eSCRIBE Software headquartered in Markham offers the eSCRIBE Meeting Management application, a board and stakeholder management portal and platform.
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Google Chat
Score 7.9 out of 10
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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.
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Google Chat
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee
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Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
eScribe
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Ratings
Google Chat
8.3
26 Ratings
7% above category average
Task Management
00 Ratings
8.014 Ratings
Gantt Charts
00 Ratings
8.29 Ratings
Scheduling
00 Ratings
8.616 Ratings
Workflow Automation
00 Ratings
7.412 Ratings
Mobile Access
00 Ratings
9.225 Ratings
Search
00 Ratings
9.223 Ratings
Visual planning tools
00 Ratings
7.713 Ratings
Communication
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Ratings
Google Chat
8.9
26 Ratings
11% above category average
Chat
00 Ratings
9.826 Ratings
Notifications
00 Ratings
9.126 Ratings
Discussions
00 Ratings
8.824 Ratings
Surveys
00 Ratings
9.417 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase
00 Ratings
8.915 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting
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8.07 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
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8.215 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook
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9.06 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
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It works well for scheduling and coordinating meetings. It also is ok as a project management tool, as long as everyone else is using eScribe. Where we have trouble is when some people try and use eScribe and other people are not familiar with the program and use something else. Then it gets messy and we are better off just using excel
It is a easy and quick way to chat and send instant message using the Google account, even send files, emojis, create groups. I have used it to communicate even with external people with a personal gmail account and is great to stay in touch with all around. I recommend it for anyone who wants to stay communicated using a google account.
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.
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.
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.
It is not too bad to use but it also seems to be trying to fill a need that we already have met with our existing programs. I like how easy it was to push out to folks but it really just doesn't seem that much better than what we already had
As stated from the starting we found this application is well suited for a small audience and a group of people across the organization can be communicated easily with no additional hectic of doing any setup. When you have a Gmail account ready then you can easily access google chat and continue the communication. This tool is simple,secure and robust helping the global leading partner for their internal precise communication and handling the tasks in a great way
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.
Slack has a few more features than Google Chat. Slack, for a long time, had thread chats that grouped a thread of thoughts together, making the main chat group space a lot less cluttered. A while back, Google Chat implemented a similar thing in a different but similar way, making the group less crowded. They are catching up.