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A Private Team Chat
Talk to your own team without clients or contractors ever seeing it. There is a team chat for the whole company, and a “team only” channel on every project for things that belong with the job.
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Say It Once.In the Right Place.
A private team chat, one-to-one chat with each contractor, project chats with clients, and a notification bell so nothing that needs a reply waits unseen.
The problem
Your Project Lives in Five Different Group Chats
The client messages your mobile, the electrician WhatsApps at six in the morning, the team talks in a group that includes someone who should not be in it, and the one message that mattered is buried. Information gets lost and things get said in the wrong place.
The answer
Every Conversation Has a Home
Messages live next to the project they belong to, the right people see them, and the ones that need you are flagged.
FAQ
Questions.
Can clients see my team chat?
No. The team chat and the “team only” channel on each project are never shown to clients or contractors.
Do contractors need an account to message me?
No. They use their private link, or a free RAAIX contractor account if they prefer one place for every company they work for.
Is the contractor chat shared with other contractors?
Not the one-to-one chat. That is private between your office and that contractor. The project chat is different: it is shared with the contractors on that project.
Can I send files in a chat?
Yes, in the project chats you can attach files to a message.
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