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Enterprise messaging is no longer limited to boring emails. Companies across the world are collaborating over new messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Slack and Moxtra. Now, an Indian company in trying to be heard in this space.
Flock actually started as a messaging tool much before Slack, but only recently decided to refocus on enterprise. “We are trying to solve the same problem which is communication in enterprise. We feel the communication that happens over emails leads to a loss of efficiency, and the same can be done much better and faster,” says Ninad Raval, director of product and design?at Flock.
Raval says the key differentiators are the simple UI and speed. “Messaging on Flock is fluid and people who moved to our app have complemented us,” he says, adding they have even offered customised features for large customers. ?The platform now has over 2,00,000 monthly active users from 19,000 domains.
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One key differentiator for Flock from a product like Slack is that fact that all users who log in from the same enterprise domain, say indianexpress.com, will be accessible to others from the company. On the other hand, on Slack users have to be invited to a group to be able to start conversations.
“On Flock, people automatically get added to team. And there is federation between teams and others in the company are accessible when needed,” Raval explains, adding that psychologically everyone is there.
“On other platforms integration with apps is limited, but on Flock the integration is so seamless that they feel like native features and not APIs,” he adds.
Flock has a freemium model with each paid user billed $3 per month. Slack charges $6.67 per active user per month.
“However, we have a per user billing and teams have the option of upgrading on some users who get to access all the features,” he says, suggesting that there is a significant price advantage in comparison to the competition. Raval says they are working on white-labelling the product for some companies.
Nandagopal Rajan writes on technology, gadgets and everything related. He has worked with the India Today Group and Hindustan Times. He is an alumnus of Calicut University and Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal. ... Read More