What's the best app to group chat with several people?
- Bharath B LohrayPhD student at Texas Tech University · WrittenManaged hosting, quick to setup and run.Antaratma Andrew BoonUNA Community Platform. https://una.io · WrittenWorks Fien for our team of 8.Luis E TorruellaSmartphone Owner · WrittenIt's fast and helps to organize the team. Also works well with third party apps.
- João Oliveira SimõesDesign Lead, 44 Studio
As a remote designer, this is a must have. I'm always contactable and available. Super easy way to also have quick calls and communicate with other team members on different teams.
- Amrith ShanbhagCommunity at Product Hunt & Feathrd
I'm a part of a ton of Slack communities but I'm active in only a handful.
Slack works to its fullest only when it is implemented in a team and everyone's supposed to use it for communication. Slack could/should improve on making the communities on it better by adding relevant features.
- Mathias ElmoseThe Chewbacca of EdTech · WrittenEasy to invite people via a link and you can share files as large as 1.5gb. And they just added video chat.
- Robert PoschenriederProduct Manager COUP · WrittenRobert Poschenrieder made this productBrings messaging, file sharing and conferences with guests together. Since it is all browser based I think it fits your temporary need.Philipp Bohn4VP Circuit and CEO blueKiwi software · EditedPhilipp Bohn made this productvery scalable, and powerful mobile apps (iOS, Android) #AMAAntonio SantosSocial Media Business Evangelist @Atos · WrittenOne of the few solutions that is compatible with accessibility requirements.
- Arthur GuiotDevelopper · WrittenEven if Discord is for gamers, it's easy to use and has a modern chat and has also great voice support (I mean that the quality is very very good and there is almost no latency (~10ms for me))
- Ayush Mittal27bro @boombro, Founder RefR ✌ · WrittenWe have set up a Whatsapp group on a side to communicate within out little team. It works and everyone has it. Plus the web version in handy. I reckon it will be great for a couple of weeks.Angela L. BrancoPR stuff & tech enthusiast. · WrittenOther than Slack, this is probably your best bet in terms of ease of use and team accessibility.
- Mathias ElmoseThe Chewbacca of EdTech · WrittenSecure with video chat and screen share. Also I find the drawing on pictures very useful for feedback on design.
- Stewart Alexanderstewalexander.com
Lovely app, unfortunately ts downfall is its obscurity, few know it exists. I for one sing its praises to all I know, still with so many options it is hard to get people away from other IM / vdeo clients
- Maybe Asana? It would make your communication a bit more focused on tasks (which would probably be good for 15 people!), and the free tier would work fine for you.This is a great "to-do" list that can be shared with everyone. you can @ people in your tasks or add them as a follower too. You have your own list and others can create their own (so you don't see everything in one hit, only tasks assigned to you). You can also create groups you can all share to :)
- Rita VianaGraphic Designer
I recommend Asana to everyone who is trying to get a more organized life.
It's good to everything, it's free (until 15 members) and you can choose from 2 different styles: list or board. You can create unlimited projects, you can share tasks between projects with a click, there are chat boxes in every task, it's user friendly and their help forum is ultra helpful even if you never payed a penny to them.
I can't live without Asana. Just the most amazing thing ever.
- VeronikaInbound Marketing Manager
I've used a few project management tools in the past and Asana is the only one that makes me genuinely happy and more productive (at work and with my side hustles).
I can't recommend this tool enough for its ease of use, features and user experience. As a cherry on top, Asana's vision to help teams collaborate and do their best work is one that I can personally identify with!
- Manivannan RMember Technical Staff, Zoho Corporation · WrittenNew to market.. Lots of new features
- Kunal Bhatia50Co-founder & Design Lead @SlidesUp · WrittenIf you want to have structured communication, having thing organized in Google Docs, especially Sheets, is awesome. When you mention someone in a comment, they get notified. You can also set up the mention as creating a task. I've used this on several recent projects and events I've hosted. It's a low friction, asynchronous way of getting things done!
- Used it for a personal project with 7 users. While the basic one-one chat and group messaging was great, what really helped us was inbuilt video calling, to-do lists, notes, and file management. They have a bunch of 3rd party apps as well, but we didn't have a use for them. And it works across platforms, which is always nice.
- RJ Lewis DigitalRJ Lewis, Digital Consultant
I love that flock is stable, easy to use and has a good base of application integrations. I typically miss flowdock, but the overall collaborative experience is better than slack. Been using a little over 6 mos.- couldn't pick that though
- Nick Abouzeid37Only the hottest Twitter takes · WrittenEasy to use, and the event feature works as an efficient way to remind people of when/where they should be at all times (if you go through the trouble of setting them up)!
- Arun SathiyaHappiness Engineer, Automattic
I love Facebook Messenger and I love how it is doing everything to take on all other chat apps + is feature-packed like Telegram. Native apps for Facebook Messenger on computers is something that I wish to see soon.
Companies use this more and more to invade
- Adriano CahetéUX Designer & FrontEnd Developer · WrittenIt's like a Slack, but it's open source and self hosted. You can start a RC installation fast with a Digital Ocean Droplet.
- brad johnsonVolume Integration
I got it to run on an Raspberry Pi https://volumeintegration.com/installing-rocket-chat-on-raspberry-pi-2/
- Omer Molad4Co-founder and CEO @ Vervoe · WrittenI know this seems a bit left field compared to say Slack, but using Jira will add a lot of structure because you can assign tasks to each person. Live communication can still be facilitated using the comments function in each task. You'll know where you're up to on every tasks and be able to easily monitor progress.
- Mohammed Rafy5All things Community · WrittenSince almost every one of us uses FB it makes sense to create a group where everyone is already present.
- Like Slack for chat but well suited for group projects with integrated tasks, calendars, etc. Free with great UX.Rich PetersonFounder @ Generous Work · WrittenI like the simplicity of Glip. Always a breeze to onboard team members to the platform + it's free for most.
- Raymond HongCEO and Co-Founder of Osiris Systems · WrittenAll kinds of collaborative efforts become centralized in a single workspace, rather than having a suite of separate tools.
- Jüri KaljundiCo-founder, Weekdone · WrittenJüri Kaljundi made this productWeekdone allows you to move status updates online, save time from meetings and have your team move towards unified goals using OKRs - Objectives and Key Results.
Great support.
- RozBahramiDigital Media Manager, Skyprep · WrittenI would suggest BoostHQ. It's a workspace for your team's documents, spreadsheets, videos, links, checklists, polls and discussions. You can not only communicate in the chat while working on an embedded google doc but also comment and have it always attached to a content piece so no conversation gets lost like it does in Slack. Highly recommend :)
- Ehsan MemariMarketing Director
BoostHQ could be used as a single online platform for all the files/videos or links of a team or organization.
