Flowdock is one of the oldest team collaboration tools on the market. Announced in July 2009, the app launched public beta in March 2010 – more than three years before Slack! Unlike its more famous competitor, Flowdock was initially designed for...

On August 14, 2013, the world media scene became flooded with publications about a new team chat. “An email killer’, ‘the newest enterprise social network’, ‘the next act of Flickr’s co-founder’ – this is how observers tagged Slack. On the landing...

Launched in 2013, Slack continues to grow at a heady pace, boasting 10 million daily active users and 85,000 paid customers. Despite Slack’s blatant success, quite a few tools are breathing down its neck. Workplace by Facebook is surely one of them...

Before the 2018 winter holidays broke in and the business world went silent anticipating the Christmas, we’ve got some loud news from Google. Apparently, the ‘classic’ version of Hangouts will be closed soon, as explicitly confirmed by Scott...

When I first read about Basecamp I got carried away. The company behind the famous project management tool offers impressive perks to its employees – from flexible work to $5,000 for a vacation. It looks like Basecamp team is living la dolce vita...

If you are wondering which tool to use – Asana or Slack – you’ve come to the right place. This article is a part of our “Team Chat Wars” series, in which we compare Slack to its rivals. Understanding the features of different communication apps...

Here’s a peculiar fact: Microsoft Teams could not have existed. On a winter day 2016, Bill Gates and Satya Nadella met up for coffee. (As rumor has it.) Microsoft’s founder and its CEO were sipping drinks and basking in the sun. The main question on...

Team chat wars are heating up! In spring, Atlassian’s Stride got the general release, as experts suggested in its “latest bid to slow down Slack”. At Chanty, we were curious about this news, because it’s always a great idea to keep up with your...

Slack has got quite a buzz. With 8 million daily users and more than $5 billion valuation, it might be the most popular team communication platform by spring 2018. However, Slack has gained a lot of competitors through the years (Microsoft Teams...

WhatsApp is one of the most famous mobile-first tools. The messenger started out in 2009 as an idea to send notifications to friends. At the moment, 1.5 billion people use WhatsApp for both personal and work-related conversations. The company has...

I’m no gamer. The most advanced thing I’ve ever played was Mario back in ’90s. And yet, here I am, comparing Discord, the most popular chat for gamers, with Slack, the biggest hype in the team communication history. Luckily, some of my colleagues at...

Can you imagine the working environment without team communication tools? Nowadays it’s really difficult. Once you start using them, you forget about keeping contact with colleagues via emails. Team chat applications accumulate the workforce in one...