Compare Hightail and Google Hangouts - Aug 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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

Hightail is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Google Hangouts, and Google Hangouts is rated higher (86/100) than Hightail (83/100). Hightail offers users more features (18) 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:

YouSendIt Vs. Google

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Who is more expensive? Hightail or Google Hangouts?

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 Hightail and Google Hangouts.

Hightail price starts at $12 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Hightail is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Team Collaboration software. Google Hangouts price starts at $7.99 per month , When comparing Google Hangouts to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Team Collaboration software cost.

Bottom line: Hightail cost is around the same cost of Google Hangouts.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Hightail Vs. Google Hangouts based on some of the most important and required Team Collaboration features.

Hightail: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Access and retrieval from anywhere, Automated Version Control, Custom User Interface, Document Assembly, Document Check-In/Check-Out, Document Comparison, Document Encryption, Document Indexing.

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

Target customer size

Hightail can be quite useful for businesses that already use Microsoft Outlook and SharePoint. and Google Hangouts's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.