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About

Spike brings your entire workspace into your Inbox: email, chat, calendar, calls, team collaboration, tasks — to one powerful Inbox. Everything you need to get your work done is in a single feed, so you can finally give the app-switching a rest. Spike’s conversational email fuses traditional email with instant messaging — eliminating cluttered email threads. With real-time conversations and live collaboration, have better interactions and a more human communication experience. Spike is available on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows & Web.

About

Chat for distributed teams. Zulip combines the immediacy of real-time chat with an email threading model. With Zulip, you can catch up on important conversations while ignoring irrelevant ones. Zulip has modern apps for every major platform, powered by Electron and React Native. Zulip is 100% open source software, built by a vibrant community of hundreds of developers from all around the world. With 120,000 words of developer documentation, a high quality code base, and a welcoming community, it’s easy to extend or tweak Zulip. Zulip has a significantly larger and more active development community than other modern open source group chat solutions like Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, and matrix.org. Zulip has more than 90 native integrations. Several hundred more are available through Hubot, Zapier, and IFTTT. Or build your own integrations with Zulip’s powerful API.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Spike is an all-in-one workplace, making you and your team more responsive, efficient, and collaborative.

Audience

Distributed teams that need a powerful and secure real-time chat platform

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Spike is free for anyone with a personal email address.

If you have a custom domain email address, you can get started with a 14 day free trial.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$6.67 per user per month
Get started with Zulip Cloud Free, with up to 10,000 messages of search history.

Zulip is 100% open-source software, with no proprietary version. Self-host Zulip for free, or sign up for Enterprise support.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.8 / 5
support 4.6 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • With Spike, conventional email is transformed into a chat-like conversational style. Users accustomed to messaging applications will find this method easier to use and more natural when it comes to email conversation.
  • Spike provides us with an environment that facilitates interaction with third parties in different ways, whether by calls, messaging, e-mail, etc. Its platform is intuitive and straightforward; it is pretty easy to understand how it works and to take advantage of its many communicative and collaborative benefits for the benefit of work teams.
  • Spike is an interesting email client which transform your old boring email window to interesting communication interface. It offer amazing collaborative capability which make it it perfect candidate of client with exceptionally useful extra feature contributing to higher conversion.
  • #1- Spike is also supported on mobile platforms. #2- Inbound and outbound emails converted into easy chat interface. #3- Task tracking and organizing are very convenient. #4- Team collaboration is great with its realtime chat.
  • New way to start chatting without sharing your mobile number, so it helps if you have privacy concerns. It has all of the feature that typical email apps have. Also integrated with voice and video calling.

Cons

  • Although Spike offers a mobile app for access while on the move, some users have noted that it occasionally has less functionality than the web version.
  • It is multiplatform, but its application for mobile devices is not as optimal as the computer one; some functions cannot be used.
  • Spike offers many add-on features with no extra cost involved. It's a great tool for email with collaboration. No Cons.
  • #1- We had an overall positive experience with Spike.
  • Till now I didn't faced any serious problems with this tool.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • - threading is the "default" (just called Topics) inside streams - Self hosted is simple to do - "easy" integrations/webhooks - Slack "emulation" integration works and "easy" to get going to start - No fancy/flashy layouts - easy to get webhooks into streams and topics (per day/hour/etc.) - Selfhosted free

Cons

  • - Self hosted you have to deal with your own server hosting issues - Not everybody integrates first natively to Zulip - Takes getting used to - No fancy/flashy layouts

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Spike
Founded: 2014
Israel
www.spikenow.com

Company Information

Zulip
Founded: 2012
United States
zulip.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

Slack

Slack

Salesforce
Matrix

Matrix

The Matrix.org Foundation
Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft

Categories

Calendar Supported
Collaboration Supported
Email Clients Supported
Email Encryption Supported
Email Management Supported
Email Tracking Supported
File Sharing Supported
Productivity Supported
Screen Sharing Supported
Task Management Supported
Team Chat Supported
Team Communication Supported

Categories

Collaboration Supported
Messaging Supported
Remote Work Supported
Team Chat Supported
Team Communication Supported

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming Not Supported
Calendar Management Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Contact Management Not Supported
Content Management Supported
Document Management Supported
Project Management Supported
Real Time Editing Supported
Task Management Supported
Version Control Not Supported
Video Conferencing Supported

Employee Communication Tools Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Audio / Video Conferencing Supported
Blogs Not Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Employee Directory Not Supported
Event Calendar Supported
File Sharing Supported
Knowledge Management Not Supported
Newsletter Management Not Supported
Surveys & Feedback Not Supported

Internal Communications Features

App Integration Not Supported
Blogs Not Supported
Chat/Messaging Supported
Email Management Supported
Employee Directory Not Supported
Event Calendar Supported
Newsletter Management Not Supported
Photo Gallery Supported
Social Sharing Not Supported
Survey Management Not Supported
Telephony Not Supported
Video Chat Supported
Voice Chat Supported

