Flock is a collaborative business messaging application, designed to compete with Slack. The app is presented as a fast and reliable means of communication, and is available in a free edition for teams of up to twenty members.
$0
for teams of 1-20 members
Zoho Mail
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Zoho offers their business email suite, which includes Calendar, Tasks, Notes, and Contacts bundled with an inbox.
$1
per user/per month
Pricing
Flock
Zoho Mail
Editions & Modules
Starter
$0
for teams of 1-20 members
Pro
$6
per month per user (ideal for teams of 20-100 users)
Enterprise
Contact Sales
for organizations of 100+ members
Mail Lite
$1
per user/per month
Workplace
$3
per user/per month
Mail Premium
$4
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Flock
Zoho Mail
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
Discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Flock
Zoho Mail
Features
Flock
Zoho Mail
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Flock
7.6
10 Ratings
2% below category average
Zoho Mail
-
Ratings
Task Management
8.38 Ratings
00 Ratings
Gantt Charts
8.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Scheduling
9.38 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workflow Automation
7.78 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile Access
8.310 Ratings
00 Ratings
Search
7.38 Ratings
00 Ratings
Visual planning tools
4.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Flock
8.0
10 Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho Mail
-
Ratings
Chat
9.710 Ratings
00 Ratings
Notifications
9.310 Ratings
00 Ratings
Discussions
8.310 Ratings
00 Ratings
Surveys
8.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase
5.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting
10.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
8.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook
6.04 Ratings
00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Flock
6.4
9 Ratings
21% below category average
Zoho Mail
-
Ratings
Versioning
7.56 Ratings
00 Ratings
Video files
7.07 Ratings
00 Ratings
Audio files
7.07 Ratings
00 Ratings
Document collaboration
7.09 Ratings
00 Ratings
Access control
4.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
Advanced security features
4.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive
7.07 Ratings
00 Ratings
Device sync
7.58 Ratings
00 Ratings
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Flock is very well suited in scenarios where individuals must communicate via chat. It also works great when teams need to communicate via group chat messages. File and document sharing is another area where Flocks works well. Channels are used for discussions on specific topics or organization-wide announcements. Flock may be less appropriate when you use it for voice and video calls. Where.
If you don't have a huge budget and want something that works with minor quirks here and there then Zoho Mail is definitely something you should look into. For half the price of Google G Suite or Office account you get 5GB of storage per user and can send up to 25MB emails without restrictions. Great for small businesses in my opinion. I have had some issues with their spam filter, but we use SpamTitan and just shut off the one that comes with Zoho Mail. Zoho's spam filter isn't horrible but you should definitely use something in addition or instead of what comes with Zoho.
Networked phones are a thing of past now. We don’t have to stop what we are doing to receive phone calls currently because Flock can do that
It is now easy to send messages to many people at the same time, all we need to do is to add all the contants in the chat and select all to send a message
This software has an in-built to-do-list which allows us to assign tasks to different people or users and then supervise each independently
I really like that there is a free version in which a single user can be created. It is really useful because it allows you to evaluate each characteristic of the service without having to buy it.
I also really like the visual aspect of the inbox, which is partially customizable. Because you can make small changes such as changing the color, the language, and among other things.
We would likely to renew use of Flock for our organization since it meets most of the requirements of team collboration and communication for a small group like us. Most of our Flock users like it's features and use it extensively for day-to-day work. We are quite optimistic about it's future updates.
It is good to give what an app deserves, Flock is very efficient and effective app to manage the all day to day activities and communicate across all team members, create groups, share files, send reminders schedule reminders for each group or persons and share notes.Pin files and search any messages from anyone with advanced filters. It's a great app.
It is very easy to use and does all you need. It sends newsletters to their own folder. A notification folder for more important things. The Spam folder collect the right amount of spam emails
We've only needed customer support a few times with Flock (mainly concerning app integration and security), and they've always been timely and helpful, which are the only things I truly need from support. The response rate was still rapid, and there's plenty of support available online as well for Flock.
I have spoken with Zoho several times and their support is always friendly and helpful. I have always been asked for security pins and codes when seeking assistance which helps me to feel my accounts are secure and I have never had to wait on hold to speak with someone for more than 5 minutes. They always seem to have someone available to help. If you call asking for instructions on how to do something they gladly walk you through the process and if you just need something done and don't have time to do it yourself they will happily customize whatever you need without you having to spend all day with it.
Flock as mentioned takes the best of all these apps and improves upon them. Flock's UI was exactly what we were looking for and Flock doesn't overcharge small teams for search functional or messaging. It just offers a great product at a great price combined with great support. Their chat ticket system works almost immediately.
Zoho is free. Also, there is no need for a separate IT guy for creating mail, or if any issues come you don't have to find anyone anyone can check and fix all issues from their super admin panel. Zoho overview is much better than outlook and its appearance of getting mail popup and functionality is better than outlook. My friend suggested for this and also after using I have referred my friend