Google Chat vs. Kanban Tool

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Chat
Score 8.1 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
Kanban Tool
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Kanban Tool is a visual project management application based on Kanban that helps companies visualize workflow, track project progress, analyze and improve business processes. Some key features include: time tracking and time reports, real-time collaboration and Kaban analytics.
$6
per month per user
Pricing
Google ChatKanban Tool
Editions & Modules
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Kanban Tool Team
$6
per month per user
Kanban Tool Enterprise
$11
per month per user
Kanban Tool On-Site Team
$720
per year per 10-user pack
Kanban Tool On-Site Enterprise
$1,320
per year per 10-user pack
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google ChatKanban Tool
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Google ChatKanban Tool
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Google ChatKanban Tool
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.2
23 Ratings
5% above category average
Kanban Tool
6.5
13 Ratings
16% below category average
Task Management8.413 Ratings8.813 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.39 Ratings1.03 Ratings
Scheduling8.915 Ratings6.811 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.012 Ratings7.711 Ratings
Mobile Access8.822 Ratings8.610 Ratings
Search8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.111 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings6.48 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings7.213 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings7.411 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings3.96 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings6.59 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings7.39 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.6
23 Ratings
8% above category average
Kanban Tool
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Ratings
Chat9.723 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications9.623 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys7.615 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase8.712 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.216 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
8.7
23 Ratings
10% above category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Versioning8.516 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files8.320 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.319 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration9.219 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.816 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features9.217 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.116 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.221 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
-
Ratings
Kanban Tool
5.7
6 Ratings
27% below category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google ChatKanban Tool
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(23 ratings)
8.8
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(5 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(3 ratings)
8.3
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google ChatKanban Tool
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
To keep communication within your organization and to organize any event where multiple team involvement is needed we recommend using google chat as it has very great features like priority notification. We can add groups and have collective communication that helps in making decisions faster. You can also connect with multiple people over the calls and also easily create a transcript that can be useful for future references. i see in certain areas this is not well suited where you are involved with client calls or customer calls I don't recommend this application as this is not that suitable for large audience or system meaning this have certain limitation in adding total number of people to calls.
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Shore Labs
Kanban is well suited for a fast-paced working environment for larger teams who want continuous communication with users. Kanban is good for rapid development and daily meetings for updates and statuses. Kanban is less suited for smaller teams or groups who don't require collaboration and constant communication with involved users. Kanban is time-consuming and it takes additional effort outside of your regular work to maintain and manage the tool.
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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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Shore Labs
  • It provides a good basic overview of where tasks are on a timeline (particularly helpful for a pull-based approach).
  • It provides a good collaborative space to have multiple folks commenting on multiple tasks.
  • It does a good job of managing very basic visual elements of an agile development cycle.
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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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Shore Labs
  • Kanban does not show the task or story clearly. You have to open the project separately to view the details of the project.
  • Kanban gives a higher level project management view but it lacks customization and personal settings features.
  • I would like to see Kanban provide mobile access to their tool, data, and board. This would be very useful for all companies and provide an increase in efficiency and productivity.
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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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Shore Labs
We are more likely than not to renew our use of Kanban. Even with its limits, it still is a good product that fulfills our needs.
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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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Shore Labs
The integration with Teams is well suited. This works wonderful for my
company. Our team can easily prioritize tasks based on their importance.
It help our team identify and reduce inefficiencies in workflow. With
great visibility in data our team can make informed decisions. Ensuring
clear accountability and responsibility of team members
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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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Shore Labs
This is the best tool I had a chance to work with- since I started to use it I saved a lot of time and I made my work go smoothly.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
Our organization uses the entire Google Suite of products, so the integration with Google Drive and especially Gmail made this decision a "no brainer". In canvassing most of our employees, many of them had more experience using this product as opposed to Skype, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
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Shore Labs
We've only tried JIRA Agile and KanbanFlow before. Kanban Tool was the one that our team actually liked and enjoyed working with. Also - it's been much easier to get started with and to understand than some of the other two (JIRA in particular). Although JIRA has many more features that we would have possibly used, the user feedback on it was so poor we were afraid that the negativity would create time wasted and less "job satisfaction" amongst the team.
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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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Shore Labs
  • Better communication and organization of ongoing projects.
  • We are a very small team, with many areas to work on. Having everything in one system gives us a lot of visibility.
  • Greatly reduced costs from using other tools that were much more expensive.
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ScreenShots

Kanban Tool Screenshots

Screenshot of Visual project management tool - Kanban board from Kanban Tool.Screenshot of The collection of Power-Ups form Kanban ToolScreenshot of Kanban Tool board example, with My Work widget, Recurring and Postponed Tasks visible in the side panel. User's own background selected.Screenshot of Kanban Tool  board example. Default light theme applied.Screenshot of Kanban Tool - an open card view, with comments in the side panel. The choice of what fields show on cards is with the user.Screenshot of Kanban Tool's free Power-Ups  for user's own activation.