What are the most popular chat apps for work?

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Free team chat tool

Manasa · Accepted Answer

Zoho Cliq is a simple and easy-to-use chat software built for your entire organization to communicate better. It’s perfect for teams of all sizes and integrates seamlessly with any third party application.

In addition to one on one messaging and group conversations, Cliq offers a variety of features that’ll help you and your team collaborate easily!  A quick look at how Cliq can help you and your team: 
 
*Manage events and organise meetings with colleagues

*Reminders to follow-up on to-do's

*Swap/switch screens from video call and share your desktop!

*Connect with your favourite third party applications or in-house applications through the Cliq Platform.

P.S - If you’re a developer, you can build some really cool server-less integrations on the platform and host it in our marketplace.

Check out https://www.zoho.com/cliq/ for more details.

Sammy Schuckert · Answer

We stopped chat messaging and began voice chatting. Before we used Lito – as a remote team – we waited hours for replies on conversation threads on Slack. Most of the discussions on Slack interested only half of the people in the channels. Nevertheless, the other half followed up with the conversation in fear of missing out. That's why we moved most of our chats to Lito. What's better than having a real voice conversation?

VenkatesaMadhan · Answer

It's not only a productive real time messaging tool, but saves loads of your time on emails and helps to integrate between your project tools which is fancy as well.

Ben Clark · Answer

nice for people who like to focus more

Jang Trinh · Answer

I would say Hangouts Chat by Google is an awesome update for the old Hangouts (web-based). With tons of new features that help me and my team connect with third-party software like Trello, Asana... I feel like Hangouts @chat should have a spot on this list.

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I have been using it to handling the task with my co-worker at AeroLeads and I found it as a great real-time messaging option. You can also integrate it on your website which can create a live chat room between you and your customer.

Wilhelm Bacher · Answer

Telegram offers a great range of integrations to make your workday a bit easier: Integrate GitHub, your emails or calendars. It's easy to setup your own integrations and I found it to be running faster and more smoothly than Slack for instance.
Worthwhile to check it out!

Brad Rhoads · Answer

I'm based in Costa Rica. Everyone here already has WhatsApp. So it's easy to create a group. It's perfect for small teams.

Manuela Bárcenas · Answer

Our team loves Slack. It's super easy to use and helps us organize conversations in different channels. My favorite part about Slack is that it integrates with many tools (including our own --> Fellow.app). I love using Slack + Fellow because while Slack enables instant communication, Fellow helps us keep track of in-person discussions and meeting takeaways (we can send the talking points and action items from Fellow through Slack, so it's a great combo!)

LP/EP Finder · Answer

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Dinesh Adhithya · Answer

One of the finest chat platforms. Supports video and audio calls

Ana Topoljski · Answer

It is not quite only a chat app, as it also has email integrated. So it has an added value, no need to switch between different apps or have many tabs open to get your communication flow going.😎

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There are many chat software available in the market today. I have been using many team communication applications. I recently started using Clariti which appears to be quite interesting. https://clariti.app/why-clariti/ It is one of the best real-time application I've ever used for team and individual communication and that too both online and offline. Unlike Slack, there is no pressure on teammates to be present on chat every time the group chat happens. Users can catch up with their teammates, according to their convenience. This software also stores all your communication based on context, so that you can retrieve any information you want at a later date without any hiccups.

Chris Heron · Answer

We swapped over from Slack to Mattermost for these 2 reasons. 1. It’s free 2. It’s on premise so 💯 secure.

Julia Ole · Answer

The best messenger. New features rolling out all the time.

parsafatehi · Answer

The Best

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It's ALL-IN-ONE platform for teams to create, communicate and collaborate. We use this product on both mobile (IOS and Android) and desktop as our teams are spread across the globe. We don't have to switch between five different platforms to collaborate with our teams. Easy sign up with Google and Office 365. Its a B2B SAAS product.

Atin Sharma · Answer

Made by Alibaba, DingTalk comes with the tagline "An All-in-one Mobile Workplace"
Just like any other chat app it has everything to suit a team's need. Also it can be used to generate out of office business trip, reporting, attendance all from one cross platform application.

Blysse Grace · Answer

Your all-purpose chat app. Like WhatsApp, Hiddy is developed with mobile in mind. You'll find features like Favorite chats, Group chats, and Channels to help your brand reach your audience wherever you are. Best messaging app clone script - Hiddy for your business chats. It is ideal to Whatsapp and also has got some exclusive features on it.

Yuliia Chernykh · Answer

Chanty is already known as a great chat app for startups, small and medium business.

Chanty provides all required chat features from instant messaging to managing notification and creating tasks so that you can get on the same page with your team. Its competitive advantages are its speed, clear interface, built-in task manager and an affordable price.

Many teams around the world already boost their communication with Chanty. And if you're currently looking for a smart tool for internal communication with your team, I highly recommend that you take a look at Chanty.

Shamit Khemka · Answer

Slack is a comprehensive chat tool for small businesses. In addition to one-on-one and group chat, it also offers individual and team audio calls and video conferencing

Gustavo Otero · Answer

Free
Unlimited users
Unlimited chat history
Unlimited teams (groups)
Integrated video conference (also can share screen and do group calls)
Integrated tasks 
Integrated apps (zapier, githug, jira etc)

Its awesome, check the official site for more info https://glip.com/

Abin Jacob · Answer

A clean chat platform for team communications and collaborations.

vhan fire · Answer

We use group chats here. Convenient and fun also for it has many stickers. You may also set appointment, be reminded about the schedule of meetings, share files, share locations and even challenge team members for games (just for fun and release some stress)

Seevali H Rathnayake · Answer

Slack like on-prem chat application.

Utkarsh Sengar · Answer

Upwork Messages product is a simple way to collaborate with freelancer hiring on Upwork. https://www.upwork.com/ab/downloads/

Domon Lee · Answer

In China, many companies has used this. This product is terrible. No message sync. No multi-terminal login. No replay message. No file preview. No 3rd interface. But is the most popular work chat apps in China.

tom mauriello · Answer

In addition to having a large international user base, I find WhatsApp is good for dialogue between diverse teams that might have members client side and agency side. It's free, quick to set up and keeps a very good record of ongoing dialogue. We usually use at key project points to that don't require in-person presentations.

Kirill Dubovikov · Answer

A good Slack alternative with interesting pricing options. Included in Office 365, has good integration with OneDrive

Peter Dox · Answer

this is the best app

Francesco D'Alessio · Answer

Smashing tool!

Columbus J Hinton Jr · Answer

end-to-end encryption that protects every Signal message, the Signal service is designed to minimize the data that is retained about Signal users. By design, it does not store a record of your contacts, social graph, conversation list, location, user avatar, user profile name, group memberships, group titles, or group avatars.

Vishnu Ks · Answer

Zulip is built by keeping productivity in mind. Each conversation in Zulip has a topic. This allows you to take part in more than one conversation at the same time. This also make catching up on conversations efficient as compared to cSlack, Mattermost etc where you have to scroll through hundreds or thousands of messages to figure out what is going on. Zulip is the most active open source chat application in GitHub and has 350+ contributors from all across the world.