Matt McClure | HipChat vs. SkypeHipChat vs. Skype 2012-06-22, Wellesley, MA My teammates and I just finished a two week HipChat trial as a possible replacement for Skype chat. TL;DR: We’re sticking with Skype. Despite Skype’s chat weaknesses, having a single tool that does group voice, video and chat works better for us than using two overlapping tools. The Skype Group Chat Anti-pattern Skype doesn’t let you rejoin a group chat
