8seats vs Celo

8seats is a work messaging platform for frontline and deskless teams. Rooms support team-wide broadcasts, Tables organize focused group conversations, and Direct Messages provide private one-to-one chats. Employees can join with a phone number rather than a company email address. An admin dashboard manages users and communications across locations, and teams can connect with external guests and partners. Organizations can customize the app's look and feel. The maker says messages are encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3 and at rest with AES-256; role-based permissions govern conversation access, and administrators can remove access instantly. The Starter plan is free for up to 10 employees, with unlimited guests, 365 days of message history and 1 GB of storage. Business costs $2.99 a month, billed user/mo, with monthly and yearly options. 8seats is available on Android, iOS, macOS, web and Windows. Its stated audiences include retail, hospitality, facilities management, transport, logistics and construction teams.

Celo is a collaboration platform for healthcare teams communicating and coordinating patient care. It supports one-to-one and group messaging, notifications, read receipts, and delivery status. Teams can share photos, videos, and documents in a library separate from a user's personal gallery, and use patient-specific case files and secure external chat with patients, families, and other stakeholders. Celo AI Scribe records patient conversations, generates clinical notes, and lets users review and share them with the team. Celo Connect is in beta and lets patients, families, and referrers start a HIPAA-compliant conversation from a team's homepage. Celo says it supports EHR integration through FHIR or HL7 and RESTful APIs, with authentication options including API keys, mutual SSL, and IP restrictions. It says patient information is encrypted and not stored permanently on a user's device, and describes HIPAA, HITECH, and GDPR compliance. The service runs on Android, iOS, and web. Plans include Free for up to 10 users, Growth for up to 20, and paid tiers starting at $49 per month billed annually.