Chanty vs. Google Chat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Chanty
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Chanty is a simple and fast team chat app that helps teams of all business segments work more productively. Chanty helps the user easily get in touch with colleagues in private, public, group and one-on-one conversations. Chanty's Teambook menu allows keeps all messages, files, links and tasks in order. Third-party apps help teh user achieve a new level of productivity with Chanty. Integrations turn a team…N/A
Google Chat
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Google 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
ChantyGoogle Chat
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChantyGoogle Chat
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$3 per user, per monthNo setup fee
Additional DetailsChanty Free plan is for teams with up to 10 members. Chanty Business plan, starts at $3 per user, per month and delivers additional features and unlimited members.
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Community Pulse
ChantyGoogle Chat
Features
ChantyGoogle Chat
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Chanty
8.5
Ratings
10% above category average
Google Chat
8.4
Ratings
9% above category average
Task Management9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Search8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Chanty
9.3
Ratings
16% above category average
Google Chat
8.9
Ratings
12% above category average
Chat10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Notifications10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Discussions8.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Chanty
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Google Chat
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Video files9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Audio files10.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Versioning00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
ChantyGoogle Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChantyGoogle Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
Chanty is very good for networking messaging and low level collaboration between peers and colleagues. It's not great for video or voice calls or whiteboarding or file sharing.
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Google Chat is well-suited for businesses. Where it fits in my organization is to maintain communication between teams. Collaboration between teams to solve issues our customers cannot resolve without using Google Chat. Our Organization depends on it. When someone needs assistance from another team in the organization, we use Google Chat to solve this issue.
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Pros
  • Notifications
  • App loading speed
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  • Google Hangouts Chat allows you to send and receive messages real time with emoticons that can help you express your mood.
  • You can download and upload image file that can be use for business process and more.
  • Google Hangouts Chat also allows you to make a calls to reach other users.What I like the most is the awesome screen sharing while on call.
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Cons
  • It offers few integrations, there are complementary systems in the hands of a panel of activities with which we would feel more comfortable to work, a communication and planning system also needs a calendar and a file manager to be able to have them at hand.
  • Customer support is not the most efficient team, very rarely have I been able to receive answers that offer a solution to my problems.
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  • I wish it was easier to turn the sound off, I hate being in meetings and my chat is blowing up.
  • Needing to "accept" a chat invite from someone within my org seems counter-intuitive.
  • Some people have trouble getting their notifications before midnight, somehow?
  • Prior to downloading the app, group messages didn't come up for me on my computer.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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
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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
I have been sent quite a few emails about functionality and support on a pretty regular basis, which is great. I have not had any need to contact support as the platform is pretty simple to use, it was easy to download and install and I have not encountered any bugs or other issues so far.
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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
We really do our work very little with google tools, so it was not a completely comfortable space, it has little customization, and its interface was not very comfortable. We tried Chanty and without a doubt it fit exactly what we were looking for.
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It doesn't need to much to get started if you have a personal Google account. If you have a business account setup by your organization, you need permissions to use it, however this is something good to have this customizable part from Google Chat. We can create groups, attach files, and have online conversations from the gmail page, in a new window or using the mobile.
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Return on Investment
  • It improves our ROI indirectly, by having better communication and team planning, it has been possible to achieve commercial projects with much greater success. This undoubtedly increases our sales and satisfied customers. Chanty has been the best investment we have made, investing in creating a conducive work environment to work optimally and make the most of the time we have, creating and manufacturing a better product to offer each of our clients a better service every day.
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  • Through seamless communication across remote workers, Google Chat has significantly reduced the time spent on back and forth emails.
  • Undoubtedly Google Chat is great for communication but because of a lack of task management tools, we have to rely on other platforms for organizing and tracking tasks.
  • 200MB file size limit in Google Chat often forces us to use other services like Google Drive for sending large files.
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