Volley is built for groups. Volley is used by remote teams to improve communication, coaches to run group coaching, and community managers to bring their communities together face-to-face. While async video messaging is core to the experience of both Volley and Marco Polo, the similarities end there. Not only does Volley have a desktop app for both Mac and PC, it has a bunch of features specifically geared to help groups collaborate more effectively– Workspaces, Channels, Mark for Follow Up, Screen Recording, Sidebar Conversations, and Doc & File sharing.
In short, no. Volley is no more of a competitor to Marco Polo than Linkedin is a competitor to Facebook. While both Linkedin and Facebook allow you to post text, images, and videos publicly that can be found on a feed, they were built for different uses by different audiences. Similarly, while Volley and Marco Polo share a hero feature (video messaging), they were built for two different uses by two different audiences.
There's no catch. Volley is built for remote work, therefore our free version needs to have more robust functionality. We have a pro version and offer premium spaces for more features and members. View our pricing and plans here.
Absolutely! We do too :).
Just keep in mind that it's not the use case we're focused on. So, if you request us to build a unicorn voice because this is what you need to entertain grandma, don't be bummed when we respectfully decline.
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