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Communication and collaboration platform for teams

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Value for Money
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Ease of Use
4.6/5
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Ian
Ian
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

An Excellent Team Communications and Utility Tool

Reviewed on 2018/09/19

Flock has quickly become a single hub for a lot of my daily work.

Flock has quickly become a single hub for a lot of my daily work.

Pros

Prior to using Flock, our team was on slack which handled communications well. But what Flock brought to the table was more. In addition to the features that Slack has, Flock also has a calendar app, note taking app (which works with individuals, channels and myself, a feature which I really like), tasks app, drive app which I felt adds a lot of value to the product, and makes it a central hub for a lot of my daily activities. They have also recently added a feature that enables you to have repeated processes setup, bringing in automation into the platform. I think they're doing really well in the space that are in and hope they continue to keep innovating while keeping their users in mind.

Cons

They don't have enough integrations (like Invision). They also don't seem to have an easy way to export all data (Slack has this).
A dark theme for Flock would be great.

Matt
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Collaboration in a Snap

Reviewed on 2021/11/19

We hoped to use this more per some direction from management, but was at the tail end of a COVID...

We hoped to use this more per some direction from management, but was at the tail end of a COVID related run on remote work solutions which ultimately did not hold further on.

Pros

The ease of setup, sharing postings from various teams and chat functions were done quite well

Cons

There were not too many negatives we could find in our trial run.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Teams

Reasons for Switching to Flock

Microsoft Teams needed far more cost, setup and systems we are not yet ready to migrate from.
Adam
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  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

I didn't know a chat platform could be this bad.

Reviewed on 2018/03/13

None.

None.

Pros

Nothing at all. It is amazingly frustrating and annoying to use. Just use Slack, HipChat, or anything else but this.

Cons

The UI is an utter trainwreck. Fundamental things like starting a new chat or referring to a prior one are ridiculously unintuitive. Notifications are also broken. There is no shortage of pointless self-promotional notifications from Flock, but actual chat popups don't work half the time.

You will also get email spam from Flock on a regular basis, and their unsubscribe links do not do anything.

Unfortunately, my employer has chosen to use this product for the time being. It is not a decision I support, at all. I really hope we go back to using Slack.

Response from Flock

Hi Adam, we really apologize for the unfortunate experience you've encountered. We understand your frustration and would like to assure you that we're doing everything possible to improve the user experience of our product. We are aware of some of the problems (the UI issues) you mentioned as we are actively working on them. Wrt the chat popups not working for you, our support team would get like to get in touch with you to figure out what the problem is and fix it as soon as possible.

Kim
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  • Industry: Staffing & Recruiting
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

The power of a committed tool.

Reviewed on 2024/02/12

Best time management software which empowers service delivery and efficiency. Flock is great.

Best time management software which empowers service delivery and efficiency. Flock is great.

Pros

During my time using Flock, the biggest achievement is time management. Flock saves time and gets work done in the simplest way. Instant messaging has enhanced clarity in every exercise and projects. Again, integration in this software is quite effective. Flock is easy to use and it's application is based on the field. Quite impressive tool.

Cons

Flock is a simple and straight forward software. It is easy to use and launch. Operations is amazing. The free trial is also a good sign of great operation. I don't have any negative side so far.

Adam
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Business Instant Messenger

Reviewed on 2024/01/25

Pros

With Flock, it hs been easy to collaborate via creation of unlimited comms channels in one place.

Cons

I enjoy using Flock and I rarely face bugs.

Carsten
Carsten
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The best Slack alternative, and I prefer it over Slack

Reviewed on 2018/11/03

Exceptional. While I'm not a huge believer in the importance of these chat products vs. those of...

Exceptional. While I'm not a huge believer in the importance of these chat products vs. those of the past, of the ones in the market today, Flock is my preferred chat tool. I've used Slack, Flock, Glip, and others. This one is easy to use, adds more features than Slack, and is far more stable and quality than Glip.

Pros

I never understood the hype around Slack. Marketed as an "e-mail killer," we all know that's true. There are still so many things it cannot do that email can do. Not to mention, it's just another internal chat tool. In fact, the only core differences between Slack and your typical enterprise grade chat client are silly emojis and power user abilities that 99% of your employees don't know how to use, and won't use. Flock, while generally speaking works the same way, at least adds some productivity concepts in the app. For example, in different channels and private chats, I can have working to-do lists with assignments and due dates. I can pin documents and files in a conversation or channel that are relevant to the conversation. Also, for some reason, things just feel cleaner in Flock. My entire team was confused why we switched at first, but those types of features were my reasons. And now they love it, no going back.

