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My biggest issue with HipChat is the inability to run multiple organizations on the same client. The video and audio "premium" features are really a terrible idea as there's Skype, Google Hangouts, UberConference, and similar for that and they are free and core businesses and Atlassian cannot and should not attempt to compete with those!

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Have you tried http://Kato.im ? They're the only product which supports multiple organizations in the same client -- and it's done in a really powerful way that doesn't force you to switch between orgs. You could have one or four open and still communicate effectively.

Flowdock also supports multiple organizations in one client.

It's true (and great!), but you can't see two conversations from two different organizations at the same time - have to click.

There's isn't much info about it - not even a single screenshot.

http://www.appvita.com/2014/04/29/kato-leverage-group-commun...

http://blog.kato.im/

I guess the website is still getting redesigned ;)

Got any invites? :)

gig-mFfk

Thanks!

"multiple organizations on the same client" - that would be a super addition. HipChat ultimately could be used both as a business tool (esp. for contractors) and also a personal closed environment network communication tool.

Yup! This would even put Skype to shame as you can separate personal from business. It also works for people who work on different projects part time, so, you don't have to remember to log out to log in. :)

My company uses HipChat, and my group has been liking the video & audio features. My company also uses gmail & the google suite and traditionally it's always been a pain when trying to do a hangout chat w/ someone who hasn't done it before. Need to download some plugin, install something, blah blah. Not to mention that there are about 58.3 different ways of initiating a video chat w/ someone via google.

Since they've added the video chatting, we've been loving it. There's a single button to click, it Just Works, etc.

I'd love to see multiple organisations also. I think the problem's only going to get worse now that HipChat is free- why wouldn't different work teams etc. adopt it?

See comments above... there are apps that let you have multiple organizations

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