Google Chat vs. Showbie

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Chat
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
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
Showbie
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Showbie is a Hybrid Learning Platform that helps teachers deliver personalized feedback and assessment to every student. Showbie is available via the Basic free edition, or the Pro edition available for a monthly or annual subscription, as well as via a custom plan.
$15.99
per month
Pricing
Google ChatShowbie
Editions & Modules
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Showbie Pro - For Teachers
$15.99
per month
Showbie Schoolkit - For Schools & Districts
Custom - with Volume Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ChatShowbie
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Google ChatShowbie
Features
Google ChatShowbie
Project Management
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Google Chat
8.4
Ratings
9% above category average
Showbie
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Ratings
Task Management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Search9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.9
Ratings
12% above category average
Showbie
-
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Chat10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
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Google Chat
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Showbie
-
Ratings
Versioning8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration9.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features9.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
Google ChatShowbie
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ChatShowbie
Likelihood to Recommend
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
  • 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
  • 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
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
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 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
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
  • 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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