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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AGlobalMeet Collaborationiwas an audio, web and video conferencing solution that is designed to make global communication easy from anywhere using any device. As of 2023 the product has reached EOL and will no longer be sold.N/A

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Slack
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Slack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Slack
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    n/a
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Slack
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Slack
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    7.2
    46 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    High quality audio7.446 Ratings00 Ratings
    High quality video6.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements7.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile support7.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Slack
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.0
    39 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Desktop sharing7.639 Ratings00 Ratings
    Whiteboards4.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Slack
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.6
    43 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Calendar integration6.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Meeting initiation7.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with social media7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events6.735 Ratings00 Ratings
    Slideshows5.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Slack
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    6.8
    35 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat8.233 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling4.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Slack
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    7.2
    38 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication8.634 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions6.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list6.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Slack
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Slack
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued) and Slack
    Feature
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Slack
    Small Businesses
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Slack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (47 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (21 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GlobalMeet Collaboration (discontinued)Slack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    GlobalMeet Collaboration is great for giving product trainings, presentations and webinars over the phone to a wide number of users remotely. It is well suited for meetings where screens and documents need to be shared live during a conference call for easy collaboration
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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Something that GlobalMeet does well is distributing a meeting to users. The system integrates well with our Outlook system and allows easy meeting distributions.
    • GlobalMeet is good at providing an easy way to record web meetings. The feature works well and is easy to download after.
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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    Cons
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    • There is a cost for the conferencing services unlike competitors like FreeConferenceCall.com or Skype which have free options. However, you pay for what you get and the audio/connection quality can and has been an issue for us with other vendors.
    • There are a lot of shortcuts that can be used on the line to mute/unmute lines, record the audio, request operator assistance, etc. However, these are difficult to memorize so we end up forgetting or relying on a print-out of the shortcuts that we keep near our desks. I wish there was an easier way to use these such as voice commands.
    • In the post-conference email recaps you get the phone numbers of those who dialed in. However, it can be difficult to know who these numbers belong to unless you remember the direct #s for the participants. I wish there was a way to save contact info for certain phone numbers within the system and let GlobalMeet add the names to the numbers for all future post-conference emails.
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    GlobalMeet is not a very good tool. There are better web meeting platforms available in the marketplace. The system is clunky, not intuitive, and experiences often technical issues. They have made updates recently but it is too little too late. It may be a good platform for smaller organizations with tighter budgets.
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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    I have provided such a high rating because setting up the meeting only requires a few clicks. Within a couple minutes of telling my team that I will set up a meeting and send an invite, that invitation is already sitting in their inbox. I move at a fast pace and GlobalMeet is keeping up
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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We have never had an issue with the availability of GlobalMeet. It has always been available when we needed it.
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    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    For the most part GlobalMeet loaded everything quickly. The only problem that we had was when the whole company was on a training at one time, we had a hard time with screen sharing and the pages loading in a timely manner. Everything seemed to slow down when lots of people were on the system at once
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    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    As previously mentioned, I was in charge of facilitating a weekly meeting with 60 attendees. I had major issues with the screenshare crashing repeatedly during the meeting. I got in contact with a GlobalMeet Technician immediately. He was extremely responsive and worked with my technician to resolve all of the issues quickly. After his intervention, I never had the same issue again.
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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    GlobalMeet was easy to get set up with the company and starting to use.
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    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Our small non-profit organization appreciates the ease of use of the platform for conference call needs. Other platforms can be much more complicated for users unfamiliar with conference call technology. We use it several times a month for committee meetings, regional rep check ins, and meetings with our board of directors.
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    This product seems to be able to handle the growing amount of work within our company without any problems.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • The price for webinar for GlobalMeet is quite pricey compared to other similar vendors.
    • GlobalMeet can be used for unlimited free calls and video conferencing, hence in our company with extensive global calls this platform is very cost-effective.
    • Unlike most conferencing software. Other users don't have to download GlobalMeet App and therefore it is easy to send meeting invite to clients.
    • Attentively support system that responds fast to queries and this saves time for us.
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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