.43 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Notifications6.73 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.321 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.415 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Allo and Google Chat
    Feature
    Allo
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Google Chat
    9.0
    23 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Video files8.33 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Audio files8.73 Ratings8.319 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.73 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Advanced security features7.02 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive7.33 Ratings8.116 Ratings
    Device sync8.02 Ratings9.321 Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings8.716 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.516 Ratings
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    AlloGoogle Chat
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    Flock
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Keep
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Google Keep
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AlloGoogle Chat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AlloGoogle Chat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ALLO
    Allo is ideal for brainstorming, designing, and presenting information in a remote company. With its easy-to-use tools and modern, minimalistic, and non-intrusive interface these kinds of tasks can be done in Allo beautifully. However, it was difficult for us to have a detailed project schedule (with automatic reminders for tasks and subtasks). To sum up, Allo is a perfect digital paper canvas but currently, it lacks automation features.
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    Google
    It is a easy and quick way to chat and send instant message using the Google account, even send files, emojis, create groups. I have used it to communicate even with external people with a personal gmail account and is great to stay in touch with all around. I recommend it for anyone who wants to stay communicated using a google account.
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    Pros
    ALLO
    • The user interface is very user friendly
    • The features provided allow for a wide variety of ways for teams to collaborate on projects together.
    • customer support is incredibly responsive and fast to address any questions or concerns.
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    Google
    • When discussing about a specific project, I can quickly share google docs or sheets within the chat which helps my team to view the document in real time and they do not have to leave the conversation.
    • Scheduling a meeting with someone is very easy on Google Chat.
    • We have remote team members in different time zones and instead of waiting for emails we use Google Chat to quickly discuss anything.
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    Cons
    ALLO
    • more views for projects
    • more templates
    • task management options inside a canvas (deadlines, recurring etc)
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    Google
    • Google Hangouts Chat has a room for improvement in customizing the themes background.The themes are outdated and hard to change if you don't know the right key to change it.
    • It could be more user friendly if there will be no hidden features. Formatting messages is very likely to use and fun.
    • With conversations going on about everything all the time, it's easy to get pulled into far too many discussions but sometimes its hard to mention names because it shows many result even the users are not included on the chat room.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ALLO
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    The updates, support, general reviews on Google Chat are great everywhere. The development of the features is ongoing and this adds a great value to Google as a big company in the market. Other applications are limiting communication while Google Chat is allowing communication to grow. It is very easy to use it and teach others how to use Google Chat.
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    Usability
    ALLO
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    As stated from the starting we found this application is well suited for a small audience and a group of people across the organization can be communicated easily with no additional hectic of doing any setup. When you have a Gmail account ready then you can easily access google chat and continue the communication. This tool is simple,secure and robust helping the global leading partner for their internal precise communication and handling the tasks in a great way
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    Support Rating
    ALLO
    Support is quick to respond and assist with any issue or question
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    Google
    I have not needed to contact the support folks for Google Hangouts Chat, so I can't speak to this with any accuracy. The online instructions are fairly clearly written, so it is fairly intuitive to start with. I did not feel the need to use the support people anyway.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ALLO
    Miro is a direct competitor for Allo. It has more features and integrations but Allo appeals much more to us because of the easy-to-navigate and elegant interface, as well as speed. Infinity is an all-in-one project management app. It's ideal for detailed project management and keeping tracts of tasks (and other. items) but Allo is much better for designing and brainstorming.
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    Google
    Slack has a few more features than Google Chat. Slack, for a long time, had thread chats that grouped a thread of thoughts together, making the main chat group space a lot less cluttered. A while back, Google Chat implemented a similar thing in a different but similar way, making the group less crowded. They are catching up.
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    Return on Investment
    ALLO
    • helps improve and maintain productivity
    • The windows app keeps the cpu very busy so can slow other application
    • team collaboration has been improved since using this program
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    Google
    • In my work it allows us to report troubles that may cost loss of investment thru Google Hangouts Chat we were able to communicate on how to fix it.
    • I hope we can make it on our own choice of colors to heightened workers vibe
    • It is connected to your email
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