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Google Chat Alternatives

4.5(2535 Ratings)

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1. Zoom Meetings

By Zoom

4.5
(6284 Ratings)
I have been using Zoom Webinar and Zoom Meetings for almost 3 years now. It provides an excellent experience with its unique features like chat, meetings, file sharing, breakout rooms, Q&A, and polls, all together with an intuitive interface, reliable connectivity, and excellent audio/video quality makes meetings and webinars effortless even with participants joining from different regions and different time zones. Zoom provides a lot of meeting settings for every part that helps me to set up the meeting controls before hand to avoid doing it during the meeting. One of the most helpful features for me as a host is the automatic email notification before meetings, it ensures that neither I nor my clients ever miss the meetings or webinars. It easily integrates with my Gmail calendar sot that I can easily set up meetings. Recordings and Transcripts are really doing their job awesome.Read all insights and reviews for Zoom Meetings
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2. Microsoft Teams

By Microsoft

4.4
(3665 Ratings)
Microsoft Teams is a powerful tool that has transformed collaboration since its launch. Connecting with global and local peers is now easy and efficient beyond meetings. Teams offer a wide variety of applications. Bold recognition features provide colleagues with opportunities to express gratitude. A whiteboard while sharing the screen in meetings gives the edge to idea convection. Overall, working with Microsoft Teams is a great experienceRead all insights and reviews for Microsoft Teams

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3. Webex Suite

By Cisco Systems

4.5
(3126 Ratings)
My experience with the webex suite is very positive as it makes virtual meetings, messaging and interacting with colleagues and clients really smooth and efficient. In the travel industry, timely communication is really important as many times we have eminent bookings so webex makes it really easy.Read all insights and reviews for Webex Suite

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  • Easier to integrate and deploy
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4. Google Meet

By Google

4.5
(2166 Ratings)
My overall experience with Google meet has been incredibly positive. It's extremely easy to use, especially since it runs right in the browser without needing any clunky software downloads. It integrates seamlessly with Google Calendar, so joining a team sync or client call is literally just one click. The video and audio quality are very reliable, making it a frictionless tool for our daily remote meetings. Read all insights and reviews for Google Meet
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5. BlueJeans Meetings (Legacy)

By BlueJeans by Verizon

4.5
(1903 Ratings)
BlueJeans is a conferencing platform and it gives integrated audio and video fidelity and it's productivity features is really amazing as compare to others with comprehensive security option. the main features of this platform is there is no any account required for meeting joining, it's one click join platform.Read all insights and reviews for BlueJeans Meetings (Legacy)
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6. Zoom Rooms

By Zoom

4.5
(1319 Ratings)
This is a great add on to the Zoom product line. Use of the tool is intuitive and functional. Read all insights and reviews for Zoom Rooms
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7. Jabber (Legacy)

By Cisco Systems

4.4
(1264 Ratings)
Jabber by Cisco is a robust communication and collaboration tool, primarily designed for businesses. Offering a reliable and secure communication solution. Offers instant messaging, voice, video calls, presence status, screen sharing and conferencing.Read all insights and reviews for Jabber (Legacy)

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  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
  • Better evaluation and contracting
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8. GoTo Meeting

By GoTo

4.4
(1112 Ratings)
We use GoTo Meeting to handle our our business internal communication and has been delivering. From simple audio and video calls to sending quick chats and general collaboration, this tool meets all our needs. It is secure and available on mobile and web devices. In addition, being cloud based means its available even to our remote teams. Read all insights and reviews for GoTo Meeting

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Top Alternatives to Google Chat

  • Zoom Meetings
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Webex Suite
  • Google Meet
  • BlueJeans Meetings (Legacy)
  • Zoom Rooms
  • Jabber (Legacy)
  • GoTo Meeting

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