Google Chat

What differentiates Google Chat from other similar products?

Google account handles chat automatically and it is very easy to transform when you change devices, it syncs awesomely, all thanks goes to google for it. It is much similar to hangout by google so old people in industry are well versed to use google chat. Earlier in my old days I also used it in Gmail itself. No other software is as much widespread as this.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Using google chat we can make video and voice calls which I missed in many other solutions during my selection process. It also gives us ease to sync through devices seamlessly which is again a string point over others and also google is providing many similar alternatives to it. so collaborating is very easy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is not a different thing from google hangout also you don't get features like replying by swipes and glide typing. it would be much better if google chat can automate calendars and mail into it as it is product of google. So it can make mails and calendar events from chat itself using shortcuts.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are old school person and beginner to IT world you can learn from Google products like Chat, hangout, meet, gmail. workstation etc. But fora complete suit you can go for Bitrix 24 as well. even a gmail chat feature can compete Google chat completely

What differentiates Google Chat from other similar products?

Mainly the support with Google Workspace applications and the integration it has with them, this helps participants to jointly perform tasks without the need to use other applications, this simplifies tasks, allows teamwork and optimizes organizational time.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The collaborative aspect is the most striking of the product, in our organization we share different files daily among the members of our department which in real time edit and conduct discussions to reach consensus that is reflected instantly, tools such as presentations and spreadsheets facilitate these tasks.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is a notorious difference between the different versions of the product licenses, especially the basic business version, since the space in the cloud is limited and taking into account that we handle important volumes of information at some point we are limited with the capacity of 30GB offered by this plan.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is one of those indispensable tools in any company since it natively provides the tools for your work team to perform their tasks flawlessly, but if your organization has a different environment to Google Workspace, it would make use of the tool that the organization has in that case.

What differentiates Google Chat from other similar products?

Google Chat is the great platform for communication and it is extremely user-friendly and adapts to multiple devices (especially on mobile). It is great open-source platform for coordination and communication. It is mainly useful for the group chats and video chat functions. End users can schedule meetings from inside the chat itself. Unlike other platforms, the messages are secured and protected by the Google Security, which end-user can immensely trust.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The best aspect of Google Chat is that it is simple, easy to use, user friendly UI and provides global search in all chats. Google Chat allows communication across time zones without any worries or problems. It has a good collection of emojis and other GIFs to make the communication more interesting. It has a smart reply feature which is useful when end user not feel good for writing.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Google Chat isn't efficient for sharing large files, videos and images. There is a limit for joining the video call to more people simultaneously.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Google Chat is great if any end-user is using Google Suite. But there are many other advanced applications than Google Chat. As far as I considered, Google Chat can be good alternative but cannot be main stream.