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Looking for a Microsoft Teams alternative?

Try Flock for a better chat experience & attractive pricing plans

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Get Started for Free

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Attractive pricing
   
Cheaper plans (per user/month) $4.5 $5-12.5 Business Essentials - $5
Business Premium - $12.50
Free plan with unlimited users 300 users only
Free built-in productivity tools
Polls, Shared To-dos, Reminders, Code snippets
 
Pay only for the messenger, not the entire bundle only available as part of the bundle
Powerful and Smart Channels
   
Create private channels - Channels only visible to existing channel members  
Create public channels only discoverable by specific locations, functions, etc.  
One-way announcement channels (e.g. HR sending announcements to all employees in Boston) Can send announcements only to specific teams, not to everyone
Auto-join channels - add users from a specific location/ function to channels automatically (e.g. designers in NY office)  
Mute a channel  
Add/ remove users to a channel Users can only be removed from a team
User can leave a channel without leaving the team  
Restrict users from leaving an important channel  
Set a channel avatar  
Built-in Productivity tools
Shared To-Dos  
Built-in To-dos app MS Teams requires integration with "Planner"
Create, browse, edit and assign tasks via the sidebar MS Teams opens a separate tab
Notifications when tasks are added, edited, or deleted  
Bot sends reminder on due date No in-app reminder
Export to CSV  
Reminders      
Built-in reminders app MS Teams requires integration with "Planner"
Set reminders for yourself, a user, or an entire channel MS Teams only allows user reminders
Set recurring reminders  
Snooze reminders  
Opinion Polls      
Built-in Polls app Teams relies on integration with "Polly"
Forward a poll to other channels to increase audience  
Run image-based polls  
Select multiple options in a poll  
Code snippet sharing      
Share and download code snippets  
Auto indent and formatting  
Mailing lists      
Easy to remember mail ID  
Add users from outside the organization to the list  
Subscribe and unsubscribe from lists  
Well Designed Chat Experience
   
Easy access to all unread chats (Recent, unread chats bubble up to the top) Team / channel chats do not bubble up in MS Teams
One view of all conversations (direct chats and channels) direct chats and channels are in separate tabs
Optimal use of screen space: users can see more messages at a glance Maximum messages/scroll: Flock - 25, MS Teams - 5
Pin important messages or files for everyone  
Advanced message search: search by keyword, sender, and conversation  
Last seen status for a user  
Read receipts: know which users read a specific message  
Customize display density (Comfortable, Cozy, Compact) according to user preferences  
Inline message replies Creates a separate thread by default
1-click access to productivity tools (todos, mailing list, polls, etc.)  
Dedicated section for muted chats  
Enhanced Admin Controls
   
Dedicated Admin Panel MS Teams: Admin settings spread across multiple panels
Team signup permissions (Invite only / Public) MS Teams: no 'public to all' option
Automatically add domain users to the team  
Add other domain users as full users  
Specify who can share files (All / None / Specific users)  
Check team file storage  
Hide users from accessing other users' private info (email, mobile)  
Custom fields for richer user profiles      
Create, edit or delete custom fields (e.g. function, role, location, manager, etc.)  
Mandatory custom fields  
Parent-child relationships between custom fields  
Better Mobile Experience
   
Dedicated tab for apps, with easy app store access  
Invite team members  
Enable DND mode  
Lightweight, storage friendly mobile clients
  • iOS
  • Android
38.3 MB 22.1 MB 84.6 MB 39 MB  
Unlimited Free Guests
Easily collaborate with vendors and clients  
Allow guests to add apps  
Upgrade guest to team member  
Set guest account validity reminder  
On-demand Audio Conferencing
   
1-click audio conferencing: set up dial-in bridges from within the app  
Automatically share dial-in details with participants  
Deep Integration with OneDrive, GDrive, Dropbox, and Box
   
Search and Browse drive from within the client MS Teams has no search option
Create new docs/ sheets/ presentations from within the client (for OneDrive & GDrive)  
Share files and grant read / edit access without leaving the client  
Connect multiple OneDrive or Google Drive accounts  
View all Drive files shared in a channel  
Integration with GitHub and GitLab
   
Get personal and team notifications (MS Teams has this only for GitHub)
Assign, close or merge pull requests from within the client  
Browse entire Github repo from within the client  
Integration with Twitter
   
Receive your DMs  
Forward/ like/ retweet/ reply from within Flock  
Powerful Developer Platform
   
Add sidebar / modal windows  
Add buttons on the Flock interface  
Add slash commands  
Get all your work done  within Flock

Get all your work done 
within Flock

With Flock’s built-in productivity tools, you can assign tasks to your team and track their status, run polls for quick feedback, and even set nifty reminders. In Teams, you’ll just have to add external apps.

Powerful & Smart Channels

Create private channels for focused discussions
Create private channels for focused discussions

Need to work on a new project? Simply create a private channel and invite select teammates. Unlike Teams, where you can’t create private channels.

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Broadcast important updates to everyone

Want to inform everyone about the new company branding? Just share the news via Flock’s one-way announcement channel, instead of sharing the update on multiple channels, one by one.

Add team members to channels automatically
Add team members to channels automatically

Adding people to channels one by one? With Flock’s Smart Channels, you can add everyone from a function or a location to a channel in one go. Even better, every new user gets added automatically.

A more thoughtful chat experience

All your chats in one place
All your chats
in one place

Switching between 1-1 chats, teams, and channels can leave you confused in Microsoft Teams. Find all your messages in one place with Flock.

More chats per scroll
More chats
per scroll

With Flock, you can see more messages at a glance, so you don’t have to scroll endlessly. Teams’ cluttered UI, on the other hand, gives you only 5 messages per scroll.

Pin important stuff for your team
Pin important stuff
for your team

With Flock, you can pin all types of files and messages, so anyone in that channel can find them instantly. Good luck searching for that document on Microsoft Teams!

Get more for less!

Get more for less!

Why settle for the user limits that come with Microsoft Teams' Free plan when you can bring onboard unlimited users on Flock? Need more features? Upgrade to Flock's Pro plan and pay only for what you need - a great team messenger. Unless, of course you want to pay for that entire bundle of Microsoft software you probably won't use!

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