When comparing Glip vs Ryver, the Slant community recommends Ryver for most people. In the question“What is the best team chat software?” Ryver is ranked 20th while Glip is ranked 32nd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Task Management
Pro Video Conferencing (up to 100 people)
Pro Image Annotation
Pro File Sharing
Pro Shared Calendar + iCal, Outlook and Google integrations
Pro Unlimited Integrations
Pro Productivity tools integrated with chat.
Pro Free
Pro Threaded conversations
Ryver has Facebook like "Posts" that allow for threaded conversations to occur among teams.
Pro Unlimited users
There is no limit to the amount of users you can invite to join your instance/account of Ryver.
Pro Upvote and Downvote
"Do you like this?" questions can easily be answered with up or down votes.
Pro Drag and drop file sharing
Start a new post, drag your file (photo, doc, pdf, etc. 100MB limit), and starting discussing.
Pro Fast
The app loads fast on start-up. Any new chats, comments, and posts show up instantly. Overall, the app just feels rather speedy.
Pro @mentions for users and teams
Get someone's attention with @mentions.
Pro Desktop and mobile apps
Apps work great on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android.
Pro Free conference calling
Pro Can hide topics until new comment is received
You can remove a topic from your nav bar and have it reappear when new messages are sent in that topic.
Pro Hosted on Amazon
Hosted on Amazon cloud. Service is very reliable. Ryver has been unavailable maybe once or twice in the 6 month period.
Pro You can edit a chat message
With Ryver, you can edit chats that you've sent.
Cons
Con Not enough integrations
While offering integrations, most are of the subscription type, and there are few to choose from when compared to other services.
Con Acquired - now offered as a complement of telephony services
Con Having Chat and Posts for Teams is confusing to some users
It takes some time to get accustomed to all the features of the program, like a separate chat and a feed for team posts.