It's pretty Flockin good?
April 06, 2018
It's pretty Flockin good?
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Flock
We used Flock as a messaging tool for the entire company. Each department had different channels, specialty groups had channels, and we also used it for one-on-one communication.
We'd used Slack in the past but dropped it due to the limited message storage with the free version. We moved to Glip (a message service that comes with the RingCentral suite of tools), but as we moved away from RingCentral, we needed a new tool. Flock was a decent tool compared to the rest. Unfortunately, there was a similar messaging limit with Flock, but we stuck with it anyway.
We'd used Slack in the past but dropped it due to the limited message storage with the free version. We moved to Glip (a message service that comes with the RingCentral suite of tools), but as we moved away from RingCentral, we needed a new tool. Flock was a decent tool compared to the rest. Unfortunately, there was a similar messaging limit with Flock, but we stuck with it anyway.
- Good value (we used the free plan and it did plenty).
- There were some additional messaging properties (sending stickers, being alerted when changes were made to GDocs, etc) that were nice.
- Few bugs, UX issues, or errors.
- It was free, so it got the job done without costing anything.
- The fact that it did not 100% satisfy the team meant that it is going to take us some time in the future to find an alternative.
Flock is similar to Glip, with only two notable differences: the gifs are worse but the reactions are slightly better. Integrations are a little better, albeit a bit confusing. For example, there is a built in video conferencing feature where you can video chat with someone, but you can only do it for 20 minutes? In general, it's about the same. Slack, on the other hand, is much more fun with gifs and a full list of reactions.