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What are the best business communication apps?

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Best business communication apps	Price	Platforms	Service integrations
-- Slack	Free	Chrome, iOS, Android, Mac OS, Windows	Yes
-- Zulip	-	Web, iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, Linux, terminal	Yes
-- JivoChat	$10	-	-
-- Beephub	GET IT HERE, IT"S FREE!	-	-
-- Kookdokoo	-	-	-

Slack

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Top Pro

@mentions

You can ping people to get their attention even if they are not online by @mentioning them. Slack supports desktop notifications. See More

Sheejo George's Experience

Slack is one of the best communication software that can do wonders for your lead generation strategy if leveraged to its potential best. See More

Specs

Platforms:Chrome, iOS, Android, Mac OS, Windows

Service integrations:Yes

Screensharing:Yes

Top Pro

Very polished user experience

The entire Slack interface is polished and intuitive to use. There are very few bugs or inconsistencies in the UI and it's very fast to use. There is nothing in particular that is new with Slacks implementation of team chat, but the execution of the groups (called channels), search, external service integration and notifications is close to perfect. See More

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Robust integration with a huge number of tools

Slack integrates with tools like Trello, GitHub, Dropbox, Mailchimp, and dozens of others, so you can have a centralized event feed of your project right alongside your chat. This is tremendously useful for keeping context with your discussions. See More

Zulip

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Hosted or on-premise, with data export tools so you can migrate

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Takes some getting used to

As most chat software uses the concept of channels or rooms, getting in the habit of splitting each topic off in a separate category can require some getting used to and discipline. See More

Specs

Platforms:Web, iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, Linux, terminal

Service integrations:Yes

License:Apache 2

Hosting options:Hosted and Self-hosted

Top Pro

Free and open source software

Zulip is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license. See More

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Apps for every platform

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Easy asynchronous conversations

Its threaded model helps people working in different timezone's communicate effectively. See More

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Helps keep track of different conversations

Instead of rooms or channels Zulip is built around topics. This allows you to have multiple conversations at the same time without conversations interfering with each another. It also allows you to reference conversations without clutter. See More

JivoChat

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Seema Thakur's Experience

came across this app when I was reading Aeroleads blog. This tool provides messaging services and helps in engaging people. It including some amazing feature such as live chat, email, phone, and social media channels and pricing $10 which quite affordable. The only problem I found is Don't keep the chat history for more than two months. See More

Beephub

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Perfect tool to notify customers

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Very good! See More

Kookdokoo

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