Cons

Not as many integrations as Slack. But not a deal breaker. Almost all the tools we use integrate.

Gregory
Gregory
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

we have improved communication

Reviewed on 2023/06/05

It makes our work much easier to be able to communicate and keep track of each task as a group,...

It makes our work much easier to be able to communicate and keep track of each task as a group, sharing files that are displayed quickly and with active communication at all times.

Pros

The channels created to have a more compact communication is the best so that our work has faster results and leading a more synchronized organization of each project.It is a platform with everything necessary for verbal, written or video call communication that makes us more committed to each task to be carried out and our teamwork process easier

Cons

I don't have something to write that I don't like, I think about it and they have never failed me with their service

Ankit
Ankit
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Easy to use internal team communication app.

Reviewed on 2019/10/09

Replaces extensive conversations over email. It's best for regular day to day office conversations.

Replaces extensive conversations over email. It's best for regular day to day office conversations.

Pros

1. Easy to use just like whatsapp.
2. Can add gifs, emojis and other stickers
3. Useful features like reminders, in-app video and voice calling
4. Can use multiple accounts for signing in

Cons

1. Always have to add a code while logging into a new machine.
2. On mobile devices, the chat order seems to be little weird. Recent ones are on top and unread ones are at
the bottom, don't know if it's a bug. There should be a separate tab to check unread messages/chat.

Peter
Peter
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  • Industry: Human Resources
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Communication at its easy best......

Reviewed on 2019/02/11

Flock satisfies our office needs with respect to communication and also cuts down on email usage.

Flock satisfies our office needs with respect to communication and also cuts down on email usage.

Pros

Flock is like many collaboration and messaging software made awesome. Since its inception in our workplace, We don’t have to email everything . This has resulted in minimal time waste. Flock also incorporates many apps with your work tasks such as a to-do list. We can also create reminders, polls and notes. File Sharing feature is very useful. You can also create multiple teams (similar to WhatsApp). That’s not all, you can share your screen with the video call facility available. Just go for it!!!

Cons

I noticed many updates are being received. If you update, you tend to lose your previously pinned conversations. Sometimes, you get a feeling that flock looks too cluttered. Current user interface can definitely be improved.

Tushar
Tushar
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A team collaboration app with multiplatform support

Reviewed on 2019/02/17

Flock has helped me solve the equation of using different tools to perform the work related...

Flock has helped me solve the equation of using different tools to perform the work related activities.

We have Todo lists created on flock and with it's ability to create more than one lists, even separated per personal/group communications, we did had a easier way to maintain the different checklists.

Automatic audio bridges help us connect from various endpoints.

The image marker/code snippets sharing avoids the hussle of file sharing too.

Pros

- Feature packed messaging app
- Features like code snippets, inbuilt to do lists
- Video Calling & Screen Sharing
- Available on all major OSs

Cons

- UI/UX in Android could have been better
- Video Calling experience needs improvement on Linux Platform

Suzan
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Remote non-tech team needs simple communication software!

Reviewed on 2020/12/01

Changed my company, changed my life. I do complain sometimes about too many red dots! But at least...

Changed my company, changed my life. I do complain sometimes about too many red dots! But at least I have it all in one place.

Pros

We used to work in the chat function of Skype... true story! Then someone suggested Slack and the tech details were completely overwhelming for our non-tech team. I think we found flock when it was barely out of beta and we are using it day in, day out, all day! And it integrates with our existing project management tool trello. What I also like is the responsiveness of the support team.

Cons

It's not very obvious where to switch the sound off, ha ha. The first month of our remote employees they are getting loopy from the noise until we find out by accident when we zoom with them and explain where to switch it off!

Alternatives Considered

Slack

Reasons for Choosing Flock

It's Skype, do I need to say more?

Reasons for Switching to Flock

Too techie and overwhelming
Shaumit
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  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

It is a reasonably good platform to communicate with team. It is extremely fast and useful to...

