Google Chat vs. Honey

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Chat
Score 8.0 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
Honey
Score 6.2 out of 10
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Honey, from PayPal (acquired late in 2019) incentivizes loyal shoppers with special offers, and, according to the vendor, its partners experience an efficient way to attract buyers, from discovery to checkout, increasing conversion.N/A
Pricing
Google ChatHoney
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ChatHoney
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Google ChatHoney
Top Pros
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Features
Google ChatHoney
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
7.9
20 Ratings
1% above category average
Honey
-
Ratings
Task Management8.711 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation6.710 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.419 Ratings00 Ratings
Search8.517 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.2
20 Ratings
2% above category average
Honey
-
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Chat9.120 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications8.920 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions7.718 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys6.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.610 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.3
20 Ratings
2% above category average
Honey
-
Ratings
Versioning7.513 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files8.617 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.316 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.417 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control7.814 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.515 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.118 Ratings00 Ratings
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Google ChatHoney
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User Ratings
Google ChatHoney
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(20 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ChatHoney
Likelihood to Recommend
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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PayPal
If you are buying online, Honey may be able to save you money. By using it as a Chrome extension, this can happen automatically. In recent months some new coupon searching services have arrived (Capital One), but to me, Honey is the "gold standard" by which others are compared.
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Pros
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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PayPal
  • It is always there on the Chrome bar, which makes sure I use it even if i don't think about it
  • It does the searching for discount codes for me, which can save time and stress when digging through emails or trying to google for codes.
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Cons
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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PayPal
  • I have trouble turning it off - its too automatic
  • Sometimes the competitor's product (Capital One) finds other discounts
  • Could offer to find discounts on more online purchases.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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PayPal
No answers on this topic
Usability
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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PayPal
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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PayPal
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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PayPal
There are none that I've heard of.
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Return on Investment
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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PayPal
  • Works automatically
  • Saves money
  • Very intuitive
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