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Campfire vs Google Hangouts Chat: What are the differences?

Developers describe Campfire as "Team collaboration with real time chat". Campfire is like instant messaging, but designed exclusively for groups. Share text, files, and code in real time. Save transcripts so you don’t forget. On the other hand, Google Hangouts Chat is detailed as "A messaging platform built for teams". Whether in a 1:1 chat or a dedicated group workspace, collaborate with your team in an organized way. Share and discuss Docs, Sheets, and Slides all in one place.

Campfire and Google Hangouts Chat can be categorized as "Group Chat & Notifications" tools.

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Pros of Campfire
Pros of Google Hangouts Chat
  • 2
    Easy to use
  • 2
    Minimalist
  • 1
    Integrations with CI servers etc
  • 3
    Reliability
  • 3
    Free

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Cons of Campfire
Cons of Google Hangouts Chat
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    • 1
      Not compatible with Telegram keys
    • 1
      No markdown
    • 1
      No video or voice messages
    • 1
      No media editor
    • 1
      No auto-delete
    • 1
      No voice chat

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    What is Campfire?

    Campfire is like instant messaging, but designed exclusively for groups. Share text, files, and code in real time. Save transcripts so you don’t forget.

    What is Google Hangouts Chat?

    Whether in a 1:1 chat or a dedicated group workspace, collaborate with your team in an organized way. Share and discuss Docs, Sheets, and Slides all in one place.

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    What are some alternatives to Campfire and Google Hangouts Chat?
    Slack
    Imagine all your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. That’s Slack. All your messages. All your files. And everything from Twitter, Dropbox, Google Docs, Asana, Trello, GitHub and dozens of other services. All together.
    Microsoft Teams
    See content and chat history anytime, including team chats with Skype that are visible to the whole team. Private group chats are available for smaller group conversations.
    HipChat
    HipChat is a hosted private chat service for your company or team. Invite colleagues to share ideas and files in persistent group chat rooms. Get your team off AIM, Google Talk, and Skype — HipChat was built for business.
    Telegram
    Users can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio and files of any type. It provides instant messaging, simple, fast, secure and synced across all your devices.
    Mattermost
    Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall.
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