Reviewed on 2018/06/26

Pros

I really love to use flock as it is best place to explore new features.
Its far better than Slack as if I wanted to find some pervious data, I can easily go for search option and tailor it out..
I really love the TO-DO feature that helps me to follow up with people for various things.
I love the pinned chats feature, which helps me to notify important things to important people and get connect with them without a delay.
I also like notes feature, which help me to write the important points during meeting.
Its best use is to share the file without delay and saves me time and email.
Also, when I am busy, I can update my status without any delay.

Cons

1.
I would like to inform that there is no con for using flock, however, if some changes, that I have suggested, could be made then it would be more user-friendly.
1. I would suggest flock team to work on reactions of a particular message. For example, on a particular channel, I would like to say something funny or express my gratitude, if some one from the team likes my message, I would suggest few more emojis to be added to make it more happier to use it.
2. I would like to explore new features like, if possible to add, dictionary or recordings of audio.

Monika
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Flock is a Must Have Business Instant Messenger

Reviewed on 2024/05/22

Pros

Flock has replaced Swit in my organization since it offers nearly all features available on Slack which is the main aspect why I like it.

Cons

I slightly dislike that Flock lack robust video conferencing capability.

Debjit
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

One of the simple and easy collaboration tool for my team.

Reviewed on 2018/09/16

I love the Idea of on-screen tutorials which is annoying first but collapsible later. Participance...

I love the Idea of on-screen tutorials which is annoying first but collapsible later. Participance can now show their screen so no more blind guesses and solves problems quicker then ever.No more email for the customer. Now customer confusions participant directly to participants development process and share their thoughts when I progrrame their software. collaboration makes my work breez.

Pros

You can simply do all your team management in one place. here are some of the things I like the most of this service.
Share screen with participents, on a video call. Share docs(also supports google docs) , ask for a pool , add code snippets . this make my life simper.No more long and time consuming email conversions. You just do all live chat and no more confutions. You can add many popular software to your flock account. I think it is an simple colaboration tool which makes my freelance life easyer.
I love myspace for quick private note taking facility, which helps me Evaluate/Modify my work for later.

Cons

When I set it up for the first time it took 2 onscreen demos how to use it, I was annoying at first but with time this onscreen tutorial helps me find options else hiden.I would love to see a collapciable left bar(Cant find till now.)

Joseph
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Unlocking the Power of BIM with Flock

Reviewed on 2024/04/17

Large file sharing and business instant messaging.

Large file sharing and business instant messaging.

Pros

With Flock, I am less relieved the hassle of sending documents to other departments via online sending.

Cons

Flock alone do support video conferencing.

Obhioze
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  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Flock for Everyone

Reviewed on 2024/05/01

Pros

Flock streamlines internal communications via instant messaging and live chat.

Cons

No serious troubles but the vendor should incorporate robust video conferencing tools.

Darina
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for Free Trial
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Online managementtool for engineers

Reviewed on 2022/01/14

Lack of managment options on older apps, like Skype, made us forced to search for a new app for...

Lack of managment options on older apps, like Skype, made us forced to search for a new app for communication.

Flock poped up on google play store, so we tried it out. Avaible on both play store and apple store, we quickly reached our objective. Everyone in our firm uses it now.

Pros

Since the world is in hard situation, we rely on online communication for task managing within our firm. Flock is great program for that.

Not only is there basic online chatting, but the program also has options for task assigment. This means, we are able to directly distribute the work, without need of worry of someone forgetting their work, since its always written there.

We use github, google disk and drop box at our firm. This program is able to co-work with them, which makes it usage that much easier for us.

The amount of space avaible, 5 GB per team on free trail, is greatly appreciated. Naturally, 20 gb per team for purchased program is more than enough for normal firm usage. For just 4,50 a month, you have 3 apps in one: online communication, cloud storage, task managment.

Avaible in both google play store and apple store makes it convenient for our diverse use of software.

Cons

Lack of profile costumization options.

Arheer
Arheer
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

A Comprehensive Collaboration Platform That Makes Team Communication Easier

Reviewed on 2023/02/14

Flock is a comprehensive collaboration platform that offers a variety of features to help teams...

Flock is a comprehensive collaboration platform that offers a variety of features to help teams stay connected and productive. It has features like group chat, video conferencing, task management, file sharing, document collaboration, and more.

Pros

- Provides secure communication between two users- Can do task management, file sharing, and document collaboration- Multiple integrations wit third party tools are available

Cons

It has a limited files storage and sharing limits. Mobiles app at times stop working.

