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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Chatter (discontinued)

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AChatter was a collaboration platform with integration into the business process and the ability to conduct actions like approving expense reports and creating support cases from the activity feed itself. It was acquired by Salesforce and is currently discontinued.N/A

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    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ANorwegian company appear.in offers their flagship video conferencing platform to small teams, both in a free edition hosting up to 4 guests simultaneously in a session or a paid edition that supports up to 12 simultaneous meeting guests, among other features.

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    Pricing
    Chatter (discontinued)Whereby
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    per user
    Pro
    $9.99
    per user
    Business
    $59.99 and up
    per user/room
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    Chatter (discontinued)Whereby
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
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    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
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    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Chatter (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    8.3
    52 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Whereby
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.836 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.930 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.944 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Chatter (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    8.4
    54 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Whereby
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    Ratings
    Chat9.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications7.153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions8.151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase8.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Chatter (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    8.5
    48 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Whereby
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning8.828 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files7.930 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.941 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.929 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Chatter (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
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    7.8
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings5.011 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Chatter (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
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    8.0
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Chatter (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Whereby
    9.4
    13 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings9.72 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Chatter (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Whereby
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Chatter (discontinued) and Whereby
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Whereby
    6.9
    11 Ratings
    16% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Chatter (discontinued)Whereby
    Small Businesses
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Chatter (discontinued)Whereby
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (56 ratings)
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (27 ratings)
    5.1
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Chatter (discontinued)Whereby
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    [Chatter] is the tool that makes our relations
    stronger. It provides advanced ways of communication. I have trained my many
    team members because of the easy features and functions of this tool, It is very user-friendly. Give it a try if you want to improve your relations with your
    customers. It will surely enhance the productivity of your organization.
    Incentivized
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    If you cannot use another more common solution on the market or are looking for an alternative to the known solutions, it is a great alternative. If you have other tools already, and just want to test [them], that's fine, but I think the better-known ones have a better chance of using, knowing, and the learning curve will be shorter.
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    Pros
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    • Chatter provides us with a live internal conversation for all to see without the noise that other mediums have i.e. e-mail.
    • One of the main features that really works well is the 'Groups' that you can join. We have multiple groups set up to not only distribute procedural changes and communicate news etc, but also have conversations around upcoming tasks in the months ahead.
    • Chatter works really well in instances where we need to look over historical conversations that have been had and the sentiment of those conversations with our shareholders, often using hashtags.
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    • Easy to use: The app is very, very easy to use. Literally just create a chat room (input a name) and access it to chat.
    • Call/video quality: I've experienced better call quality on appear.in than in almost all other chat and video conferencing services out there.
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    Cons
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    • Groups does not have the private messaging functionality. Since most collaboration takes place in Groups, private messaging would allow for relevant conversations to be contained and not reside separately.
    • On a Group index page, there are two boxes for Information and Description. These content types seem redundant. You could replace both with a content type called About the Group. There could also be another box listing the Owners for quick reference.
    • On the main index page, the newsfeed has the same look and feel of most social platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Jive, IBM Connections, SharePoint. There could be an alternate display of tiles that shows People you interact with most frequently, Files you access most often, most recent Topics, etc. The display could be something like Delve in Microsoft Office 365.
    • On the main index page in the right rail, it would be useful to have the ability to incorporate RSS feeds to gather outside content. Many departments heavily leverage RSS feeds to compile competitive intelligence and cultivate general awareness.
    • For user profiles, can we combine Feed and Overview into one consolidated view? It would save users a click to find relevant information about the person. Also, the Contact module should also have the person's phone number for convenience.
    • The Files feature does not allow for real-time, concurrent document editing. You have to download the document, make your edits, save, and then upload a new version, which only allows for one editor at a time.
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    • The paid version may have dial-in. But I have always used the free version. Dial-in is typically required for an "official" multi-purpose teleconference platform.
    • I did have some trouble with larger groups (5+) when it was Appear.in but almost always use it for small 1-on-1 or 3 person meetings.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Chatter can fulfill at least 85-90% of our business requirements in an easy-to-use platform. Usability is a key requirement and we have had our share of bad usability experiences. In our experience, even the most novice users were able to pick up Chatter in a relatively short amount of time with little/no assistance.
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    We are using a larger tool suite that already includes video conferencing instead of our older approach of using different apps from different vendors. appear.in has a simple but great set of features but its pricing scheme is not as scalable as we really need in a 500+ employee company.
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    Usability
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    It is easy to use but the impact of it feels like it is a bit antiquated. It does not feel collaborative and real time. Chatter is more akin to email versus Slack or Hangouts where it feels like problems are being solved as you are communicating.
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    Very easy to use, technical and non-technical colleagues have used it with no instructions needed. That says all about the app and services.
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    Support Rating
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    If I ever came to a situation where i needed help they do a very good job of getting back to us quickly to explain our error or why we are not seeing something. The support is quick to help provide groups or teams if you seek. Fortunately it is user friendly so I rarely need support
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    Whereby
    Never had to contact support, so we cannot give a rating for their overall support. When we noticed the audio was not always great quality, we simply educated our users to mute the mic and use the in-room conference phone which is connected via a dedicated VOIP link and had much better voice quality. The video performance varied by locations network speed and found it got much worse when the room size increased to over 4 connections.
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    Implementation Rating
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    No answers on this topic
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    After a recommendation from a partner, as the system is very easy to use, we simply start.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Skype is used more for audio calls. Chatter is used to track updates on items of interest in Salesforce. Chatter is deeply integrated with other Salesforce products. No other competing products come close. Slack is a traditional project management tool. So it does not compete with Chatter. Because of its close integration with Salesforce, it is a unique tool for Salesforce users.
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    Whereby
    I find Zoom more complicated to use and harder to use because a lot of people do not like having to download things to their computers or devices and Whereby is so easy to get connected with . I like that Zoom offers larger rooms, but at this point the cost is not worth the extra expense.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Chatter has closed deals faster, and brought us in revenue at a quicker rate in turn.
    • Chatter has left some things undone simply because people didn't see it and it has cost us a few deals.
    • Overall, Chatter has brought us a cleaner, more efficient Salesforce process and brought in revenue because of organization.
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    Whereby
    • In general, any sort of online collaborations saves a lot on your budget. The meetings are rather more on time and can be efficient and short.
    • Easy to drop-by and have a small talk with clients/teammates within COVID era.
    • The URL makes you look fancy instead of a random hash.
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of Easy video meetings in your browser. No downloads, no login.Screenshot of Up to 50 participants in Townhall rooms.Screenshot of Record, save, and share meetings.