HipChat vs Skype

Overview

HipChat

Stacks1.2K

Followers892

Votes684

Skype

Stacks17.3K

Followers13.5K

Votes653

HipChat vs Skype: What are the differences?

HipChat: Supercharge team collaboration with group chat and IM. 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; Skype: Voice calls, instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing. Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.

HipChat and Skype are primarily classified as "Group Chat & Notifications" and "Web and Video Conferencing" tools respectively.

Some of the features offered by HipChat are:

Desktop apps (Windows, Linux, Mac)
Mobile apps
Web app

On the other hand, Skype provides the following key features:

Calling- Make free Skype to Skype calls or call mobiles and landlines home and abroad at low rates.
Video- Catch up face to face or get a whole group together on a video call.
Messaging- You're always in the loop with instant messaging, voice messaging and sending texts.

"Integrates well with a lot of developer tools", "Developer-friendly" and "Clients for every major platform" are the key factors why developers consider HipChat; whereas "Free, widespread", "Desktop and mobile apps" and "Because i have to :(" are the primary reasons why Skype is favored.

According to the StackShare community, Skype has a broader approval, being mentioned in 729 company stacks & 714 developers stacks; compared to HipChat, which is listed in 307 company stacks and 114 developer stacks.

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Advice on HipChat, Skype

Lisa

Mar 20, 2020

Needs advice

Hi, I am helping teachers in my kid's schools to set up distance learning and wanted to see what is better between Webex, Zoom, and Skype (although only putting this one in as most parents probably have it). The children are 8-9, so they won't be using it on their own and the parents have no experience using Webex or Zoom.

The main use will be for the teacher to explain what they will be covering in the week and enable some social interaction between the kids.

I need to be easy to use for about 20-25 people.

Thanks for your advice, Lisa

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Detailed Comparison

HipChat	Skype
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.	Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.
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	Calling- Make free Skype to Skype calls or call mobiles and landlines home and abroad at low rates.;Video- Catch up face to face or get a whole group together on a video call.;Messaging- You're always in the loop with instant messaging, voice messaging and sending texts.;Sharing- Send photos, videos and files of any size.
Statistics
Stacks 1.2K	Stacks 17.3K
Followers 892	Followers 13.5K
Votes 684	Votes 653
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 Discontinued with the Atlassian Stack 1 Purchased by and merged with Slack	Pros 258 Free, widespread 147 Desktop and mobile apps 110 Because i have to :( 57 Low cost international calling 56 Good for international calls Cons 5 Really high CPU utilization during video/screenshare 3 Birthday notifications are annoying 3 Outdated UI 3 Not always reliable 3 The worst indicator noises of any app ever
Integrations
Blossom CopperEgg Crashlytics Bitbucket Bugsnag Get Satisfaction GitHub G Suite Heroku Hipmob	No integrations available

What are some alternatives to HipChat, Skype?

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.

Discord

Discord is a modern free voice & text chat app for groups of gamers. Our resilient Erlang backend running on the cloud has built in DDoS protection with automatic server failover.

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

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 is modern communication from behind your firewall.

Gitter

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

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.

Zoom

Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and cross platform group chat into one easy-to-use platform. Our solution offers the best video, audio, and screen-sharing experience across Zoom Rooms, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and H.323/SIP room systems.

Google Meet

It is the business-oriented version of Google's Hangouts platform and is suitable for businesses of all sizes. It allows users to dial in phone numbers to access meetings, thus enabling users with slow internet connection to call in.

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.

Related Comparisons

Some of the features offered by HipChat are:

Desktop apps (Windows, Linux, Mac)
Mobile apps
Web app

On the other hand, Skype provides the following key features:

Calling- Make free Skype to Skype calls or call mobiles and landlines home and abroad at low rates.
Video- Catch up face to face or get a whole group together on a video call.
Messaging- You're always in the loop with instant messaging, voice messaging and sending texts.

HipChat vs Skype