Zoho Cliq
Zoho Cliq is team communication software for businesses, with channels, guest access, meetings, and workflow tools. It supports unlimited message history, while group size ranges from 100 to 500 participants and searchable-message limits range from 10,000 to unlimited depending on the plan. Meetings accommodate up to 100 participants on lower tiers; higher tiers support 1,000 active participants and 10,000 viewers. Features include AI chat summaries, workflow automation, whiteboards, screen sharing, calendars, and reminders. Listed integrations include Zoho People, Zoho Projects, Zoho Calendar, Zoho Notebook, Office 365, Twitter, and third-party extensions. Admin controls include user provisioning and de-provisioning, roles, permissions, module settings, and channel management. Plans include encryption in transit and at rest, SSL, SSO, and two-factor authentication. Its developer platform provides APIs, slash commands, message actions, bots, functions, schedulers, databases, widgets, and internal apps. It runs on web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. The free plan costs $0.00 USD per free and includes 100 group participants, 10,000 searchable messages, and 100 GB of storage per organization.
Who it is for
Zoho Cliq suits businesses that need team messaging, meetings, and workflow features across desktop and mobile platforms. Its admin and developer tools may also suit organizations managing users or building internal apps.
What is good
- Unlimited message history
- Channels and guest access are supported
- Includes workflow automation, whiteboards, and screen sharing
- Developer platform includes APIs, bots, and internal apps
- Available across web, desktop, and mobile
What to know first
- Free plan limits groups to 100 participants
- Free plan provides 10,000 searchable messages
- Professional and Enterprise require at least 10 users
Verdict
Zoho Cliq combines business chat with meetings, administration, workflow, and developer features. Compare group-size and searchable-message limits across plans against your team’s needs.
Zoho Cliq plans and pricing
All plansCompared on team chat apps
- Free plan
- Yes
- Channels
- Yes
- Guest access
- Yes
- Message history
- unlimited
- Integrations
- Zoho People, Zoho Projects, Zoho Calendar, Zoho Notebook, Office 365, Twitter, third-party extensions
- Supported platforms
- Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, API
- Maximum members
- 100,000 users
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