Discord vs. Google Meet

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Discord
Score 8.3 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
Google Meet
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Google Meet, formerly Hangouts Meet, replaces the former Google Hangouts as the company's G Suite integrated web conferencing tool, allowing users to join meetings directly from a Calendar event or email invite from a computer, phone, or conference room. G Suite's Enterprise edition also creates a dial-in phone number for each meeting, as an additional convenience.
$6
per month
Pricing
DiscordGoogle Meet
Editions & Modules
Discord Nitro
$0
Discord Nitro Classic
$0
Google Workspace - Business Starter
$6
per month
Google Workspace - Business Standard
$12
per month
Google Workspace - Business Plus
$18
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DiscordGoogle Meet
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
DiscordGoogle Meet
Considered Both Products
Discord
Chose Discord
Discord is generally very simple and easy to get started using, but still offers a great deal of customization and features. Furthermore, third party features and plentiful and well supported. On top of that, the amount of usability you get for the price is absolutely …
Chose Discord
Discord has better features and it gets updated constantly with new features. It gets popular everyday and the number of people using Discord gets increased. Discord has a better interface that is easy to use, it doesn't make you confused. Better voice and video quality. The …
Chose Discord
For our gaming nights, communication is vital especially in our multiplayer games , and the only voice product that worked smoothly is Discord. Skype's sound would cut out and Zoom's security was poor. Also Discord allows you to join public servers and there are roles which …
Chose Discord
Discord allows you to organize communication between many people, while not "mixing everyone together", but dividing them into appropriate groups. Thanks to the ability to work through the browser, Discord is easy to use on any device, without the need to install additional …
Google Meet

No answer on this topic

Features
DiscordGoogle Meet
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
5.1
32 Ratings
41% below category average
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Task Management3.610 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling5.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation4.610 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.530 Ratings00 Ratings
Search7.927 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools2.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.2
32 Ratings
10% below category average
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Chat9.532 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications7.731 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions8.932 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys7.522 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase6.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.2
31 Ratings
10% below category average
Google Meet
-
Ratings
Versioning5.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files6.729 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files6.729 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration6.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features6.313 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.121 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
Discord
-
Ratings
Google Meet
8.9
57 Ratings
12% above category average
High quality audio00 Ratings8.957 Ratings
High quality video00 Ratings8.857 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings8.943 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings8.951 Ratings
Screen Sharing
Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
Discord
-
Ratings
Google Meet
8.4
57 Ratings
6% above category average
Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.557 Ratings
Whiteboards00 Ratings8.338 Ratings
Online Meetings / Events
Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
Discord
-
Ratings
Google Meet
7.9
55 Ratings
3% below category average
Calendar integration00 Ratings8.854 Ratings
Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.754 Ratings
Integrates with social media00 Ratings6.325 Ratings
Record meetings / events00 Ratings7.743 Ratings
Slideshows00 Ratings8.244 Ratings
Online Events Collaboration
Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Discord
-
Ratings
Google Meet
8.2
54 Ratings
2% above category average
Live chat00 Ratings8.652 Ratings
Audience polling00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
Q&A00 Ratings8.137 Ratings
Online Events Security
Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
Discord
-
Ratings
Google Meet
8.7
47 Ratings
8% above category average
User authentication00 Ratings8.644 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings9.242 Ratings
Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.133 Ratings
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DiscordGoogle Meet
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JioMeet
JioMeet
Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
DiscordGoogle Meet
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(32 ratings)
9.3
(62 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(11 ratings)
9.1
(21 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(3 ratings)
9.8
(18 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DiscordGoogle Meet
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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Google
If you have a small team, use Google Meet. If you want to have a weekly check-up, use Google Meet. If you want to do a small hosting of conferences — kind of like a webinar, I would say to be very specific — Google Meet is really, really good. So that’s what my recommendations are.
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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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Google
  • I think it's fairly easy to operate. Once people get in, they know where the buttons are and stuff.
  • The chat's good.
  • It does good transcriptions.
  • I like the backgrounds that are available.
  • I like the just overall, I guess the layout is simple and most people know how to use it, which is good.
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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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Google
  • One of the challenges that I see is that whenever we have in a meeting, we won't be able to drop some of the documents that we have. That's one of the big challenges which I see in Google Meet. At that point of time, we either have to Slack or we have to share an email. We cannot do that, like sending that particular document in the Google meet chat.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discord
No answers on this topic
Google
This app is still having a lot of redundant features as compared to other industry apps such as Zoom and Webex which offers much more on the functionality side along with the option to have greater user access control to the admin/host of the meetings. A sense of interaction is always found to be missing in Google meet which can be easily adopted in the Zoom
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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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Google
Google Meet is very easy and simple to use. I can schedule a meeting right on my calendar - it literally takes a few seconds. There is no additional app I have to open to schedule anything. Guests can click on the link easily to join any meetings. 10/10!
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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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Google
Google does a great job of providing tech support for this product, as it does many others. Similarly, Google has FAQs that cover a large amount of issues faced by users. Problems have not persisted in our use of this product. Problems are resolved quickly and easily, with or without personal Google support.
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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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Google
The main positive feature in Google Meet over Zoom to me is the fact that Google meet can be seamlessly deployed in the browser with its full functionality. Unlike Zoom for which you need to download an extra application to use. This consequently makes workflow smooth when transitioning between something like emails and taking part in a meeting.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Discord
No answers on this topic
Google
I wasn't involved in the unit pricing factor. So far I used Google meet in the office where I got access to all these Google applications including the Google Meet feature. So I wasn't involved much in this pricing factor of Google Meet and also regarding the contact terms of the product.
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Professional Services
Discord
No answers on this topic
Google
This is very good in the professional services as I started using this first for the professional service only. While using this Google Meet itself gives a professional feel as the UI works in a professional way. The video background modification, multi-screen feature, and some other features help in professional service.
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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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Google
  • Negative: on each webinar someone from our team had to write manually the people that were participating and after that matching it with the registered people list. We wasted time. It could be easily resolved by adding the export list feature
  • Positive: Collaboration and internal meetings. Calendar integration helps us save time.
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