Parlanos MindAlign 6.0

As a dedicated platform for real-time persistent group chat, Parlano's MindAlign delivers a well-designed set of user and administration tools but lacks reporting tools for users and an underlying one-on-one chat application.

eWEEK Labs tested the stand-alone version of MindAlign, which differs from both Team Sessions and the competing Jabber Inc. XCP in that its focus is on creating real-time group discussions rather than using underlying IM tools to create group discussions on top of an IM platform.