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What are some alternatives to HipChat?
Stride, Yammer, Slack, Flock, and Flowdock are the most popular alternatives and competitors to HipChat.
Stride
Group messaging & video meetings for teams, from Atlassian
Yammer
Yammer is a Private Social Network for Your Company
Why people like Yammer:
- By microsoft
Slack
Bring all your communication together in one place
Why people like Slack:
- Easy to integrate with
- Excellent interface on multiple platforms
- Free
- People really enjoy using it
Flowdock
Flowdock is your team's chat with a shared inbox. Teams using Flowdock react in seconds and never forget anything.
Why people like Flowdock:
- Threaded chat
- Simpler integrations than others, team inbox = awesome
- Great interface
- Extremely easy to manage multiple conversations
A freeware, cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service
Skype for Business
Professional online meetings built for business
Microsoft Teams
Chat-based workspace in Office 365
Why people like Microsoft Teams:
- Free
- Work well with the rest of Office 365 work flow
- Well-thought Design
- Mobile friendly
Mattermost
Open-source, self-hosted, Slack alternative
Why people like Mattermost:
- Open source
- On-premise deployment
- Free
- Built using golang
Gitter
Messaging for people who make software. Integrated with your team, projects and your code.
Why people like Gitter:
- Github integration
- Free
- Markdown support
- Markdown
RocketChat
Open source slack alternative
Why people like RocketChat:
- Open source
- Can be deployed on premise
- Faster than Slack
- Byos (bring your own server)
Zulip
Powerful open source team chat
Why people like Zulip:
- Open source
- Great Community
- Extensive developer documentation
- Clean & Smooth UI
Telegram
A cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service
Google Hangouts Chat
A messaging platform built for teams
Why people like Google Hangouts Chat:
- Free
Keybase Teams
Slack for the whole world, except end-to-end encrypted across all your devices
Why people like Keybase Teams:
- End-to-End encryption
- KBFS
- Encypted Git repos
Facebook Workplace
An online team collaboration tool
Actor
Open source team messaging application with apps for Android, iOS, and Web
Fleep
Your own business messenger.
Why people like Fleep:
- Email compatibility
- Mobile friendly
- Easy to use
- Free
Campfire
Team collaboration with real time chat.
Why people like Campfire:
- Easy to use
- Minimalist
- Integrations with CI servers etc
Let's Chat
Open source self-hosted chat app for small teams
Why people like Let's Chat:
- Open source
- Docker, Vagrant, NodeJS
- BYOS
- On-premise deployment
Chatwork
A messaging and communications application focused towards business and productivity
Hall
Real-time business chat & texting for teams
Why people like Hall:
- Free
- Github integration
- Bitbucket integration
- Apps for many platforms
Ryver
Ryver provides all of your team communications in one place: chats, posts, and files
Friends
Like Slack except P2P, offline friendly, and open source
Jandi
Effective teamwork, smooth workflow collaboration tool
Teamwork Chat
Instant messaging software for teams who value collaboration
DingTalk
Enterprise Communication & Collaboration Platform
Loomio
A decision-making software designed to assist groups with the collaborative decision-making process
A small alternative to Slack