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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Flock

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AFlock is a collaborative business messaging application, designed to compete with Slack. The app is presented as a fast and reliable means of communication, and is available in a free edition for teams of up to twenty members.

    $0

    for teams of 1-20 members

    RingCentral Events

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ARingCentral Events (formerly Hopin) is an online events platform that provides tools for virtual events, or hybrid events, like ticketing and registration, limitless event rooms, an expo hall, chat, and networking, as well as event branding and attendee engagement tools. Integrations with online registration tools - such as Cvent, Marketo, Pardot, Eloqua, and Eventbrite.

    $119

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    FlockRingCentral Events
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $0
    for teams of 1-20 members
    Pro
    $6
    per month per user (ideal for teams of 20-100 users)
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    for organizations of 100+ members
    Events Free Trial
    $0
    per month
    Events Pro
    $119
    per month per seat
    Events Pro+
    $239
    per month per seat
    Events Enterprise
    $359
    per year per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FlockRingCentral Events
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.Each event license comes with unlimited registrations for all of events, and can run unlimited webinars and events with an annual plan. A discount is available for annual billing.
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    FlockRingCentral Events
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    33 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    26 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    Features
    FlockRingCentral Events
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Flock and RingCentral Events
    Feature
    Flock
    7.8
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    RingCentral Events
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search6.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools6.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Flock and RingCentral Events
    Feature
    Flock
    8.4
    13 Ratings
    5% above category average
    RingCentral Events
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.613 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications9.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase6.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Flock and RingCentral Events
    Feature
    Flock
    7.1
    12 Ratings
    13% below category average
    RingCentral Events
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files6.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files6.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features6.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.311 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score6 out of 10
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
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    User Ratings
    FlockRingCentral Events
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (13 ratings)
    8.4
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FlockRingCentral Events
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Titan.Mail
    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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    RingCentral
    Hopin is very suitable for large events involving 100+ people where there are only a couple of people speaking. You can have a bunch of features such as networking and all in all, is quite a professional experience to use. For smaller groups, It takes too much effort to set up and isn't worth using over Google Meet or Zoom.
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    Pros
    Titan.Mail
    • 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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    RingCentral
    • Awesome for managing several sets of panelists
    • Very easy to manage event attendees
    • Love the chat functionality during the events, enabling the audience to connect with each other
    • Hugely simple for anyone with little tech knowledge to design and run an event
    • Cost effective for the volume of events we run, where we need scale and quality
    • Live streaming an event is also very well catered for
    • Branding across the platform is simple to implement
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    Cons
    Titan.Mail
    • 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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    RingCentral
    • The biggest hangup we've encountered is from guest speakers who need to join us on either tablets or smartphones. Hopin doesn't play well with mobile devices for onscreen guests.
    • I'd like to see the broadcasts in vendor booths be recordable in the way broadcasts in the sessions or on the stage are.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Titan.Mail
    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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    RingCentral
    We most likely will, but with such a high annual renewal rate, we are forced to look at alternative solutions yearly when that license fee comes due
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    Usability
    Titan.Mail
    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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    RingCentral
    I'm a pretty tech-savvy person but I still feel that Hopin was pretty user-friendly even for those of you who are less tech-savvy. Great thing is, you can play around and test the platform with the free version which allows you to get familiar with it before committing to the paid. I learned most of it on the free version which then made me more confident when deciding to use the paid version. Not only did it help me on the setup side, but it also proved to me that this was what we needed to do what we needed to do.
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    Support Rating
    Titan.Mail
    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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    RingCentral
    For the most part you're able to get a response from a support person within a few minutes, but there was a stretch when Hopin was reshuffling its staff that it sometimes took 24-48 hours, which is too long. However, as long as the staff remains stable - which seems likely - then its Support team is usually quite responsive.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Titan.Mail
    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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    RingCentral
    We were with a company before Hopin - we explored elsewhere due to cost. Pros were design and custom look. We moved to Hopin, it was innovative at the time, although the design wasn't strong the features were. The majority now have the same features. So we did leave Hopin for another platform again because we wanted a custom look, and we were preparing for hybrid. Hopin wasn't ready. We soon realised other platforms we came across are complex, difficult to use. We left and came back to Hopin.
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    Return on Investment
    Titan.Mail
    • 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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    RingCentral
    • Without Hopin, it would have been impossible to host an event at the scale and user interface that we did, with the staff limitations we have. Hopin enabled us to execute a very high standard with limited resources. For example, before Hopin, we could only attract about 100-200 attendees. With Hopin, we 3x our registrations and attendees.
    • The data collected from their system on attendees allows us to more accurately speak to our target market based on their tracked habits during the event.
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    ScreenShots

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    RingCentral Events Screenshots

    Screenshot of a session of RingCentral Events - with company branding, logo, and colors throughout.Screenshot of the event venue of RingCentral Events. This page is the reception, that displays the event description, speakers, and schedule. Attendees can navigate throughout the event by clicking on the tabs on the left.Screenshot of an example of event analytics available with each event. Organizers can see how the event performed but seeing live view of attendance, and see how each attendee engaged.Screenshot of the production studio available within RingCentral Events. This offers the ability to customize speaker layouts, preupload videos/slides, add or remove speakers from stage, and add branding to the video streams.Screenshot of the lead retrieval capability that allows for scanning for leads for on-site events.