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.
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Kanban Tool
Score 8.6 out of 10
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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
Trello
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Trello from Atlassian is a project management tool based on a Kanban framework. Trello is ideal for task-management in a to-do list format. It supports sharing boards and cards across users or teams. The product offers a free version, and paid versions add greater automation, collaboration, and administrative control.
$6
per month per user
Pricing
Google Chat
Kanban Tool
Trello
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
Standard
$6
per month per user
Premium
$12.50
per month per user
Enterprise
$17.50
per month per user
Free
Forever Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Chat
Kanban Tool
Trello
Free Trial
No
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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A discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
Probably my personal preference but I just didn't like Trello. I found Kanban Tool much more in line with what I wanted in a project management solution.
Trello
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Features
Google Chat
Kanban Tool
Trello
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.3
26 Ratings
6% above category average
Kanban Tool
6.3
13 Ratings
20% below category average
Trello
8.5
222 Ratings
9% above category average
Task Management
8.014 Ratings
8.513 Ratings
9.5222 Ratings
Gantt Charts
8.39 Ratings
1.03 Ratings
7.173 Ratings
Scheduling
8.716 Ratings
6.411 Ratings
9.1168 Ratings
Workflow Automation
7.512 Ratings
7.511 Ratings
8.2142 Ratings
Mobile Access
9.225 Ratings
8.510 Ratings
9.1192 Ratings
Search
9.223 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Visual planning tools
7.613 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Resource Management
00 Ratings
6.48 Ratings
9.3185 Ratings
Team Collaboration
00 Ratings
6.413 Ratings
9.0218 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology
00 Ratings
7.311 Ratings
8.9147 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology
00 Ratings
3.96 Ratings
7.6115 Ratings
Document Management
00 Ratings
6.59 Ratings
8.2159 Ratings
Email integration
00 Ratings
7.39 Ratings
7.6146 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking
00 Ratings
8.06 Ratings
9.388 Ratings
Change request and Case Management
00 Ratings
8.28 Ratings
8.8102 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management
00 Ratings
3.04 Ratings
7.673 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.9
26 Ratings
11% above category average
Kanban Tool
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Ratings
Trello
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Ratings
Chat
9.826 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Notifications
9.326 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Discussions
8.824 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Surveys
9.317 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase
9.015 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting
8.07 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
8.215 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook
9.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Chat
8.6
26 Ratings
7% above category average
Kanban Tool
-
Ratings
Trello
-
Ratings
Versioning
8.817 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Video files
7.723 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Audio files
7.922 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Document collaboration
8.221 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Access control
9.318 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Advanced security features
9.519 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive
8.115 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Device sync
9.624 Ratings
00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
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.
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.
For teams or individuals with lots of individual tasks/details to track, Trello is perfect! It basically removes the need for a paper checklist. For those that need an overall project management tool that requires less tasks and more overarching goals, collaboration amongst various teams, and gantt charts I would suggest monday.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
I am very likely to renew Trello, because it doesn't cost anything to do so. I am also very likely to use Trello's upgraded features in the future because a lot of my team's data is stored on there and they have already gotten used to the platform. Trello is very easy for new team members to pick up, making the onboarding and usability very streamlined.
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
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
Trello is incredibly intuitive, both on desktop and mobile right away. It is also full of helpful features that make it even easier to use, and is flexible enough to suit almost any organizational need. Onboarding for the software is thorough, but concise, and the service is frequently updated with even more QOL improvements.
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.
I haven't reached out to their support very often and their support is very limited anyway for the free users. They do have tons of great articles and videos in their Help Center and constantly send emails with updates and add-ons to the product. The fact that I've barely ever had to contact their support team means that they've developed a great product.
For our small business, getting a few of us started well on Trello was the key, I think. As long as a couple of us were really comfortable with the interface, we could lead others and help them with any questions. From now on, anyone who works with us just naturally uses Trello for information sharing - it's just part of what we do.
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.
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.
Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
Trello keeps me organized, focused, and on track. I could filter the Trello board to only see my issues and understand what I needed to work on and when.
Trello helped our team implement an agile structure. It's a very simple kanban method of viewing all of your team's tasks and statuses. You can completely customize the columns to your team's specific workflow and create tags relevant to your work.
Trello helps reduce unnecessary communications between teams. When I want to request translations, I simply create a card on the localization Trello board -- no need to directly message anyone on the team, and I can watch the status of the card change from "in progress" to "in review" to "translated," all without having to directly ask for updates.