Discord vs. Google Chat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Discord
Score 8.5 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 Chat
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
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.N/A
Pricing
DiscordGoogle Chat
Editions & Modules
Discord Nitro Classic
$4.99
per month
Discord Nitro
$9.99
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DiscordGoogle Chat
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details16% discount on annual pricing for Discord Nitro ($99.99 per year) and Discord Nitro Classic ($49.99 per year).
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
DiscordGoogle Chat
Considered Both Products
Discord
Chose Discord
The subdivisions through voice and text channels that can be elevated in Discord facilitate the organization of the company. Discord planned that the information not lost in the middle of the conversations, we managed to organize for the projects. Permission levels also help …
Google Chat

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
DiscordGoogle Chat
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.8
17 Ratings
1% below category average
Google Chat
7.9
20 Ratings
1% above category average
Task Management9.36 Ratings8.711 Ratings
Scheduling6.02 Ratings8.213 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.04 Ratings6.610 Ratings
Mobile Access9.715 Ratings8.419 Ratings
Search7.413 Ratings8.517 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.53 Ratings8.09 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.17 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.5
17 Ratings
7% below category average
Google Chat
8.2
20 Ratings
2% above category average
Chat9.717 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Notifications8.216 Ratings8.920 Ratings
Discussions8.317 Ratings7.718 Ratings
Surveys7.710 Ratings6.513 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.77 Ratings7.610 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting10.02 Ratings8.18 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings9.07 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
8.9
16 Ratings
9% above category average
Google Chat
8.3
20 Ratings
2% above category average
Versioning10.04 Ratings7.513 Ratings
Video files7.916 Ratings8.617 Ratings
Audio files8.715 Ratings8.316 Ratings
Document collaboration8.36 Ratings8.317 Ratings
Access control8.38 Ratings7.814 Ratings
Advanced security features8.04 Ratings8.515 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive10.01 Ratings8.416 Ratings
Device sync10.06 Ratings9.018 Ratings
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User Ratings
DiscordGoogle Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(17 ratings)
7.7
(20 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(3 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
DiscordGoogle Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
Discord
Personally, Discord is a great tool to create online communities for your company or product, especially when our target audience is young. I would not consider it appropriate to use this tool for people over a certain age, nor would it be suitable for companies of considerable size.
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Google
Well suited for businesses of all sizes. HOWEVER, I would say keep the chat groups limited at the departmental level, ensure that your moderator or the individual responsible for the group keeps it on topic, and have your IT team monitor it from time to time. Google Chat gets used so much in our organization that we have rules and regs in our Employee Handbook regarding its proper use (and when used PROPERLY, it can be very effective).
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Pros
Discord
  • Discord allows easy setup of servers for specific groups.
  • Discord allows one-on-one private messaging as well as group communication.
  • Discord is easy to install and setup for any age group.
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Google
  • Google Hangouts Chat allows you to send and receive messages real time with emoticons that can help you express your mood.
  • You can download and upload image file that can be use for business process and more.
  • Google Hangouts Chat also allows you to make a calls to reach other users.What I like the most is the awesome screen sharing while on call.
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Cons
Discord
  • Recovery when servers are down.
  • Better Nitro Deals.
  • Better bot enabling for going live - Slow sometimes or doesn't work in certain discords.
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Google
  • I wish it was easier to turn the sound off, I hate being in meetings and my chat is blowing up.
  • Needing to "accept" a chat invite from someone within my org seems counter-intuitive.
  • Some people have trouble getting their notifications before midnight, somehow?
  • Prior to downloading the app, group messages didn't come up for me on my computer.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discord
No answers on this topic
Google
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.
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Usability
Discord
I can't really say much on this. It's extremely easy to use, it's very logical and intuitive, and very easy to install and set-up. Even the settings menus make sense even to nonliterate IT people.
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Google
It's not perfect. There are occasional glitches, drop-outs, and it takes a bit to get everything loaded and working. But it is significantly better than Zoom or GoToMeeting when you're in instructional settings. I know my teacher friends here like it and the administrators and parents seem to be satisfied too.
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Support Rating
Discord
I would give it a 10 rating because it absolutely deserves it. Discord has made things like keeping in touch extremely easy for people. Anywhere from gamers, businessmen and even family calls are all a part of this fantastic application. The ease of access of being able to jump in a room with your friends and talk to them is amazing
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Google
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.
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Alternatives Considered
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 most important part is the communities, there are thousands of different communities.
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Google
Prior to Google Hangouts, our company used Spark. Spark was not integrated into our email, therefore it couldn't be easily accessed in the same browser. With Spark we also couldn't search our emails for keywords in a conversation, searching had to be done manually. The one feature I enjoyed about Spark was a request to get a user's attention: If I had an urgent question and I wanted to ensure the recipient saw my message/question, I would request their attention and the message screen would pop up on their screen.
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Return on Investment
Discord
  • Discord has been such a bonus to our productivity. Instead of sending meeting links and starting lengthy email threads, we were able to quickly hop on a call with other people and get things done!
  • Some colleagues had to change their PCs as Discord was messing up their system due to the heavy system load.
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Google
  • In my work it allows us to report troubles that may cost loss of investment thru Google Hangouts Chat we were able to communicate on how to fix it.
  • I hope we can make it on our own choice of colors to heightened workers vibe
  • It is connected to your email
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