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Yac is a quick and easy way to collaborate asynchronously with your team on your own time. Replace whole meetings and share information faster with a single voice note or a screenshare rich in context and reclaim your day.

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Yac Media

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Yac Reviews (29)

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Casey E.

Supervising Producer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/21/2022

"Time Saving & Continually Improving"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

Yac is the kind of service where, once you start using it, you're surprised that no one made it sooner. It's incredibly useful to be able to quickly create screen recordings and share them, particularly as sharable links that you can send to anyone outside of your organization. The devs are always friendly and responsive, and they seem genuinely dedicated to making the platform the best that it can be. Keep up the good work! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

The UI takes some getting used to, especially coming from an app like Slack. Some functions aren't where you'd intuitively expect them to be. But once you get accustomed to it, it's not problematic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Yac:

In many cases, a screen recording is the simplest way of explaining a multi-step process or talking through an in-depth question. If you'd like a way to create them quickly, and send them to anyone you choose, give Yac a try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yac solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can create a screen recording of anything, and within seconds, have a sharable link that I can send in an email, without any concern about permissions or account access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dudu N.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/24/2022

"Make meetings effective isn't a dream anymore"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

Besides being a great tool, Yac brings a new way of collaborating without the need of being in a meeting at the same time regardless of the settings (zoom, on-site...). The tool in itself is easy to use, fast and delightful. It is fun to use Yac daily.

Have you ever thought about how to document your meetings better? Or, maybe you forgot to mention something but the discussion is past, and now you can't make up for it. Well, Yac got your back. Designed to document, (re)iterate, and build up ideas.

We, at CODENATO, can't recommend it enough. It really changed, and it is constantly changing how we work as a team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

It's a tool that requires a lot of cultural change. Therefore, not everyone will understand at first. Some people will need more time to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jay M.

Founder and Principal

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/13/2022

"Not just a productivity app, but also a philosophy"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

Yac is super intuitive and makes communicating with your team a breeze. The support from the team is fantastic, and the founders obsess over the user experience in a good way! The onboarding and knowledge-share during that time is second to none. Plus, you get introduced to a new and very productive way of working called "asynchronous," if you hadn't already heard of it. This app is the perfect tool to help you and your team achieve no-meeting-nirvana while still staying totally plugged into what everyone is doing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

Nothing that I can think of. This app is under continuous improvement, and the Yac team is unbelievably accessible to share any concerns, ideas for feature updates, or even technical issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Yac:

At first, I wasn't sure I needed another app in my life to have to "check and respond to". But, this was truly game-changing for my team and me, and even our clients love using this app. Because it's rooted in the "asynchronous" model of work, you can lose the FOMO and use the app when it suits you. You run the app, the app doesn't run you. If you're not sure, give it a try for two weeks, and I bet you'll fall in love with it like I have.

If you're a one-person show, this probably won't help you much, (unless you use it with friends and family, and even then, that could really save you a bunch of time), so where it shines is when you use it with teams or small groups like friends and family. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yac solving and how is that benefiting you?

Less meetings that suck up time and provide little value in return. The team is more productive, communication has increased, but the time spent in meetings has dropped to near zero. We've achieved this with our internal teams AND our clients. When there's less meetings eating away at your day/week/month, you get so much more done. And with Yac, you're not sacrificing communication and alignment; you're actually increasing it. Multiply those savings in time and gain in productivity across your entire team, and it's staggering how valuable this tool is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sean B.

Founder, CEO & Principal Consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/23/2022

"Ya – the future of practical & effective communication"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

Dynamic communication that allows for users to communicate their tone & inflection which reduces miscommunication. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

Only that I am impatient when I see game changing products like Yac take time for the masses to adopt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Yac:

Diverted. Get as many users to try this product exclusively and survey very experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yac solving and how is that benefiting you?

Reduction in time to communicate. Communicate more effectively. Reduction and misunderstanding. Ergonomic and natural way to communicate; no more typing fatigue! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nola S.

Business Development Director

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/31/2022

"Great asynchronous tool"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

I recently was introduced to YAC and I

love the smooth functionality. Your

recordings are automatically

translated using Al and it's pretty

accurate. You can send notes and

continue working while waiting for a

response. It's fun that gifs have been

included but I love that you can get

links for short voice memos you can

post into social media etc. I just use

them for celebratory notes but it's way

more personal to hear my voice

saying Woohoo! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

I need to get to know more people who use it. Hoping the review will encourage more people I know to try it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harris K.

Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/19/2022

"Try talking to them"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

Have you wanted to say something to someone and found it difficult lately? Try talking to them. Seriously, it can be that easy. Just use Yac. They live and breathe this new remote work environment, and they have people who understand it better than anyone. Tyler on their team has been instrumental in helping my company elimiminate meetings from our calendar. You can do screen shares, audio messages, and more with their great cross-platform desktop and mobile apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

Yac is a new tool in the toolkit and change is hard. It will take consideration to incorporate something new to your workflow. Fortunately, the app is constantly improving and getting easier and more fun to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew C.

President

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/21/2022

"Pretty Sweet"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

I think my favorite thing is the transcription feature. Someone can send me a Yac and I can read it like a text message. It's pretty rare that I can't get the gist of the message just from reading it. And of course if anything isn't clear, I can just listen to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

The app feels a little Beta. Some of the navigation is clunky. They've improved it in the six months or so that I've been using it. Because of the nature of it, I expect it to navigate like Slack or Discord, but it doesn't and that feels non-intuitive. That's really the issue. The navigation does not feel familiar. It's not like email, it's not like Slack. It's just odd. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Yac:

I don't know why everyone isn't using it. It's so damn convenient. And cheap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yac solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm using it to communicate with my team. When an email is going to be longer than about two sentences, I just send a Yac. Maybe even more important, my team can send me what would otherwise have to be phone calls without interrupting what I'm doing. I can then Yac back at my convenience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Francis G.

Co-Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/21/2022

"I'm new to this, look forward to learning more."

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

I'm very new to this all, but I love being able to say what I need to thoughtfully - I also prefer attending to and answering when I can, and Yac makes this possible. I am amazed that it transcribes what I say... mostly right. I claim to think async; I may not be very experienced working in a team this way - but I'm excited to learn more about this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

I often make the mistake of opening a message prematurely, and I'd love to be able to pin messages I'm yet to respond to. The other thing that I would like is to lift phone to my ear to listen to privately should I be in a quiet area... it may be a user error, but if not, would be great. That said, I'm new to it - so would love to learn it more and have yet to do the on-boarding, so I stand to be corrected in these cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gavin D.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/7/2022

"Low Friction Comms with Stakeholders"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

I can just hop on a Yac and start sharing my thoughts so frictionlessly. It's very high bandwidth communication, compared to written messages; but doesn't require the overhead of scheduling a live call. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

If you aren't thoughtful about where to fit Yac into your communication stack, it can become "just another notification to deal with. Discipline in what/how you use Yac for is required! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yac solving and how is that benefiting you?

Yac has been a game changer for me as the founder of a tech startup. It needs to be as easy as possible to speak to our stakeholders + advisors, and Yac opens up a channel between email (slow/low bandwidth) and in person calls (fast/hard to schedule). Yac encourages more communication from the smart people I want to get the most out of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rich U.

CEO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/21/2022

"Changed my life and gave me time back!"

5/5

What do you like best about Yac?

Using the Yac app is like a cash-back credit card but for time! I have less than 5% of the meetings I used to. I put my entire team on Yac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yac?

I have nothing bad to say about Yac except that they improve the app so much and fast I have a hard time keeping up with them! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.