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Quip vs Skype

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Overview

Skype
Skype
Stacks17.3K
Followers13.5K
Votes653
Quip
Quip
Stacks98
Followers80
Votes14

Quip vs Skype: What are the differences?

Developers describe Quip as "Messaging and documents. Combined in one place, on any device". Edit and discuss in one place. Quip combines documents with messages so you can work faster, on the web or on the go. On the other hand, Skype is detailed as "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.

Quip and Skype are primarily classified as "Document Collaboration" and "Web and Video Conferencing" tools respectively.

Some of the features offered by Quip are:

  • Multi-platform
  • Collaborative editing
  • Integrated messaging

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.

"Simple, reliable and fast" is the primary reason why developers consider Quip over the competitors, whereas "Free, widespread" was stated as the key factor in picking Skype.

Typeform, Starbucks, and PedidosYa are some of the popular companies that use Skype, whereas Quip is used by Instacart, Product Hunt, and New Relic. Skype has a broader approval, being mentioned in 737 company stacks & 734 developers stacks; compared to Quip, which is listed in 24 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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Advice on Skype, Quip

Lisa
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

Skype
Skype
Quip
Quip

Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.

Edit and discuss in one place. Quip combines documents with messages so you can work faster, on the web or on the go.

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.
Multi-platform;Collaborative editing;Integrated messaging;Diffs;Offline support;Shared folders@mentions;Presence;Read receipts;Interactive checklists;Chat tabs;
Statistics
Stacks
17.3K
Stacks
98
Followers
13.5K
Followers
80
Votes
653
Votes
14
Pros & Cons
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
    Outdated UI
  • 3
    Birthday notifications are annoying
  • 3
    Not always reliable
  • 3
    The worst indicator noises of any app ever
Pros
  • 6
    Simple, reliable and fast
  • 5
    Enterprise worthy gdocs
  • 2
    Has no competitors for team documentation
  • 1
    Great UI and easy to find docs in colourful files

What are some alternatives to Skype, Quip?

Discord

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.

Zoom

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

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.

Jitsi

Jitsi

Jitsi (acquired by 8x8) is a set of open-source projects that allows you to easily build and deploy secure videoconferencing solutions. At the heart of Jitsi are Jitsi Videobridge and Jitsi Meet, which let you have conferences on the internet, while other projects in the community enable other features such as audio, dial-in, recording, and simulcasting.

HackPad

HackPad

Hackpad is a smart collaborative workspace that your team will love.

Webex

Webex

Collaborate with colleagues across your organization, or halfway across the planet. Meet online and share files, information, and expertise. Collaborate from wherever you are with Webex mobile apps for IPhone, iPad, Android, or Blackberry. If you can get online, you can work together.

Viber

Viber

It is a cross-platform instant messaging and voice over IP application provided as freeware for the Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS platforms.

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft SharePoint

It empowers teamwork with dynamic and productive team sites for every project team, department, and division. Share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork, quickly find information, and seamlessly collaborate across the organization.

Jami

Jami

It is a free software for universal communication which respects freedoms and privacy of its users. Its main goal is to provide a communication framework and end-user applications to make audio or video calls, send text messages and make generic data transfers. It makes this possible via multiple paradigms: a modern decentralized approach using a DHT to find peers or classical centralized SIP as a soft-phone.

Google Docs

Google Docs

It is a word processor included as part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google. It brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.

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