Compare Google Hangouts and ThinkingPhones - Oct 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Oct 07, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Google Hangouts or ThinkingPhones?

ThinkingPhones is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Google Hangouts, and Google Hangouts is rated higher (86/100) than ThinkingPhones (80/100).

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. Thinking Phone Networks, Inc.

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.

Thinking Phone Networks, Inc.: Our mission is to make your communication systems work for you and provide apps that both you and your staff will love. We seamlessly unify all of your business voice, text, and conferencing services on a single award-winning cloud platform, connect them to your other cloud applications, and then deliver intelligent, mobile-ready apps to your staff...

Who is more expensive? Google Hangouts or ThinkingPhones?

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 ThinkingPhones.

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. ThinkingPhones price starts at $15 per user/month , When comparing ThinkingPhones to its competitors, the software is rated 8 - higher than the average Team Collaboration software cost.

Bottom line: ThinkingPhones is more expensive than Google Hangouts.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Google Hangouts Vs. ThinkingPhones 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.

ThinkingPhones: We are still working to collect the list of features for ThinkingPhones.

Target customer size

Google Hangouts's typical customers include: Medium and large size businesses, Customers of the software include small and medium businesses as well as large enterprises.



Google Hangouts

ITQlick rating
(4.1/5)

starts at $7.99 per month

Google Hangouts is a cloud-based is a team communication software that is designed to enable c0-workers and business people to chat effortlessly with one another or clients. Hangouts can as well be used as a me...

Categories: Communications, Video Conferencing, VoIP.

ThinkingPhones

ITQlick rating
(4.9/5)

starts at $15 per user/month

ThinkingPhones is a web based business VoIP solution for businesses of all sizes. It offers such services as video conferencing, call forwarding, recording and playback, and others. The software was designed an...

Categories: Business Phone Systems, Cloud PBX, SIP Clients, SIP Trunking, UCaaS Providers.

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Google Hangouts: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

ThinkingPhones: 0 Features

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ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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Google H...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
86/100
Pricing
3.2/10
License pricing
$7.99 per month
Functionality
3
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ThinkingPhones
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
80/100
Pricing
9.6/10
License pricing
$15 per user/month
Functionality
5
Slack
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
100/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$6.67 per month
Functionality
15
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Dropbox
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$9.99 per month
Functionality
23
Deltek P...
ITQlick rating
4.1/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
6

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.