Shlomi Lavi /
Aug 31, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Google Hangouts or RingCentral Office?
RingCentral Office is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Google Hangouts, and Google Hangouts is rated higher (86/100) than RingCentral Office (72/100). RingCentral Office offers users more features (13) than Google Hangouts (0).
Looking for the right Team Collaboration solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:
Google Vs. RingCentral
Google: Google Inc. is an American corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, software and advertisingtechnologies.[6] Advertising revenues from AdWords generate almost all of the company's profits.
RingCentral: RingCentral provides cloud computing based phone systems, designed to help small businesses manage mobile, fax, and email communications.
Who is more expensive? Google Hangouts or RingCentral?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Team Collaboration software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Google Hangouts and RingCentral.
Google Hangouts price starts at $7.99 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Google Hangouts is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Team Collaboration software. RingCentral price starts at $20 per user/month , When comparing RingCentral to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Team Collaboration software cost.
Bottom line: RingCentral is more expensive than Google Hangouts.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared Google Hangouts Vs. RingCentral Office based on some of the most important and required Team Collaboration features.
Google Hangouts: We are still working to collect the list of features for Google Hangouts.
RingCentral: ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), ANI (Automatic Number Identification), Auto Dialer, Call Conferencing, Call Recording.
Target customer size
Google Hangouts's typical customers include: Medium and large size businesses, and RingCentral's target customer size include: SMBs.