Discord vs. Flock

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Discord
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Discord is an app designed to connect users with communities over voice, video, and text chat, via Discord servers, a gaming and game industry oriented app for growing communities around video games and allowing developers to communicate with their customer base; the app may yet also be used for business communications of other kinds.
$4.99
per month
Flock
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Flock is a collaborative business messaging application developed by the small (but multinational) company of the same name, designed to compete with Slack. The company boasts that the app is a fast and reliable means of communication, and is available in a free edition.
$250
one-time fee
Pricing
DiscordFlock
Editions & Modules
Discord Nitro
$0
Discord Nitro Classic
$0
Add-Ons
$250
one-time fee
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DiscordFlock
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsProspective buyers must contact vendor for pricing information.
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Community Pulse
DiscordFlock
Features
DiscordFlock
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
5.6
32 Ratings
31% below category average
Flock
7.8
13 Ratings
2% above category average
Task Management4.610 Ratings8.311 Ratings
Gantt Charts3.83 Ratings7.27 Ratings
Scheduling6.39 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Workflow Automation4.810 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Mobile Access8.630 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Search8.027 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Visual planning tools3.26 Ratings6.38 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.4
32 Ratings
7% below category average
Flock
8.4
13 Ratings
6% above category average
Chat9.532 Ratings9.713 Ratings
Notifications8.031 Ratings9.313 Ratings
Discussions9.032 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Surveys7.622 Ratings8.29 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.017 Ratings6.77 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings6.04 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.3
31 Ratings
8% below category average
Flock
7.1
12 Ratings
11% below category average
Versioning5.813 Ratings7.58 Ratings
Video files6.829 Ratings6.610 Ratings
Audio files6.729 Ratings6.610 Ratings
Document collaboration6.216 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Access control8.119 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Advanced security features6.613 Ratings6.39 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive10.01 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Device sync8.121 Ratings8.211 Ratings
Best Alternatives
DiscordFlock
Small Businesses
Stackby
Stackby
Score 9.1 out of 10
Stackby
Stackby
Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.8 out of 10
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
DiscordFlock
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(32 ratings)
9.3
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(11 ratings)
9.5
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(3 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
DiscordFlock
Likelihood to Recommend
Discord
Discord works phenomenally if you want a chat platform that is free, quick to set up, and very flexible in the ways you can start using it. It doesn't require a complex set of logins for different servers and confusion about adding new members, or tough pricing right out of the gate. If you prefer to view full conversations all in one place without them "splintering" off into branches that are missed, Discord works great for this. All in all, Discord is great for startup companies or lean working companies, but it does not lend itself as well for larger, traditional "corporate" enterprises.
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Flock FZ-LLC
Flock is very well suited in scenarios where individuals must communicate via chat. It also works great when teams need to communicate via group chat messages. File and document sharing is another area where Flocks works well. Channels are used for discussions on specific topics or organization-wide announcements. Flock may be less appropriate when you use it for voice and video calls. Where.
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Pros
Discord
  • One to many Communications to ensure that we can quickly get messages out when we have to.
  • Quick polling of questions and issues
  • The ability to gate channels so we can focus on folks that we know are stakeholders gives them an added feeling of belonging and that they have a say in the direction of projects.
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Flock FZ-LLC
  • Networked phones are a thing of past now. We don’t have to stop what we are doing to receive phone calls currently because Flock can do that
  • It is now easy to send messages to many people at the same time, all we need to do is to add all the contants in the chat and select all to send a message
  • This software has an in-built to-do-list which allows us to assign tasks to different people or users and then supervise each independently
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Cons
Discord
  • Better volume balancing between members on a call.
  • More customizability of the notification sound for each server. It would be nice to set each of my important servers with a different notification sound.
  • More expansive note section when you view another user's profile. I'd like to be able to contain more information there in a more organized way.
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Flock FZ-LLC
  • A tool is only good if people use it. Some of the artists I work with found it too complex (though I don't think they really gave it a good shot).
  • We used it heavily for about six months and it didn't hit too many other big negative points.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discord
No answers on this topic
Flock FZ-LLC
We would likely to renew use of Flock for our organization since it meets most of the requirements of team collboration and communication for a small group like us. Most of our Flock users like it's features and use it extensively for day-to-day work. We are quite optimistic about it's future updates.
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Usability
Discord
It just works, and works well. Very rarely does anything go wrong, and I can't remember the last outage (sure there's been some but very rare and not something I even think about or worry about). Desktop clients, web access, mobile clients - the lot. Very happy with our easy it is to use.
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Flock FZ-LLC
It is good to give what an app deserves, Flock is very efficient and effective app to manage the all day to day activities and communicate across all team members, create groups, share files, send reminders schedule reminders for each group or persons and share notes.Pin files and search any messages from anyone with advanced filters. It's a great app.
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Support Rating
Discord
There is plenty of online documentation and knowledge base articles. As well as having an open API to be able to tie it into other products makes it a really viable solution for any business. I have never had to contact support, any questions which I have need answered can be found in the documentation,
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Flock FZ-LLC
We've only needed customer support a few times with Flock (mainly concerning app integration and security), and they've always been timely and helpful, which are the only things I truly need from support. The response rate was still rapid, and there's plenty of support available online as well for Flock.
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Alternatives Considered
Discord
I like Slack for more professional settings, but Discord is excellent for casual groups, especially when a few people do not have iPhones. They're very similar, but I think there are a lot of Discord features I don't take advantage of, mainly because there seems to be so much in the sidebar that overwhelms me a bit.
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Flock FZ-LLC
Flock as mentioned takes the best of all these apps and improves upon them. Flock's UI was exactly what we were looking for and Flock doesn't overcharge small teams for search functional or messaging. It just offers a great product at a great price combined with great support. Their chat ticket system works almost immediately.
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Return on Investment
Discord
  • Discord has allowed us to connect to students when typical email & text would not work.
  • Discord has allowed easy creation and communication for small group leaders and their students.
  • Discord is free and so many students have access to it.
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Flock FZ-LLC
  • Organizing notes manually has been drastically reduced. Flock folders and chats are perfect for keeping each file separate.
  • We have not missed one calendar event with Flocks integration of our Google Calendar.
  • Being able to cut out or $99/month case management software has saved a ton of money each month.
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