# Flock vs Google Chat

| Attribute | Flock | Google Chat |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 75.1 (26% (low)) | 33 (3% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A team communication tool that consolidates messaging, video calling, file sharing, and task management features into one shared workspace to enable coordinated work across departments. | A cloud-based team messaging application that integrates with Google Workspace, enabling real-time communication, file sharing, and collaboration across teams. |
| integrations.count | 3 | 13 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Jira"}]` | `[{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"Comeen"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Lucidchart"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Polly"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Workday"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"AE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Unlimited messages and channels","1-1 and group video calling","File sharing","Up to 5 third-party integrations","Message search"],"description":"For small teams with essential communication needs","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"integrations":"5","message_search":"10,000 latest","video_call_duration":"20 min","video_call_participants":"4"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$2/user/mo (introductory pricing; regular $3/user/mo)","features":["Advanced admin controls","Guest member support","Video calling up to 20 participants with unlimited duration","Unlimited integrations","Custom fields","Full message search"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For medium to large teams requiring advanced collaboration features","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free plan available; Pro from $2/user/mo introductory pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://flock.com/pricing-plan-updates/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:58:56.514Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"unit":"user","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":2,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Team Chat)

| Capability | Flock | Google Chat |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Channel based topic organization | - | - |
| Threaded reply conversations | - | - |
| Ad hoc voice video huddles | - | - |
| Cross company guest channels | - | - |
| Robust message search and history indexing | - | - |
| Automated workflow bot builders | - | - |
| Google workspace office 365 sync | - | - |
| Jira github engineering webhook sync | - | - |
| Salesforce zendesk sales support sync | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| HIPAA compliance | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:39:40.876Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*