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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HipChat (discontinued)

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AHipchat was discontinued by Atlassian. Users are being migrated to Slack.N/A

    RingCentral Meetings

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ARingCentral Meetings is an HD video conferencing and screen sharing solution that lets the user host unlimited video conference calls and share content while meeting and collaborating with anyone, any time, on any device. RingCentral Meetings helps boost business efficiency and customer engagement without costly and time-consuming travel.

    $19.99

    Per Month Per User

    Pricing
    HipChat (discontinued)RingCentral Meetings
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Meetings
    $19.99
    Per Month Per User
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HipChat (discontinued)RingCentral Meetings
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HipChat (discontinued)RingCentral Meetings
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    RingCentral
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    79%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    HipChat (discontinued)RingCentral Meetings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    7.3
    106 Ratings
    6% below category average
    RingCentral Meetings
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile Access7.397 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.2103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    7.3
    132 Ratings
    9% below category average
    RingCentral Meetings
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    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 HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    6.3
    95 Ratings
    24% below category average
    RingCentral Meetings
    -
    Ratings
    Video files6.585 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files6.873 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control6.660 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features5.949 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive6.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync6.055 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingCentral Meetings
    7.6
    21 Ratings
    4% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.320 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingCentral Meetings
    7.0
    21 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings6.717 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingCentral Meetings
    7.5
    21 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings8.720 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings5.711 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.319 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingCentral Meetings
    7.5
    19 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingCentral Meetings
    6.5
    19 Ratings
    22% below category average
    User authentication00 Ratings7.316 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings5.517 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings6.713 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of HipChat (discontinued) and RingCentral Meetings
    Feature
    HipChat (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    RingCentral Meetings
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Video conferencing00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Audio conferencing00 Ratings6.52 Ratings
    Video screen sharing00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Instant messaging00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HipChat (discontinued)RingCentral Meetings
    Small Businesses
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HipChat (discontinued)RingCentral Meetings
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.8
    (133 ratings)
    7.6
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (8 ratings)
    7.6
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.1
    (7 ratings)
    7.8
    (11 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)RingCentral Meetings
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    I would recommend RingCentral for any business that looking to make the jump to Voice over IP and also want business essentials like video meetings all in one app. RingCentral Meetings integrates very well with its other communication tools which makes it very easy for a business to manage their communications in a single platform. The only scenario I see where RingCentral Meetings not being a good fit is if a business will be using video meetings as a marketing tool where they need extra marketing features like lead form captures and notification emails to be sent out.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    RingCentral
    • Screen sharing is wonderful in [RingCentral] Meetings. It makes presenting easy.
    • Being able to mute and turn off cameras when necessary is a nice feature too.
    • Switching from the computer to the cell phone when on the go is a nice benefit.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    RingCentral
    • Screen share functionality is rather limited in capability. Screen takeover functions seem limited to desktop devices (view-only for mobile device users)
    • Interface feels a bit clunky. Workable for advanced technical users, but a bit confusing for older senior-level executives
    • Integration with existing RingCentral software. Jumping between RingCentral meetings and telephone feels wrong, they should be integrated into one application for the business user with a standalone application for non-subscribers who wish to join the meeting
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    If they fix the bugs the last update gave that are causing hipchat to crash more often.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    We are grandfathered into an unlimited toll-free minutes plan with RingCentral, so as long as we have them as a VoIP provider, we get Meetings free. If they ever start to charge us for using meetings as well, we'll drop that part in a second and switch to Skype for Business, which we currently have as well part of our Office 365 package.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    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.
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
    The interface is easy to understand for a wide variety of user experience levels. The only real negative are the links included in meetings being in a format that first opens a browser before launching the RingCentral Meeting app, and as mentioned previously, this may be a platform-specific issue for macOS.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    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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    RingCentral
    RingCentral is a great tool for everyone interested in making animations. The thing that appealed to us most about it is that it is very simple to use and works with much perfection. Like lip-synchronization goes so well with the character as soon as we add voice-over in it. Also, we can add characters and scenes without any hardship. We highly recommend this software.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    I don't have insights as I was not a part of the implementation. However, I love the end product
    Incentivized
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    RingCentral
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    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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    RingCentral
    As a consulting company, we often have to adapt to our customers' needs in communication - which can mean using whatever system they're already on. Most of the time, they come around to preferring RingCentral Meetings over whatever they're using, and we've found it's a great value for us since it's already included in our RingCentral subscription, and runs on Mac, Windows, and Mobile devices. Despite the big drawback of needing to install the app locally and not having an in-browser solution for guests, it's lightweight, intuitive interface makes it an easy conferencing tool to adopt.
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    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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    RingCentral
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • 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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    RingCentral
    • It has had a positive impact. We replaced an archaic solution with a more modern, streamlined version or product. Like anything else, it has its downfalls and isn't perfect, but overall it's been a good product and has outshined its predecessors like Zoom and Skype.
    • It also has an integrated office phone feature which has been great as our phones are essentially our laptops. It cut down on those costs and in general freed up space on our desks since we didn't have to have them anymore and everything is on our computer now.
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    Screenshot of HipChat is with your team, whenever, wherever. Try it on your desktop, web, mobile, tablet, & wearable.Screenshot of Give your eyes the respite they deserve from your blaring white screen with HipChat dark mode!Screenshot of HipChat becomes your command center by integrating with over 100 awesome apps/tools your team already loves (like Uber!).