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HipChat vs Locent

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Overview

HipChat
HipChat
Stacks1.2K
Followers892
Votes684
Locent
Locent
Stacks1
Followers12
Votes0

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Detailed Comparison

HipChat
HipChat
Locent
Locent

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.

Build a full text marketing program in minutes without writing any copy or code

Desktop apps (Windows, Linux, Mac);Mobile apps;Web app;One-on-one messaging;Persistent group chat;Designed for companies;Chat and file history;SSL security;No server to maintain;Guest access;Integrated audio & video;Self-building buddylist;HTTP API
Launch in minutes;Get instant engagement;Delight your subscribers;Scale with technology
Statistics
Stacks
1.2K
Stacks
1
Followers
892
Followers
12
Votes
684
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 144
    Integrates well with a lot of developer tools
  • 96
    Developer-friendly
  • 85
    Clients for every major platform
  • 70
    Mobile-friendly
  • 70
    Free unlimited users
Cons
  • 1
    Purchased by and merged with Slack
  • 1
    Discontinued with the Atlassian Stack
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Integrations
Blossom
Blossom
CopperEgg
CopperEgg
Crashlytics
Crashlytics
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Bugsnag
Bugsnag
Get Satisfaction
Get Satisfaction
GitHub
GitHub
G Suite
G Suite
Heroku
Heroku
Hipmob
Hipmob
No integrations available

What are some alternatives to HipChat, Locent?

Slack

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.

Twilio

Twilio

Twilio offers developers a powerful API for phone services to make and receive phone calls, and send and receive text messages. Their product allows programmers to more easily integrate various communication methods into their software and programs.

Zulip

Zulip

Zulip is powerful, open source team chat that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded conversations. Zulip allows busy managers and others in meetings all day to participate in their teams chats.

RocketChat

RocketChat

Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework. It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.

Mattermost

Mattermost

Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall.

Gitter

Gitter

Free chat rooms for your public repositories. A bit like IRC only smarter. Chats for private repositories as well as organisations.

Flowdock

Flowdock

Flowdock is a web-based team chat service that integrates with your tools to provide a window into your team's activities. With the team inbox, everyone on your team can stay up to date. Stay connected with Flowdock's iOS and Android apps.

Microsoft Teams

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.

Nexmo

Nexmo

Nexmo connects your apps directly to carriers around the world. Integrate SMS and Voice messages using one simple API. Use Nexmo Verity to register users, verify transactions, and implement two factor authentication.

Telegram

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.

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