When comparing Snowball vs Beeper, the Slant community recommends Beeper for most people. In the question“What are the best unified messenger apps?” Beeper is ranked 6th while Snowball is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Beeper is:
Windows, MacOS, Linux, Chrome OS, iOS, Android.
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Pros
Pro Extensive client support
Snowball supports Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Snapchat, SMS, Hangouts, Twitter, Line, WeChat, Slack, Telegram, Viber, Hike, BBM, Kik, GroupMe, Kakao and Skype.
Pro Multi Platform
Windows, MacOS, Linux, Chrome OS, iOS, Android.
Pro Multi devices
Mobile and desktop.
Pro Built on Open Source Protocol Matrix
Pro Support for lot of chat networks
Whatsapp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, iMessage, Slack, LinkedIn, Twitter.
Pro Free plan available
Cons
Con Not standalone
Snowball requires (some of) the original apps to be installed. This also affects resource usage as the app uses ram for itself plus the ram used by the other apps.
Con Still couple of bugs or improvements areas
But updates are frequent.