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Google Chat
AI-powered team messaging and collaboration
As of 29 August 2026, Google Chat's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Team messaging and spaces product bundled into Google Workspace, supporting direct messages and collaborative spaces integrated with Gmail, Drive, Meet and…. Softwr lists it under Communication.
Overview
What Google Chat does
Team messaging and spaces product bundled into Google Workspace, supporting direct messages and collaborative spaces integrated with Gmail, Drive, Meet and Calendar.
What people use it for
- Reducing email overload in healthcare operations for clinical decisions
- Summarizing regulatory news rapidly for compliance teams
- Consolidating messaging platforms to reduce software licensing costs
- Coordinating distributed global teams across time zones rapidly
- Collecting project references and decision history in searchable channels
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Google Chat.
- No separate Google Chat pricing available; included with Google Workspace subscriptions at no additional cost
- Chat features are limited to Business and Enterprise Workspace plans
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Google Chat
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- Google ChatvsMicrosoft Teams
Microsoft Teams: Meet, chat, call, and collaborate in just one place
- Google ChatvsLoom
Loom: Record instantly, share anywhere
- Google ChatvsRingCentral Video
RingCentral Video: Connected cloud communications
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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How much does Google Chat cost?
Google Chat is included in Google Workspace subscriptions at no additional cost. Pricing depends on your Workspace plan selection, not on Chat specifically.
SourceWhich Google Workspace plans include Google Chat?
Google Chat is included with all Google Workspace subscriptions. Some features are available exclusively in Business and Enterprise plans.
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Where to go from Google Chat
- Google Chat alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
- Google Chat pricingPlans, floors and what the tiers exclude
- Google Chat badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All Communication softwareThe full category
- Best Communication softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
Best Communication software for
Compare Google Chat with
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- RingCentral Video
- Loom
- KakaoTalk
- Courier
- Messenger
- Novu
- Naver Works
- Signal
- Vowel
- LINE WORKS
- Mattermost
- Quo
- Rocket.Chat
- Sessions
- Naver Works
Other Communication software
Meet, chat, call, and collaborate in just one place
Free, then $4/mo13 researched notesThe default messaging app in South Korea, bundled with payments, taxi hailing and other Kakao services
Free plan10 researched notesNotification infrastructure API for sending messages across channels
Free plan8 researched notesMeta's standalone messaging app for Facebook, with end to end encryption on by default since 2023
Free plan9 researched notesOpen-source notification infrastructure for multi-channel messaging
Free, then $30/mo8 researched notesKorean and Japanese business messaging with mail, drive and approval workflows in one licence
Free, then 3,000/mo12 researched notesBusiness chat built on the LINE interface, aimed at Japanese firms whose staff and customers already use LINE
Free, then 450/mo13 researched notesDeployment flexibility and compliance across regulatory frameworks
Pricing on request10 researched notesMeetings and webinars with a prepared agenda, interactive blocks and a recorded outcome
Free plan13 researched notesKorean and Japanese business messaging with mail, drive and approval workflows in one licence
Free, then 3,000/mo12 researched notes
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Best Communication software alternatives
Chinese super-app combining messaging, payments, mini programs and identity, effectively required infrastructure in mainland China
Free to download, transaction fees on payments
Messaging app with its strongest user base in Eastern Europe and the Philippines, owned by Japans Rakuten
Free to download, paid business messaging and out calls to landlines and mobilesMeta's standalone messaging app for Facebook, with end to end encryption on by default since 2023
Free, funded by Meta's advertising business
Messaging app that dominates Japan, Taiwan and Thailand, now run by LY Corporation under joint SoftBank and Naver ownership
Free to download, paid stickers and business messaging tiersThe default messaging app in South Korea, bundled with payments, taxi hailing and other Kakao services
Free to download, paid emoticons, gifting and business messaging
Conversational messaging and CPaaS with a flat platform fee stacked on top of Meta per-message rates
Per message sent
Korean business messaging built on the KakaoTalk interface for domestic enterprise teams
Per user per month
White-label community apps published under your own brand on iOS, Android and web
Per month, flat fee with no transaction charge