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HipChat vs WhatsApp: What are the differences?
HipChat: Supercharge team collaboration with group chat and IM. HipChat is a hosted private chat service for your company or team. Invite colleagues to share ideas and files in persistent group chat rooms. Get your team off AIM, Google Talk, and Skype — HipChat was built for business; WhatsApp: *A freeware, cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service *. It is a cross-platform mobile messaging app for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other media.
HipChat and WhatsApp are primarily classified as "Group Chat & Notifications" and "Chatbot Platforms &" tools respectively.
According to the StackShare community, HipChat has a broader approval, being mentioned in 308 company stacks & 117 developers stacks; compared to WhatsApp, which is listed in 8 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
Pros of HipChat
- Integrates well with a lot of developer tools144
- Developer-friendly96
- Clients for every major platform85
- Free unlimited users70
- Mobile-friendly70
- Extremely easy to use for non-tech guys40
- Good api integration39
- Irc-like38
- Reliable28
- Feature rich26
- Affordable at $2/user13
- Email notifications6
- Text Messages6
- More developer-friendly than Skype4
- Full text search3
- JIRA integration3
- Integrates with Atlassian products3
- Team Chat Rooms2
- Intergration with all the things1
- gitlab1
- tagia1
- 256-bit SSL encryption to transmit your data1
- Fast1
- On-Premise deployment1
- Trello integration1
- salt1
Pros of WhatsApp
- Free14
- Easy to carry on with contact3
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Cons of HipChat
- Purchased by and merged with Slack1
- Discontinued with the Atlassian Stack1
Cons of WhatsApp
- No privacy1
- Centralized1
- Maximum to 8 person video call1
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