Flock vs. Virola Messenger

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Flock
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Flock 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
Virola Messenger
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Virola Messenger is a corporate messenger for secure team collaboration. Both self-hosted and cloud Virola servers are available. Main features: private and group chat rooms file transfer and unlimited storage reactions, mentions, replies and discussions continuous voice and video meetings voice meetings recording live avatars issue tracking with task board screen sharing remote…
$22
per month 11 users (minimum)
Pricing
FlockVirola Messenger
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
Annual Subscription
$1.30
per month per user
Monthly Subscription
$1.56
per month per user
Perpetual License
$31.24
one-time fee per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FlockVirola Messenger
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
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Features
FlockVirola Messenger
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Flock
7.8
13 Ratings
2% above category average
Virola Messenger
7.8
2 Ratings
2% above category average
Task Management8.311 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.27 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access9.013 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Search7.011 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Visual planning tools6.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Flock
8.4
13 Ratings
5% above category average
Virola Messenger
9.5
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Chat9.713 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Notifications9.313 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys8.29 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 Product A and Product B
Flock
7.1
12 Ratings
11% below category average
Virola Messenger
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Versioning7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files6.610 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Audio files6.610 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Document collaboration8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features6.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.211 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
FlockVirola Messenger
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(13 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FlockVirola Messenger
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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Provide Support Live Chat
This is fantastic for offices that have employees working from home. It is a much cleaner and easier way to discuss projects or even have informal conversations. However if all employees are working from the same office, the features are limited as conversation, screen sharing, and task management are less valuable.
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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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Provide Support Live Chat
  • Secure chatting
  • Chatrooms
  • File transfer/ sharing
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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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Provide Support Live Chat
  • A cleaner interface.
  • More intuitive for older generations.
  • Customizable notification tones
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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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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
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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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
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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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
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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Provide Support Live Chat
It's really early to judge Virola's capabilities with other offerings or tools in the marketplace but with the set of features the tool offers at the moment at the negligible price it can surely be counted as a dark horse to make its way through to be one of the best. Provide that it has the ability to support larger teams, it can really be successful in the future.
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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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Provide Support Live Chat
  • Kept everyone in the loop
  • Allowed for seamless project discussions from inside and outside the office.
  • Great way to share screens which was very important.
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ScreenShots

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