Emily
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Keeping in contact with your team

Reviewed on 2018/12/26

Flock is definitely a great addition to any work environment where constant team communication is a...

Flock is definitely a great addition to any work environment where constant team communication is a must, the software is full of many wonderful features and addons to help make your work experience that much smoother.

Pros

Flock is like many chatting software , but it adds way more than most. It's very easy to use and eliminates the need to walk over to a coworkers desk or having to wait for them to reply to your email. Its made in office communication extremely easy in my place of work. Flock also incorporates many apps that you can have link to it to help with work tasks such as their to do list.

Cons

I'm constantly having to restart Flock, because of all their constant updates. There was this glitch I was having for awhile where I would lose my previously pinned conversations and they would just disappear til the person messaged me again on that same stream. Other than that my only con is that when using the free version they remove access to past conversations from 2 months ago.

Samuel
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

BIM Tool with MPM and OPM Capabilities

Reviewed on 2023/08/26

File sharing, team collaboration, project management and instant messaging.

File sharing, team collaboration, project management and instant messaging.

Pros

Flock combines online project management, marketing project management and instant messaging tools all-in-one place.

Cons

I do not have anything that I can really mention as a flaw. In fact, Flock is an exceptional tool since it offers not only BIM tools but also project management capabilities.

Mania
Mania
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  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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Flock is a great tool for communication for a big team.

Reviewed on 2018/06/09

Pros

If you are familiar with Google Hangouts then the interface for this program will look very familiar on the mobile app. For basic functions such as communicating with a team or an individual team member, this app is nearly flawless. However, the app offers more such as polls and sending files. You can have different categories of discussion which makes the app organized.

Cons

The main issue I had with the app was sometimes it failed to notify me of new messages. Also, although the app offers many different features they are a bit difficult to use. For example, for making a poll I had to look around on Google how to do so because I couldn't figure it out on my own, and I consider myself a tech-savvy person.

Mike Lester
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

People just Flock wherever there is FREE communication

Reviewed on 2019/01/09

My overall experience with Flock is that it is very simple to navigate and use. Entire team is...

My overall experience with Flock is that it is very simple to navigate and use. Entire team is already onboard and we are not relying on emails to communicate with ourselves and the external project team members.

Pros

What I really liked about Flock is its ability to be the centralized repository of all team / project communications without the boring part of setting up and configuring the entire application and infrastructure suite. It is like reliving the entire mIRC days but on a professional level. The entire collection of integrations to Flock is also growing and rivals that of Slack in the near future.

Cons

What I least liked about the software is that I am not yet able to utilize some tools that I use like Hippovideo which will be used for screencordings. Although I know it in the roadmap, I think this is but one of many reasons why people are still sticking to old reliable Slack.

Azeem
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

We were using flock for the last two three years and it is awsome.

Reviewed on 2017/09/09

Pros

Flock is more a collaboration tool.The main advantages of using it are,
1)Flock is a simple platform.The simplicity makes the flock more usable.
2)Can create multiple teams.
3)Can create channels for projects.
4)File sharing.
5)Can create apps
6)Multi platform because of the web platform and the browser extensions.

Cons

The video chat and conferencing needs to be improved.It will be better if you can create your own platform to do the conferencing.It will be better you provide the native app for Linux.

Jonathan
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  • Industry: Security & Investigations
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Flock is Slowly Replacing Slack in My Organization

Reviewed on 2023/10/25

Internal communication through Flock boost performance for 24/7.

Internal communication through Flock boost performance for 24/7.

Pros

Flock offers an extensive range of features from team collaboration, file sharing, business instant messaging to live chat in one place.

Cons

I have not yet discovered the dark side of Flock.

Jay
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Used as organizational chat app

Reviewed on 2020/12/01

Downloading/Installing and Updating is super easy, Using flock is even easier.
Integrations are...

Downloading/Installing and Updating is super easy, Using flock is even easier.
Integrations are easy to set up and work fine.
So far so good, something which serves its purpose.

Pros

- Connecting and reconnecting based on internet availability
- Online/Offline/Away Status based on activity
- Notes feature is super effective and easy to use
- Ability to edit or remove the message with super ease
- Integrations with GitHub, Google Drive, Google Calander are up to point(Removes the need for extra apps or add-ons)
- Files sharing and download

Cons

Everything does what I want it to so I did not find any area in my daily usage.