Google Hangouts - Top Competitors (Aug 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Aug 31, 2022

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Google Hangouts vs. Alternatives in 2024

Google Hangouts vs. GoToMeeting

Google Hangouts and GoToMeeting provide real-time messaging, file sharing, and screen sharing. Google Hangouts offers features such as Mobile Access, Spaces, and chatbots that GoToMeeting does not. GoToMeeting offers features such as Webcam preview, Meeting transcriptions, and meeting diagnostic reports that Google Hangouts does not.

Google Hangouts has no licensing charge, but GoTo Meeting begins at $12 per organizer each month, payable yearly. Both systems are Team Collaboration solutions that are hosted in the cloud. GoToMeeting caters to enterprises of all sizes for their online meeting requirements in sectors like Healthcare, Automotive, Legal, Education, and Professional Services.

In contrast, Google Hangouts is most popular among firms with 10-50 people and $1M-10M in sales. Google Hangouts (established in 1998) is publicly listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker GOOGL, and over 3,000 businesses utilize it. GoToMeeting is privately held and was started in 2004. Both systems provide Email/Help Desk and Phone Assistance for client support.

Google Hangouts vs. Slack

Google Hangouts and Slack provide direct chat, search, and file sharing features. Google Hangouts offers features such as live captioning, chatbots, and presentation streaming that Slack does not. Slack has features such as a Workflow Builder, Huddles and clips, and Channels that Google Hangouts does not.

The license fee for Google Hangouts is unavailable. However, Slack begins at $6.67 per user per month on a yearly subscription and $8 monthly with a free edition and trial. Both systems are Team Collaboration solutions that are hosted in the cloud. Google Hangouts is utilized mainly by businesses with 10-50 workers and $1M-$10M in annual sales, whereas Slack clientele ranges from 2-person startups to Fortune 100 enterprises.

In contrast to Google Hangouts, which is trusted by over 3,000 businesses, Slack, a subsidiary of Salesforce (established in 2009), is publicly listed on the NYSE under the CRM symbol and is relied upon by businesses all over the globe, with a focus on those in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.

Google Hangouts vs. Webex meeting

Google Hangouts and Webex Meeting both provide features such as screen sharing and group chat. Google Hangouts offers features such as Mobile Access, Presentation Streaming, and Search unavailable in WebEx meetings. Webex meetings include features such as noise reduction, gesture detection, and automatic transcription that Google Hangouts does not.

Both Google Hangouts and Webex meetings do not provide licensing fee information. Both systems are Team Collaboration solutions that are hosted in the cloud. Webex meetings are utilized by businesses in the education, healthcare, government, finance, sports and entertainment, frontline, and nonprofit sectors, whereas Google Hangouts is used by businesses with 10-50 workers and $1M-10M in sales.

Webex by Cisco Systems, Inc. has customers like T-Mobile, AT&T, Under Armour, and PUMA. It was founded in 1984 and traded on the Nasdaq under CSCO. Over 3,000 businesses trust Google Hangouts.