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24 alternatives to Hangouts Chat by Google (Early Access)

Bring your team together

Hangouts Chat by Google is a team messaging platform designed to bring colleagues together for communication and collaboration. It enables real-time messaging, conversations, and integrations with other tools. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hangouts Chat by Google (Early Access) launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Hangouts Chat by Google▲546
Intelligent team communication
2018 · accounts.google.com · its alternatives →
2
Google Hangouts▲430
New web app for Google Hangouts cross-device messaging app
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Slack▲2,714
Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.
2013 · slack.com · its alternatives →
4
Meet by Google▲378
Enterprise-friendly version of Google Hangouts
2017 · workspace.google.com · its alternatives →
5FA
Faster access to Google hangouts▲66
2014 · hang0ut.com · its alternatives →
6
Google Hangouts Chat▲5
An intelligent communication app, built for teams
2017 · support.google.com · its alternatives →
7
#Startup Chat▲358
The global startup community, on Slack
2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →
8
Smallchat Beta▲372
Slack integration for chatting with visitors to your website
2017 · small.chat · its alternatives →
9
Group Chats in ChatGPT▲468
Collaborate with others & ChatGPT in the same conversation
Nov 2025 · openai.com · its alternatives →
10
Quill▲414
Messaging to make your team better
2021 · its alternatives →
11
Conversations by Thursday▲466
Time for new social rituals for your remote team
2022 · thursday.social · its alternatives →
12
Noor Beta▲487
Time to replace Slack
2023 · noor.to · its alternatives →
13
Stride▲527
Atlassian's new group messaging and video meeting platform
2017 · its alternatives →
14
Mantle Chat▲298
Collaboration platform where teams work with AI together
May 2026 · mantle.chat · its alternatives →
15
Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams▲350
Self-hosted chat for small teams.
2015 · sdelements.github.io · its alternatives →
16
Messenger Platform 2.0▲521
Discovery, chat extensions, and richer experiences
2017 · facebook.com · its alternatives →
17
Trivia for Google Chat▲186
Team-building w/ fun quizzes, games right inside Google Chat
2020 · springworks.in · its alternatives →
18
Spot 2.0▲287
The next-gen communication app for teams
2022 · spotvirtual.com · its alternatives →
19
Chatfully▲145
All-in-one chat tool for teams: texting, web chat, & more
2021 · trychatfully.com · its alternatives →
20
Kwayet▲114
Team chat & collaboration app, a simple way to Slack
2021 · kwayet.app · its alternatives →
21
ChatGPT Team▲448
A customized, superassistant for every member of your team
2024 · openai.com · its alternatives →
22
Teamhub.com▲237
Hey HN, We've just launched our team collaboration platform where we're bringing together all the important tools under one app. We've been frustrated in the past with tools which had a huge disconnect between projects and chat. It always inevitably leads to teams using external chat apps for "project management" and then abandoning the main tools altogether. We're creating tools we hope teams will stick with. Super integrated Chat. Convert comments to tasks and have them auto added to project boards. Automations to help massively reduce burden on the team. Workflows, Time-Off and so much…
2024 · teamhub.com · its alternatives →
23
Here▲304
Hang out and collaborate over video on a real-time canvas
2020 · here.fm · its alternatives →
24
Slack for Mobile 2.0▲300
Rebuilt from the ground up
2015 · slack.com · its alternatives →

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