HipChat (discontinued) vs. Nextcloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HipChat (discontinued)
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Hipchat was discontinued by Atlassian. Users are being migrated to Slack.
$0
per user
Nextcloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Nextcloud offers their open source, self-hosted Content Collaboration Platform, combining what they describe as an easy user interface for consumer-grade cloud solutions with the security and compliance measures enterprises need. Nextcloud brings together universal access to data through mobile, desktop and web interfaces with next-generation, on-premise secure communication and collaboration features like real-time document editing, chat and video calls, putting them under…N/A
Pricing
HipChat (discontinued)Nextcloud
Editions & Modules
HipChat Basic
$0
per user
HipChat Plus
$2
per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HipChat (discontinued)Nextcloud
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsFor Server pricing info please visit https://www.hipchat.com/server (Only $1.20/user/month at the highest user tier!)
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Features
HipChat (discontinued)Nextcloud
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
HipChat (discontinued)
7.3
106 Ratings
7% below category average
Nextcloud
-
Ratings
Mobile Access7.397 Ratings00 Ratings
Search7.2103 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
HipChat (discontinued)
7.3
132 Ratings
9% below category average
Nextcloud
-
Ratings
Chat7.7132 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications7.7130 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions6.5110 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys7.834 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.043 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting7.023 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
HipChat (discontinued)
6.3
95 Ratings
25% below category average
Nextcloud
8.4
11 Ratings
0% below category average
Video files6.585 Ratings8.810 Ratings
Audio files6.873 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Access control6.660 Ratings8.211 Ratings
Advanced security features5.949 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive6.027 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync6.055 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Versioning00 Ratings5.89 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings9.99 Ratings
File search00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
HipChat (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Nextcloud
9.0
11 Ratings
4% above category average
User and role management00 Ratings8.211 Ratings
File organization00 Ratings9.410 Ratings
Device management00 Ratings9.49 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
HipChat (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Nextcloud
8.1
10 Ratings
5% below category average
Performance00 Ratings5.010 Ratings
Reliability00 Ratings9.410 Ratings
Storage Reports00 Ratings9.98 Ratings
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HipChat (discontinued)Nextcloud
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Troop Messenger
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Druva Data Resiliency Cloud
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HCL Connections
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
HipChat (discontinued)Nextcloud
Likelihood to Recommend
6.8
(133 ratings)
8.8
(11 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.2
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.6
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.2
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HipChat (discontinued)Nextcloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Atlassian
Well suited for
Cross-teams communication.
Webhooks support. Easy integrations with Atlassian products and other systems as well. File sharing directly or in a group. Video/Audio calls.
Not suited for:
Lacks apps integration like Slack.
Lacks quality with video calls.
Slow file transfer for large files.
Frequent downtime due to app instability.
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Nextcloud
For a SOHO business, this solution is ideal. You don't need to administrative overhead of other products like GSuite, and it saves licensing costs. The maintenance effort is minimal as long as you use their default applications. Migrations to newer versions can be done with a few commands and run automatically. If you're planning on using Nextcloud in large deployments with many users, you'll start to see higher costs on your resources and maintenance. There will be a point at which Gsuite becomes easier to manage.
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Pros
Atlassian
  • HipChat is very stable and reliable. I have never had issues with not being able to connect or being able to communicate with others on HipChat.
  • HipChat integrates quite well with other applications, such as Jira and Stash. This is a main selling point for my team. It provides a convenient feed of actions on a JIRA story or Stash pull request.
  • HipCat does a good job of allowing 1-1 and group chats. It is simple to start a new conversation and it is easy to hold a group conversation and keep track of who is in the room.
  • I like how HipChat has away/here/on mobile statuses. This makes it easy to see if a person is available to be contacted.
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Nextcloud
  • Remote collaboration platform with just the right tools.
  • Ease of access from any device, anywhere.
  • Solid templates for development teams to collaborate without distraction.
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Cons
Atlassian
  • Mobile app is not very responsive on iOS. Sometimes connection to Hipchat servers is taking too long even on good networks.
  • Both mobile and desktop versions have no alphabetical or recent sorting for groups and chat rooms.
  • Video and audio calls are pretty useless, they're slow and not always work.
  • The whole user interface is simple but very outdated - apparently Atlassian didn't focus too much on Hipchat even though they tried in the last 2 years.
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Nextcloud
  • Slow in comparison to other solutions
  • May be complex for the start since there are lots of apps and features
  • May be not focusing on core topics
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Likelihood to Renew
Atlassian
If they fix the bugs the last update gave that are causing hipchat to crash more often.
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Nextcloud
No answers on this topic
Usability
Atlassian
The app itself had a pleasant if not generic interface. As a user experience expert and engineer I can say the interface is fairly intuitive if not bland. It does what you expect it to do and it's available on iOS and Android devices. If I recall it was generally pretty light weight in terms of installation size.
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Nextcloud
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Atlassian
HipChat support is good . Responds in timely manner when ever we have raised the request via email , phone and gives us continue update on the request .Though most of the questions are answered by HipChat FAQs , but they can still improve it and add more to the knowledge base .
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Nextcloud
I never needed support as everything always worked fine. The documentation on Nextcloud website is extensive and clear. The community is very active on the forum and should support you if you don't already find what you are looking for.
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Implementation Rating
Atlassian
I don't have insights as I was not a part of the implementation. However, I love the end product
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Nextcloud
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Atlassian
We tried a lot of chat clients before choosing HipChat. The Skype for Business UI on the Mac side was 5 years old and terrible. Mac users hated the app including our CTO. Cisco Jabber was expensive to license and maintain; Skype was open to the public which took time away due to users dealing with spam and could allow viruses and malware. HipChat being a closed product, centrally managed and available to try without an upfront investment was perfect for our environment. All our Agile teams have their own room, chat and can communicate with others quickly and easily.
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Nextcloud
Nextcloud stacks up pretty well against Mattermost and ownCloud. I really appreciate the fact that Nextcloud seems to integrate with other products pretty seamlessly and allows for extensibility that our product team can extend and improve functionality without a tremendous ramp-up time. We once used ownCloud in previous years, but they went the wrong way, and have found Nextcloud to be the right direction over time.
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Scalability
Atlassian
Actually I never shared of HipChat using with more than 25 persons in team simultaneously, but I believe it can be scaled for much largest collaboration teams. At least it works flawlessly for us, with transparent integration with Jira, and I am not see any reasons for some troubles for work at big scale.
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Nextcloud
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Atlassian
  • HipChat has increased the effiency with which I am able to communicate with my coworkers, particularly those who work out of other offices. Having a light, portable messaging solution has been beneficial for checking in on small things without the need to send emails or schedule phone calls.
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Nextcloud
  • It allowed us access to our files from any device over the internet.
  • It helped manage and organize our file sharing with third parties.
  • It provided a secure wrapper for accessing files.
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ScreenShots

HipChat (discontinued) Screenshots

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Nextcloud Screenshots

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