Alma Suite vs. Google Chat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alma Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Alma Suite is a private social network for companies, that includes a task management tool, a private wikipedia for knowledge management, an idea manager, a game for training, professional profiles, discussion groups, news, instant messages, and postings. The vendor’s value proposition is that they bring together different tools that enable companies to work as a team in one place and be more aligned. Additionally, the vendor says their solution’s simple, easy to use and friendly…
$5
users
Google Chat
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Google Chat, formerly Hangouts Chat, is a collaboration tool competing with Slack, designed to make it easy for teams to be able to get their work done in one place. From direct messages to group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate, and with dedicated, virtual rooms to house projects over time — plus threaded conversations — Chat helps users track progress and follow up tasks. Chat currently supports 28 languages and each room can support up to 8,000 members.N/A
Pricing
Alma SuiteGoogle Chat
Editions & Modules
Alma Suite Enterprise
$5
users
Alma SuiteEnterprise
$5
users
Alma Suite Unlimited
Quote
users
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Alma SuiteGoogle Chat
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$100 usersNo setup fee
Additional Details70% Discount for NGOs 50% for Benefit corporations, Educational Institutions & Health Care. 30% for Companies already working with a Consultant on Cultural Development or related issues.
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Community Pulse
Alma SuiteGoogle Chat
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Alma SuiteGoogle Chat
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Alma Suite
6.7
1 Ratings
17% below category average
Google Chat
8.1
23 Ratings
2% above category average
Task Management8.21 Ratings8.413 Ratings
Mobile Access6.41 Ratings8.822 Ratings
Search5.51 Ratings8.720 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings8.715 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Alma Suite
7.0
1 Ratings
14% below category average
Google Chat
8.5
23 Ratings
6% above category average
Chat5.51 Ratings9.623 Ratings
Notifications8.21 Ratings9.623 Ratings
Discussions7.31 Ratings8.021 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.31 Ratings8.512 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings7.415 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Alma Suite
-
Ratings
Google Chat
8.6
23 Ratings
6% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings8.320 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings8.319 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings9.221 Ratings
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User Ratings
Alma SuiteGoogle Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
6.4
(1 ratings)
8.4
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Alma SuiteGoogle Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
Alma Suite
My business is HR consulting. Best benefits: organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.
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Google
To keep communication within your organization and to organize any event where multiple team involvement is needed we recommend using google chat as it has very great features like priority notification. We can add groups and have collective communication that helps in making decisions faster. You can also connect with multiple people over the calls and also easily create a transcript that can be useful for future references. i see in certain areas this is not well suited where you are involved with client calls or customer calls I don't recommend this application as this is not that suitable for large audience or system meaning this have certain limitation in adding total number of people to calls.
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Pros
Alma Suite
  • Great for task administration.
  • Customer service is friendly, pragmatic and always available.
  • Organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.
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Google
  • When discussing about a specific project, I can quickly share google docs or sheets within the chat which helps my team to view the document in real time and they do not have to leave the conversation.
  • Scheduling a meeting with someone is very easy on Google Chat.
  • We have remote team members in different time zones and instead of waiting for emails we use Google Chat to quickly discuss anything.
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Cons
Alma Suite
  • Need to improve in the way it shows project development in time: Gantt chart, schedules, etc.
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Google
  • Google Hangouts Chat has a room for improvement in customizing the themes background.The themes are outdated and hard to change if you don't know the right key to change it.
  • It could be more user friendly if there will be no hidden features. Formatting messages is very likely to use and fun.
  • With conversations going on about everything all the time, it's easy to get pulled into far too many discussions but sometimes its hard to mention names because it shows many result even the users are not included on the chat room.
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Likelihood to Renew
Alma Suite
No answers on this topic
Google
The updates, support, general reviews on Google Chat are great everywhere. The development of the features is ongoing and this adds a great value to Google as a big company in the market. Other applications are limiting communication while Google Chat is allowing communication to grow. It is very easy to use it and teach others how to use Google Chat.
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Usability
Alma Suite
No answers on this topic
Google
It's not perfect. There are occasional glitches, drop-outs, and it takes a bit to get everything loaded and working. But it is significantly better than Zoom or GoToMeeting when you're in instructional settings. I know my teacher friends here like it and the administrators and parents seem to be satisfied too.
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Support Rating
Alma Suite
No answers on this topic
Google
I have not needed to contact the support folks for Google Hangouts Chat, so I can't speak to this with any accuracy. The online instructions are fairly clearly written, so it is fairly intuitive to start with. I did not feel the need to use the support people anyway.
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Alternatives Considered
Alma Suite
Better features for project development follow up than Asana and Wrike (previous choices)
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Google
Our organization uses the entire Google Suite of products, so the integration with Google Drive and especially Gmail made this decision a "no brainer". In canvassing most of our employees, many of them had more experience using this product as opposed to Skype, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
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Return on Investment
Alma Suite
  • Positive: Internal Communication and Collaboration
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Google
  • In my work it allows us to report troubles that may cost loss of investment thru Google Hangouts Chat we were able to communicate on how to fix it.
  • I hope we can make it on our own choice of colors to heightened workers vibe
  • It is connected to your email
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ScreenShots

Alma Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of Alma Suite HOME: everything that happens in your company will appear here. Simple and easy layout.Screenshot of Task Manager. List of task that can be filtered.Screenshot of Tasks detail and updates.Screenshot of Private Wikipedia: Knowledge BaseScreenshot of Wiki ArticleScreenshot of Game for training and testing: simple and fun. Easy to setup.