Chanty vs Flock

Chanty is a team chat and collaboration tool that combines messaging, tasks, and calls. Teams can create tasks or turn messages into them, assign and filter work, set due dates, and use a Kanban board. Messaging includes mentions, pinned messages, code snippets, threads, searchable history, reactions, file sharing, and an in-app media player. Audio and video calls support screen sharing, up to 1,000 video participants, and up to 49 videos on screen. Chanty lists channels, guest access, and unlimited message history. It offers apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, plus web access. The free plan is billed forever and allows up to five team members, 20GB of team storage, 10 integrations, and one guest user. Business is listed at $4 a month billed monthly; the pricing note also says paid plans start at $3/user/mo on annual billing. Integrations include tools such as Zapier, Google Drive, Dropbox, GitHub, Trello, and Jira. Chanty lists security measures including TLS 1.2 or higher and file encryption.

Flock is a team collaboration service with channels, guest access, messaging, and integrations. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and is also available as a Chrome extension with API support. Listed integrations include Google Drive and Calendar, GitHub, Trello, Dropbox, Twitter, Bitbucket, Asana, Jira, Zapier, Zoom, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Todoist, GitLab, Zendesk, Freshdesk, OneDrive, and Mailchimp. The free plan has limited message history. Its Starter plan covers 1–20 members, 10,000 searchable messages, 10 public channels, 5 GB total storage, and one team admin. Pro is described for 20–100 members with 10 GB storage per team member and video calls for up to 20 participants. Enterprise is for 100+ members, with 20 GB storage per team member and 99.9% uptime. Pricing lists a free plan, paid plans from $4.50/user/mo (annual), and a 30-day trial. Named plan prices are not provided.