Google Chat vs. Ideanote

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Chat
Score 7.8 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
Ideanote
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Ideanote is an all-in-one innovation platform that promises to help teams and businesses around the world capture, develop, prioritize and act on more of the right ideas. According to the vendor, key benefits include: Capture ideas with structure by launching powerful goal-oriented idea collections in seconds. Collaborate across teams with a streamlined process that makes sure you get the most out of every idea. Grow your community…
$49
per month
Pricing
Google ChatIdeanote
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ChatIdeanote
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWe believe in fair and transparent pricing. Capture ideas for free with our Free plan or choose one of our paid plans for less than the price of one coffee per employee. It's cheaper than not listening to ideas.
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Community Pulse
Google ChatIdeanote
Features
Google ChatIdeanote
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.4
26 Ratings
8% above category average
Ideanote
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Ratings
Task Management8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.512 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access9.225 Ratings00 Ratings
Search9.223 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.613 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.9
26 Ratings
11% above category average
Ideanote
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Ratings
Chat9.826 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications9.326 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions8.824 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys9.317 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.215 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.7
26 Ratings
8% above category average
Ideanote
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Ratings
Versioning8.817 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.723 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files7.922 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.321 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control9.318 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features9.519 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.115 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.624 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google ChatIdeanote
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(26 ratings)
8.9
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ChatIdeanote
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
It is a easy and quick way to chat and send instant message using the Google account, even send files, emojis, create groups. I have used it to communicate even with external people with a personal gmail account and is great to stay in touch with all around. I recommend it for anyone who wants to stay communicated using a google account.
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Ideanote
Best suited: In focused, facilitator driven idea noting or discussion session. Less suited: There is no force factor to get users to come back to the mission or page once the session is over. There is no what happens next driver for Missions.
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Pros
Google
  • When discussing about a specific project, I can quickly share google docs or sheets within the chat which helps my team to view the document in real time and they do not have to leave the conversation.
  • Scheduling a meeting with someone is very easy on Google Chat.
  • We have remote team members in different time zones and instead of waiting for emails we use Google Chat to quickly discuss anything.
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Ideanote
  • It is not overloaded. Clear to finish the things in mind.
  • It is flexible to the Team and the upcoming crowd
  • The design is very impressive and we love it
  • So we can link simple to it from our page
  • In my opinion it is an alternative to this normal roadmap
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Cons
Google
  • Google Hangouts Chat has a room for improvement in customizing the themes background.The themes are outdated and hard to change if you don't know the right key to change it.
  • It could be more user friendly if there will be no hidden features. Formatting messages is very likely to use and fun.
  • With conversations going on about everything all the time, it's easy to get pulled into far too many discussions but sometimes its hard to mention names because it shows many result even the users are not included on the chat room.
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Ideanote
  • More videos in terms of tutorials and use cases.
  • Success stories of how companies used Ideanote to supercharge their innovation.
  • The new Zapier integration is a good step but I would like to see more native integrations with popular SaaS products.
  • Expensive - if not for finding it in an AppSumo deal it would have been hard to afford.
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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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Ideanote
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Usability
Google
As stated from the starting we found this application is well suited for a small audience and a group of people across the organization can be communicated easily with no additional hectic of doing any setup. When you have a Gmail account ready then you can easily access google chat and continue the communication. This tool is simple,secure and robust helping the global leading partner for their internal precise communication and handling the tasks in a great way
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Ideanote
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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Ideanote
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Google
Slack has a few more features than Google Chat. Slack, for a long time, had thread chats that grouped a thread of thoughts together, making the main chat group space a lot less cluttered. A while back, Google Chat implemented a similar thing in a different but similar way, making the group less crowded. They are catching up.
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Ideanote
None. This is the only idea and innovation management software I use for our internal processes and we soon plan to use this for our future lined-up services.We have tried GERU in the past but that is a visual mapping software and does not really help in managing proper communication between guests and internal team members.
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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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Ideanote
  • Ideas are well tracked and centralized in one place.
  • We can prioritize ideas and take immediate actions on them.
  • Our team members are recognized for contributing improvement ideas and hence our team is encouraged to think outside the box about business challenges.
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