Communication and collaboration platform for teams
4.4/5 (143 reviews)Flock is a collaborative messaging app for teams which supports direct and group messaging with public and private channels. With Flock users can jump onto a video or audio call or switch to screen sharing with multiple participants, in one click.
Users can also integrate Flock with 40+ apps like Google Drive, Google Calendar, Github, Trello, Asana, Twitter. Flock is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese
Pros
Seamless and extremely easy to use interface has many advantages including wide and extremely robust application support including Trello, social network apps and many more. We are able to manage team conversation which can be common or specific to users in the group, employ instant screen sharing , and one button touch for video call and chat participation. Overall Flock has proven extremely user friendly and convenient. At this time, pro model and feature upgrade is only a month.
Cons
Less ability at this time to control notifications from shared conversations as well as a non available capability to keep shared files private to 1 user.
Flock is one of the better programs for small offices. The ability to create groups with fellow workers helps to speed up the process of cooperation. Pinned Chats are great as they help you keep the most active members of your team in a spot where you don't have to look for them.
The To Do list is very helpful especially since I've learned how to use the "to do bot". Files are kept very organized and are helpful when needing to grab something from a few weeks ago.
Pros
Ease of use - the interface is very simple to use. Any person on any level of Tech knowledge can use this.
Clean UI - The User Interface (UI) is laid out to where you learn where items are real quick. You have Pinned Chats, Open Chats and can search your most recent chats with no problem. There is a directory of users who are in your team. I also use the To Do Bot a ton. Using that automation bot to keep up with task and things that need to be done are worth the time reading the F.A.Q.'s.
Cons
Every time it's installed on a PC you have to have a specific code to key in. This can be tiresome or a time waste when installing on 30+ machines. Should just allow you do add people from an Admin panel and they not have to enter a code.
Pros
I really love to use flock as it is best place to explore new features.
Its far better than Slack as if I wanted to find some pervious data, I can easily go for search option and tailor it out..
I really love the TO-DO feature that helps me to follow up with people for various things.
I love the pinned chats feature, which helps me to notify important things to important people and get connect with them without a delay.
I also like notes feature, which help me to write the important points during meeting.
Its best use is to share the file without delay and saves me time and email.
Also, when I am busy, I can update my status without any delay.
Cons
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I would like to inform that there is no con for using flock, however, if some changes, that I have suggested, could be made then it would be more user-friendly.
1. I would suggest flock team to work on reactions of a particular message. For example, on a particular channel, I would like to say something funny or express my gratitude, if some one from the team likes my message, I would suggest few more emojis to be added to make it more happier to use it.
2. I would like to explore new features like, if possible to add, dictionary or recordings of audio.
I love the Idea of on-screen tutorials which is annoying first but collapsible later. Participance can now show their screen so no more blind guesses and solves problems quicker then ever.No more email for the customer. Now customer confusions participant directly to participants development process and share their thoughts when I progrrame their software. collaboration makes my work breez.
Pros
You can simply do all your team management in one place. here are some of the things I like the most of this service.
Share screen with participents, on a video call. Share docs(also supports google docs) , ask for a pool , add code snippets . this make my life simper.No more long and time consuming email conversions. You just do all live chat and no more confutions. You can add many popular software to your flock account. I think it is an simple colaboration tool which makes my freelance life easyer.
I love myspace for quick private note taking facility, which helps me Evaluate/Modify my work for later.
Cons
When I set it up for the first time it took 2 onscreen demos how to use it, I was annoying at first but with time this onscreen tutorial helps me find options else hiden.I would love to see a collapciable left bar(Cant find till now.)
Exceptional. While I'm not a huge believer in the importance of these chat products vs. those of the past, of the ones in the market today, Flock is my preferred chat tool. I've used Slack, Flock, Glip, and others. This one is easy to use, adds more features than Slack, and is far more stable and quality than Glip.
Pros
I never understood the hype around Slack. Marketed as an "e-mail killer," we all know that's true. There are still so many things it cannot do that email can do. Not to mention, it's just another internal chat tool. In fact, the only core differences between Slack and your typical enterprise grade chat client are silly emojis and power user abilities that 99% of your employees don't know how to use, and won't use. Flock, while generally speaking works the same way, at least adds some productivity concepts in the app. For example, in different channels and private chats, I can have working to-do lists with assignments and due dates. I can pin documents and files in a conversation or channel that are relevant to the conversation. Also, for some reason, things just feel cleaner in Flock. My entire team was confused why we switched at first, but those types of features were my reasons. And now they love it, no going back.
Cons
Not as many integrations as Slack. But not a deal breaker. Almost all the tools we use integrate.
Free Plan (for small teams getting started): $0
Pro Plan (for midsize teams and companies): $6/user/month billed monthly, or $4.50/user/month billed annually.
Enterprise Plan (for large enterprises and organizations): Contact Flock for pricing
Receive multi-lingual support in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Conduct virtual meetings with video or audio calls.
Collaborate using Flock's business apps for shared tasks, surveys, shared notes, reminders, and more.
Integrate with external applications through Flock's app store.
Find and share messages, files and links easily.
Below are some frequently asked questions for Flock.
Flock offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: USD 6.00/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Free Plan (for small teams getting started): $0
Pro Plan (for midsize teams and companies): $6/user/month billed monthly, or $4.50/user/month billed annually.
Enterprise Plan (for large enterprises and organizations): Contact Flock for pricing
Flock offers the following features:
Flock has the following typical customers:
Mid Size Business, Small Business
Flock supports the following languages:
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Flock has the following pricing plans:
Free, Subscription
Flock supports the following devices:
Android, iPhone, iPad
Flock integrates with the following applications:
Cognito Forms, Dropbox, Greenhouse, JIRA Software, Mailchimp, Tekmetric, Trainual, Twitter, Zendesk, Zoho CRM
Flock offers the following support options:
Online Support, Phone Support, Video Tutorials
In the final analysis , we believe Flock is a winner and we will be using Flock as our primary collaborative team communication tool for our office team tasking assignment, as well as for video chat . Our office wanted a shared communication tool which on balance was designed with team work in mind. Considering the user interface which allows for common communication as well as closed conversation threads between managers, the rather convenient presence of one touch button control for screen sharing as well as conference call entrance, Flock will be our go communication tool for intra office now. We would say the only real negatives though not plentiful were tied to the inability to control notifications coming from conversations. This can create a log jam. We also experienced some difficulty with file searching or keeping files private to one user. Our recommendation is to emphasize the team orientated communication tools offered by Flock as the primary orientation for usage and to use its rather robust application integration capabilities to supplement weaknesses in the usage of the program. We use Trello quite easily with Flock for instance. Give Flock a try as we believe it can help.