It is really difficult to find a decent chatting and instant chat (with cams) solution to compliment the easysocial community that I have built. My users are screaming for one.
I am really tempted by AVchat 3 (
http://avchat.net/) as it has reasonable pricing and has an integration module for easysocial ready to go. However after testing it out, the chat works great but looks outdated. I am really put off by this, it would not fit my style at all and a full redesign would mean a ton (and I mean a ton) of time. However, they also have great reviews and the application benchmarks well, so I am slightly confused, I want to like this software but can't!
Now there is the other option of Flashcoms community chat (
http://www.flashcoms.com/products/community_video_chat/overview/). Besides the fact they want a cool $650.00 USD for the software (unlimited users) and integration with easysocial, they do not have a integration kit so I am slightly dubious of how great the integration will be.
The software looks great and it seems to benchmark OK, my server will handle the load fine but again it is more expensive and seems more hassle. Yet I am very drawn to it?
Has anybody had experience with this software? Can you recommend it or maybe anything else that I may be missing on the market?
I am already using cometchat for instant chat, this works great already but I need dedicated chat rooms with audio and video.
Any help or advice greatly appreciated