Team Chat Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) Not Supported
File Sharing Supported
Groups / Channels Supported
Payments Not Supported
Search / Filter Supported
Self-Destructing Messages Not Supported
Stickers / GIFs Supported
Threaded Discussion Not Supported
Video Conferencing Supported
Voice Calling Supported

Team Communication Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Audio Calls Supported
Calendar Management Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Discussion Threads Supported
File Sharing Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Push Notifications Supported
Search Supported
Surveys & Feedback Not Supported
Task Management Supported
Video Conferencing Supported

Calendar Features

Calendar Sync Supported
Collaboration Tools Not Supported
Multi-Device Support Not Supported
Reminders Supported
Room Booking Not Supported
Scheduling Not Supported
Task Manaagement Not Supported

Email Management Features

Data Recovery Not Supported
Email Archiving Supported
Email Deletion Not Supported
Email Discovery Not Supported
Email Monitoring Supported
Email Recall Not Supported
Queue Manager Supported
Response Management Not Supported
Routing Not Supported
Shared Inboxes Supported
Signature Management Not Supported
Spam Blocker Supported
Whitelisting / Blacklisting Supported

File Sharing Features

Audit Trail Not Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Collaboration Supported
Document Management Supported
Drag & Drop Supported
Electronic Signature Not Supported
Encryption Supported
File Synchronization Not Supported
Search Supported
User Management Supported
Version Control Not Supported
Workflow Management Not Supported

Productivity Features

Collaboration Supported
Database Creation Not Supported
Document Creation Supported
File Sharing Supported
Notes Management Supported
Office Suite Supported
Presentation Tools Not Supported
Project Management Supported
Task Management Supported
Team Chat Supported

Task Management Features

Collaboration Supported
Create Subtasks Supported
Gamification Not Supported
Gantt Charts Not Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Percent-Complete Tracking Not Supported
Progress Tracking Not Supported
Recurring Tasks Supported
Reporting/Analytics Not Supported
Spreadsheet View Supported
Task Board View Supported
Task Planning Supported
Task Scheduling Supported
Task Tracking Supported
Time Tracking Not Supported
To-Do List View Supported

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming Supported
Calendar Management Not Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Contact Management Supported
Content Management Not Supported
Document Management Not Supported
Project Management Not Supported
Real Time Editing Supported
Task Management Not Supported
Version Control Not Supported
Video Conferencing Supported

Employee Communication Tools Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Audio / Video Conferencing Supported
Blogs Not Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Employee Directory Supported
Event Calendar Not Supported
File Sharing Supported
Knowledge Management Supported
Newsletter Management Not Supported
Surveys & Feedback Not Supported

Team Chat Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) Not Supported
File Sharing Supported
Groups / Channels Supported
Payments Not Supported
Search / Filter Supported
Self-Destructing Messages Not Supported
Stickers / GIFs Supported
Threaded Discussion Supported
Video Conferencing Supported
Voice Calling Supported

Team Communication Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Audio Calls Supported
Calendar Management Not Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Discussion Threads Supported
File Sharing Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Push Notifications Supported
Search Supported
Surveys & Feedback Not Supported
Task Management Not Supported
Video Conferencing Supported

Messaging Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) Supported
File Sharing Supported
Groups / Channels Supported
Payments Not Supported
Search / Filter Supported
Self-Destructing Messages Not Supported
Stickers / GIFs Supported
Threaded Discussion Supported
Video Conferencing Supported
Voice Calling Supported

Remote Work Features

Collaboration Supported
Credential Management Not Supported
Electronic Signature Not Supported
Employee Monitoring Not Supported
Live Chat Supported
Meeting Management Not Supported
Project Management Not Supported
Remote Access Supported
Remote Support Not Supported
Screen Sharing Not Supported
Softphone Not Supported
Task Management Not Supported
Time Zone Tracking Supported
Video Chat Supported
Web Conferencing Supported

Integrations

Workers by Delos Supported
Airbrake Not Supported
Assembla Not Supported
Bonusly Not Supported
Delighted Not Supported
Desktop.com Supported
Flock Not Supported
Front Not Supported
Gmail Supported
Google Calendar Not Supported
Grafana Cloud Not Supported
IRC Home Inspection Software Not Supported
Intercom Not Supported
Kamatera Not Supported
Mercurial Not Supported
New Relic Not Supported
Papertrail Not Supported
Quickwork Not Supported
Raygun Not Supported

Integrations

Workers by Delos Supported
Airbrake Supported
Assembla Supported
Bonusly Supported
Delighted Supported
Desktop.com Not Supported
Flock Supported
Front Supported
Gmail Not Supported
Google Calendar Supported
Grafana Cloud Supported
IRC Home Inspection Software Supported
Intercom Supported
Kamatera Supported
Mercurial Supported
New Relic Supported
Papertrail Supported
Quickwork Supported
Raygun Supported
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