Bolste vs. Google Chat

Google Chat

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bolste	Score 9.1 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	Bolste™ is a complete business operating system, designed to simplify work-life and help businesses grow by streamlining communication and collaboration. The system brings together separate applications – email, chat, tasks, file-sharing, calendars, and more – into a single, simple platform. Available on the web and via iOS and Android apps, Bolste enables remote users to stay connected and productive from anywhere. The admin console shows employee activity, making it easy to…	$0 per user
Google Chat	Score 8.6 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

Pricing

Bolste

Google Chat

Editions & Modules

Basic: $0
per user
Pro: $9.99
per month

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Bolste	Google Chat
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Bolste offers three (3) packages that meet the exact needs of any user. BASIC is a free version perfect for an army of one or for small group to try out the solution. PRO is a more robust version perfect for larger teams and SMB organizations. CORPORATE is a full-scale version perfect for enterprise solutions.

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Community Pulse
	Bolste	Google Chat
Considered Both Products	Bolste No answer on this topic	Google Chat Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat It doesn't need to much to get started if you have a personal Google account. If you have a business account setup by your organization, you need permissions to use it, however this is something good to have this customizable part from Google Chat. We can create groups, attach … Incentivized Helpful? SW Scott Weatbrook Sr Cloud Engineer Chose Google Chat 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, … Incentivized Helpful? RK Rezwan Karim Business Analyst Chose Google Chat Slack is actually expensive for larger teams, and their free plan has limitations on message history and file storage so that is the we moved to Google Chat. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat For the above platforms, it is always intended for the larger audience when your business communication has a limited stack you prefer choosing the best and simple communication platform rather than spending on a platform that charges per license. AS we need simple secure and … Incentivized Helpful? AS Anton Smyslov Chose Google Chat The main reason why we chose it - the overall G Suite solution, that we bought. We have Google Calendar, GMail & Chat built in. In order not to waste money - we decided to use Google Chat. It works fine, however, as said before, if you had experience with Slack - then you might … Incentivized Helpful? Anurag Kushwaha Software Engineer Chose Google Chat I use it because of it is already available into the google gmail so for using this I do not have to install any external software for this which can take the storage of my device for installation. The other software was taking much data in comparison to the Google Chat. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat You do not need to download anything when using Google Chat yet in Webex sometimes it does only work if you download a file. This is similar to Skype where you need to have the application on your computer. Google Chat has added a lot with the great support they have online. Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Mays Division Manager Chose Google Chat 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Rishi Pal Deputy Manager at Centre of Innovation & Technology Chose Google Chat Switched from Telegram to Google chat as it is more professional and it's integration with other google app is excellent Incentivized Helpful? carlos ibarra Director Operaciones Chose Google Chat Google Hangouts is the better app for saving chats. With Slack, you'll need to buy a premium license and if your team reaches more than 20 members then things can get expensive. Slack may be cheaper initially but as soon as somebody adds new employees or contractors they will … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat [Google Hangouts Chat] is low cost, easy to use, and built into most Android smartphones. Incentivized Helpful? MM Michael Martz Owner Chose Google Chat I don't use Teams internally so as an outside user I find Google Chat easier to use and integrate into our overall software. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat Compared to major products, I would say Google Hangouts Chat is very effective, affordable and resourceful. The ease of integration with other Google products makes it even better. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat Google Hangouts Chat is better in many ways compared to other products. First, it is affordable. Secondly, integration with other Google products is straightforward. Thirdly and most importantly, I find Google Hangouts Chat more capable than other tools in its category. Incentivized Helpful? MM Mohd Mohsin Human Resources Business Specialist Chose Google Chat Google hangout is very easy to install and you do not have to purchase this feature additionally, this comes with the google product. You can use this product even without installing the additional software. You can work while chatting with your colleagues easily. It can work … Incentivized Helpful? VA Vianne Marie Abulucion Agent Chose Google Chat For me, I'd rather use Google Hangouts Chat than Microsoft Teams. Based on my experience Google Hangouts is way less complicated than Microsoft Teams. I don't like complicated and Microsoft Teams for me is complicated. Let's say for a first-time user for both platforms I'd say … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat Google Hangouts Chat is simple to use and understand unlike other complicated solutions. The software is affordable and offers great features and integration with other Google products is easy which is a plus. In a nutshell, I haven't used such a resourceful software and we … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat It integrates much easier. Incentivized Helpful? Sizwe Mlotshwa, CSAE IT Technician and Security Analyst Chose Google Chat Since Google Hangouts Chat comes integrated with G-suite, it just works without any adjustments to our organization's workflows. Other products fail on that front and therefore are not encouraged to be used. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat Hangouts was buggy and had frequent crashes, but Hangouts Chat has no such issues so far. Incentivized Helpful? Kristi R-C, CTS, CQT Electrician/Props/Wardrobe/Makeup Artist/Wigs Chose Google Chat Schools, in my area at least, are not being allowed to use Zoom because of incidences of security breaches known as "Zoom bombs," so the schools here chose to use Google Hangouts Chat. That means if I want to talk to the kids or the teachers, I need to use Google Hangouts Chat. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat Prior to Google Hangouts, our company used Spark. Spark was not integrated into our email, therefore it couldn't be easily accessed in the same browser. With Spark we also couldn't search our emails for keywords in a conversation, searching had to be done manually. The one … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Google Chat Google Chat is very user friendly and I think it is using low level memory or ram we can say of system. Means it loads quickly, not taking too much time that other tools Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Bolste

