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HipChat slacked (I know..;) ). They had this IM for business covered. Then The Slack people came in and took the integration thing seriously. HipChat seems to
by OoTheNigerian 12y ago
HipChat slacked (I know..;) ). They had this IM for business covered. Then The Slack people came in and took the integration thing seriously.
HipChat seems to have felt the competition and now they are taking it seriously. I use HipChat with my distributed team and it works VERY well. HipChat has Android and Windows native clients and have now set up a serious API. The Windows app need some work though.
HipChat is free and you can get all and more of what Slack offers at a VERY affordable cost of $2/month.
HipChat also uses standardized protocol of XMPP.
Sqwiggle now looks like it could be very attractive to slack with their video technology. Except that raise a lot of money soon, I'm predicting an acquisition.
PS: I have no relationship with HipChat. I am just a happy user :)
- jusben1369 12y agoWe switched from HipChat to Slack (my devs just made the "executive decision" one morning last April and we were done!) As a "Biz" guy I liked HipChat more. I thought it was cleaner and simpler to use and initially had better support for Android. And then when they added video/voice support (after we stopped using it) I cried a little as that's the only reason I still keep Skype open. Still I suspect Slack will use these $$'s to solve voice/video and I love the backstory so it's likely the right long term option for us.
- adieth 12y agoI don't understand why so many people use Slack, while it is completely lacking voice and video. Looking at HipChat and Slack now, I would select HipChat because of the video and screen sharing features.