44 reasons to choose Flock
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| Pricing |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Plan | |||
| Unlimited messages, channels and users |  |  | |
| Unlimited apps and integrations | | | (only upto 10) |
| Pre-integrated Video/Group calling with upto 8 people | | | (upto 2 people) |
| Paid Plan (per user/month) | |||
| Pro Plan | $3 | Standard Plan $8 Plus Plan $15 | |
| Team Directory | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Search automatically prioritises frequent contacts & channels | | | |
| Search contacts by name, email, job title, department | | | |
| Offline team directory for faster search results and offline access | | | (Slack search doesn't work offline) |
| Dedicated panel for Recent Contacts & Recent Groups | | |
| Chats | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Priority Automatic bubbling up of important conversations eg @mentions and direct messages for quicker access 'Flock saves me several hours in not having to scroll and click around to jump between conversations on desktop and mobile' - Customer testimonial | | | |
| Easy access to all unread chats (Recent, unread chats bubble up to the top) | | | (Slack orders alphabetically, and the chat becomes 'unread' in its place) |
| Inline message replies | | | |
| Chat tab action buttons for video, todos, mailing list and more | | | (Only /slash commands) |
| Attachment picker for polls, snippets, notes etc | | | |
| Preview of the chat conversation | | | |
| Dedicated section for muted channels (non-prime real estate) | | | |
| Add people to a one-on-one OR group conversation | | | |
| Group conversations can have unlimited members | | | (Max 8 people) |
| Channels | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channel Admin can edit channel privacy and membership permissions | | | |
| Channel avatar | | |
| Mobile | | | |
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| Active chats view to switch between chats easily | | | |
| Dedicated one click tabs for active chats, channels, contacts & apps | | | |
| Disable auto-download of images | | | |
| Lightweight, storage friendly mobile clients | | | |
| iOS | 21 MB | 66.4 MB | |
| Android | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| Shared To-Dos App Create and assign to-dos to anyone in your team | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Available for free to everyone. No install/integration required | | | (Third party Freemium App) |
| Sidebar graphical user interface to create, browse, edit and assign tasks | | | (Only /slash commands) |
| Create task lists | | | |
| Assign tasks and set due dates | | | |
| Receive notifications on task completion and editing | | | |
| Download to-do list offline in CSV format | | | (Premium Feature in Beta) |
| Opinion Polls App Run polls, gather feedback and track results real-time | | | |
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| Available to everyone. No install/integration required | | | (Third party app - Using Simple Poll for comparison) |
| Rich web interface for poll creation | | | (Only /slash commands) |
| Run image-based polls | | | |
| Create single-select or multi-select polls | | | (Only multi-select) |
| Live update of poll results | | | |
| Download poll reports into a csv file | | |
| Mailing List App (Mailcast) Send an email to everyone in a channel | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatically create a mailing list for each channel (eg channels@flockgroups.co) | | |
| Deep Integration with Google Drive | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search, browse and share Google drive files using a GUI in the sidebar | | | |
| Grant read/edit access to channel members manually or automatically | | | |
| Create Google docs within a specified Google drive folder from within the client | | | |
| Link multiple Google drive accounts | | | |
| Search and view Google drive files shared in a channel | | | |
| Google drive file picker | | |
| Multilingual Support | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete app available in English, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish | | |
| Cross Platform Availability | | | |
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| Web, Desktop, Mac, Windows, Android, iOS | | |
Flock is free for as long as you want