Google Chat

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	Bolste 8.8 Ratings 13% above category average	Google Chat 8.4 Ratings 8% above category average
Task Management	9.10 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Gantt Charts	8.20 Ratings	8.50 Ratings
Scheduling	8.20 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation	9.10 Ratings	7.90 Ratings
Mobile Access	9.10 Ratings	9.30 Ratings
Search	9.10 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Visual planning tools	00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings

Communication

Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
	Bolste 8.7 Ratings 9% above category average	Google Chat 8.9 Ratings 11% above category average
Chat	9.10 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Notifications	8.20 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Discussions	8.20 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase	8.20 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting	9.10 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts	9.10 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook	9.10 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Surveys	00 Ratings	8.40 Ratings

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	Bolste 8.9 Ratings 12% above category average	Google Chat 9.0 Ratings 13% above category average
Versioning	8.20 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Video files	9.10 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Audio files	9.10 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
Document collaboration	9.10 Ratings	9.90 Ratings
Access control	9.10 Ratings	9.50 Ratings
Advanced security features	8.20 Ratings	10.00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive	9.10 Ratings	8.10 Ratings
Device sync	9.10 Ratings	9.30 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Bolste	Google Chat
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.3 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Bolste	Google Chat
Likelihood to Recommend	Bolste is best suited for companies that rely on team work and e-mail communication within/between departments Jana Woerner Read full review	Google Chat is well-suited for businesses. Where it fits in my organization is to maintain communication between teams. Collaboration between teams to solve issues our customers cannot resolve without using Google Chat. Our Organization depends on it. When someone needs assistance from another team in the organization, we use Google Chat to solve this issue. Incentivized SW Scott Weatbrook Sr Cloud Engineer Read full review
Pros	Keeps everybody on the same page. Easy to access/use. Jana Woerner Read full review	Google Hangouts Chat allows you to send and receive messages real time with emoticons that can help you express your mood. You can download and upload image file that can be use for business process and more. Google Hangouts Chat also allows you to make a calls to reach other users.What I like the most is the awesome screen sharing while on call. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	There is only 7GB of storage in the Plus Pack. Jana Woerner Read full review	I wish it was easier to turn the sound off, I hate being in meetings and my chat is blowing up. Needing to "accept" a chat invite from someone within my org seems counter-intuitive. Some people have trouble getting their notifications before midnight, somehow? Prior to downloading the app, group messages didn't come up for me on my computer. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Kristi R-C, CTS, CQT Electrician/Props/Wardrobe/Makeup Artist/Wigs Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	It doesn't need to much to get started if you have a personal Google account. If you have a business account setup by your organization, you need permissions to use it, however this is something good to have this customizable part from Google Chat. We can create groups, attach files, and have online conversations from the gmail page, in a new window or using the mobile. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Through seamless communication across remote workers, Google Chat has significantly reduced the time spent on back and forth emails. Undoubtedly Google Chat is great for communication but because of a lack of task management tools, we have to rely on other platforms for organizing and tracking tasks. 200MB file size limit in Google Chat often forces us to use other services like Google Drive for sending large files. Incentivized RK Rezwan Karim Business Analyst Read full review
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