Discord vs. Zoho Cliq

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Discord
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Discord is an app designed to connect users with communities over voice, video, and text chat, via Discord servers, a gaming and game industry oriented app for growing communities around video games and allowing developers to communicate with their customer base; the app may yet also be used for business communications of other kinds.N/A
Zoho Cliq
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Chat is a live chat tool, from Zoho Corporation.
$18
per month up to 25 users
Pricing
DiscordZoho Cliq
Editions & Modules
Discord Nitro
$0
Discord Nitro Classic
$0
Standard
$18
per month up to 25 users
Professional
$20
per month $2 for each additional user over 10
Enterprise
$40
per month $4 for each additional user over 10
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DiscordZoho Cliq
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details10% discount for annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
DiscordZoho Cliq
Features
DiscordZoho Cliq
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Zoho Cliq
9.1
Ratings
17% above category average
Task Management8.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Gantt Charts9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile Access9.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Search8.70 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.9
Ratings
0% below category average
Zoho Cliq
7.6
Ratings
4% below category average
Chat9.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Notifications9.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Discussions9.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Surveys8.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase9.10 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.7
Ratings
2% below category average
Zoho Cliq
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Versioning6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Audio files6.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Document collaboration6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Advanced security features7.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
DiscordZoho Cliq
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DiscordZoho Cliq
Likelihood to Recommend
Discord is completely suited for any tech server needs - and a million times better than Facebook. It's still lLess suited for non-tech but for sure it's getting better and with some support from Discord that could be fixed easily (just don't dumb-it down or take away features please). I have it open all day, on a separate monitor if I'm not using that one for something else. It'd be great - and maybe I've missed this - if there was a way to have an overview of messages posted in various channels. Despite using it for years now, I've never dug deeply into notifications, so maybe it's possible already. But it should be highly customisable - ie, put all messages from chosen slow servers in the feed, but only highlights from busy ones, and no messages from certain servers etc , so it remains manageable.
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If you have a website through which your clients engage (either sales or support) your offerings, then you absolutely need a live chat tool. Having used Zoho for a while now, I can absolutely recommend it. If you have not used a chat tool before but you have an online store then you should definitely explore this option. They offer a free trial so you can test it to see what response you get but for sales related websites, this will pay for itself.
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Pros
  • One to many Communications to ensure that we can quickly get messages out when we have to.
  • Quick polling of questions and issues
  • The ability to gate channels so we can focus on folks that we know are stakeholders gives them an added feeling of belonging and that they have a say in the direction of projects.
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  • instant messaging so team members can quickly talk to each other
  • creating different channels for specific teams or projects, which keeps conversations organized
  • notifications that alert you about important messages, helping you stay updated
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Cons
  • Adding friends for DMing is a little confusing.
  • Joining new servers can have some roadblocks.
  • Notification setup can be difficult, some individuals were only notified if tagged.
  • Archiving a channel without losing everything.
  • Having to upload images before sharing instead of accessing everything in my own library.
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  • Zoho people notifications can be added in Cliq like birthday reminders, leave trackers
  • Cliq PC app is bit heavy, can be light weighted
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
Cliq is essential software for our communication. Because we are an office of both in-house and remote employees we must have a unified communication platform to speak to another in real-time. Cliq offers us that platform in an easy-to-use format that allows for both 1:1 and team communication occurring all at once.
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Usability
Because it is easy to use, its fun, it has everything you need to comunicate, voice, text, screen sharing, images, emojis, gifs, stickers, and even personalized ones. It also has comunication through integrations like games and music, that i think that brings people together. It is also great for keeping records of the conversations at work
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Based on my experience with Cliq it is very cool and easy, I will give 10/10, because of their quality.
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
It's available 24X7. We have never faced any serious issues with the connectivity. Whenever we faced issues, it has been traced to a browser issue or Windows app issue or a mobile issue.
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Performance
No answers on this topic
No issues
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Support Rating
There is plenty of online documentation and knowledge base articles. As well as having an open API to be able to tie it into other products makes it a really viable solution for any business. I have never had to contact support, any questions which I have need answered can be found in the documentation,
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Any time that I have had an issue, and there haven't been many user support jumps right on and helps me right away.
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
Excellent support. Online training and supporting videos, and resources are more than sufficient to get started. Moreover, their support channel, especially the chat window, is very helpful and provides an instant solution to all our queries. For any complicated issue, they always get back by email with the solution and on occasions even call back.
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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
Implementation is very simple and easy. Create a Zoho account (free or paid), send/ receive an invite, log in, verify your credentials and get started. Admin would have created the channels for you, and you start contributing. The entire process is smooth, and you can get started within minutes. The Admin has to work at the backend, initially, and decide on the permissions for the individual and the team and set up permissions for access to other applications too. This needs to be planned out, tested and implemented.
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Alternatives Considered
The vast array of free features on Discord right out of the box makes it a stand-out in pricing from other chat platform options. Discord works phenomenally if you want a chat platform that is free, quick to set up, and very flexible in the ways you can start using it. It doesn't require a complex set of logins for different servers (such as Slack) or logins that are inconveniently tied to other products (like Microsoft). If you prefer to view full conversations all in one place without them "splintering" off into branches that are missed, such as is the case with Slack, Discord works great for this. If you feel seeing everything is too overwhelming or "busy", Discord may not be right for you. Discord is great for lean organizations or startup companies, but will likely not feel "professional enough" for larger, traditional "corporate" enterprises.
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Essentially the same style of platform. Aside from any "bots" (which I don't use anyways), they appear to do the same thing. But Zoho Cliq comes packed into the Zoho One platform. It's a useful component in a suite of communication tools that allows our office to work and speak to one another in an abundance of ways.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
The system works perfectly well. At times, we have faced issues with the desktop application - it doesn't start, or takes time to start, or even logs off on its own. However, the browser as well as the mobile application work perfectly well, and we have never faced issues with them
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Return on Investment
  • Very feature dense on a free-level.
  • Easy to build a good sense of discourse and community.
  • Generally a more casual vibe than similar platforms.
  • Channels with a large number of users can be overly hectic to the point of diminishing returns.
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  • Positive - Easier Comms with specific Clients. Encouraging more to use it to engage with me
  • Negative - Yet another comms channel to manage would like to have less. But see previous positive
  • Positive - Came as part of my Zoho One subscription so low cost
  • Has a wealth of options still to investigate as part of Cliq
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