Answers.Body: <p>both tags and groups are ways to segment contacts. There are a few differences:</p>
  
  <p><strong>Tags</strong>
   - can be used for contacts, activities, cases and attachments
   - quick to add, easy to use and find
   - you can not extends tags with custom fields AFAIK
   - easy to spot on the contact summary (if you do not use too many)
   - can not be used to create a segment of contacts for a bulk mailing</p>
  
  <p><strong>Groups</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>can be used to segment contacts only</li>
  <li>can be extended with custom fields</li>
  <li>can be used for Bulk Mailing and ACL's (fine grained permissions), scheduled reminders and subscribe/unsubscribe</li>
  <li>you can also create smart groups (check <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/smart-groups/" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/smart-groups/</a>)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>You can read a little more on <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/groups-and-tags/" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/groups-and-tags/</a> and I would recommend you play a little with both to discover what would be the best alternative for your specific need.</p>
  
  <p>And a little remark at the end: although there is a CiviCRM Core Team most of the posts on this forum are answered by community members :-) I get the impression from the "Civi-Team" you are expecting a big team of people employed by CiviCRM answering these questions :-)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>TAGS:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>You can not create Tags for use with specific types of contacts (i.e. you can't create tags that are ONLY for use with Individual contacts)</li>
  <li>When you export Tags, all Tags assigned to a record are exported in a single "cell" as a list (e.g. "Teacher, Volunteer")</li>
  <li>Tags allow multiple selections - so they may not be appropriate for mutually exclusive characteristics (e.g. "Democrat", "Republican", "Green Party")</li>
  <li>You cannot selectively hide or permission Tags on built-in or Profile create and edit forms (you get ALL Tags ALL THE TIME on edit forms)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>GROUPS:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>All existing Groups are listed under Manage Groups and in the search forms. - This may cause group "overload" if your organization winds up with "too many" Groups.</li>
  <li>Groups used for short-term projects should be "purged" when they're no longer needed</li>
  <li>When exporting contact records, all the Groups a contact belongs to are exported as a single comma-separate list (e.g. "Administrators,Newsletter Subscribers")</li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Groups are mini objects
  Tags are mini fields</p>
  
  <p>Instead of creating an object called locals, or major donors, you can make a group or smartgroup with those people.</p>
  
  <p>Instead of creating a "yes" or "no" custom field field to mark whether a person lives in a gated community, you could just create a tag called gated community, and then you don't need the custom field.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Liebes Civi-Team, </p>
  
  <p>was ist der Unterschied zwischen den Tags und den Gruppen? Wie wäre es ratsam, diese einzusetzen?</p>
  
  <p>Viele Grüße</p>
  
  <p>Kerstin Krupp</p>
  
  <p>Dear Civi-Team, </p>
  
  <p>what is the differencer between tags and groups?</p>
  
  <p>Best, Kerstin Krupp</p>
  
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Title: What is the difference between Tag or Group
ThreadText: # What is the difference between Tag or Group
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-26)
  
  Liebes Civi-Team,
  
  was ist der Unterschied zwischen den Tags und den Gruppen? Wie wäre es ratsam, diese einzusetzen?
  
  Viele Grüße
  
  Kerstin username_0
  
  Dear Civi-Team,
  
  what is the differencer between tags and groups?
  
  Best, Kerstin username_0
  
  **Tags:** webform-civicrm
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-26. Score: 6
  
  both tags and groups are ways to segment contacts. There are a few differences:
  
  **Tags**
  - can be used for contacts, activities, cases and attachments
  - quick to add, easy to use and find
  - you can not extends tags with custom fields AFAIK
  - easy to spot on the contact summary (if you do not use too many)
  - can not be used to create a segment of contacts for a bulk mailing
  
  **Groups**
  
  * can be used to segment contacts only
  * can be extended with custom fields
  * can be used for Bulk Mailing and ACL's (fine grained permissions), scheduled reminders and subscribe/unsubscribe
  * you can also create smart groups (check <https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/smart-groups/>)
  
  You can read a little more on <https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/groups-and-tags/> and I would recommend you play a little with both to discover what would be the best alternative for your specific need.
  
  And a little remark at the end: although there is a CiviCRM Core Team most of the posts on this forum are answered by community members :-) I get the impression from the "Civi-Team" you are expecting a big team of people employed by CiviCRM answering these questions :-)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-09-03. Score: 2
  
  TAGS:
  
  * You can not create Tags for use with specific types of contacts (i.e. you can't create tags that are ONLY for use with Individual contacts)
  * When you export Tags, all Tags assigned to a record are exported in a single "cell" as a list (e.g. "Teacher, Volunteer")
  * Tags allow multiple selections - so they may not be appropriate for mutually exclusive characteristics (e.g. "Democrat", "Republican", "Green Party")
  * You cannot selectively hide or permission Tags on built-in or Profile create and edit forms (you get ALL Tags ALL THE TIME on edit forms)
  
  GROUPS:
  
  * All existing Groups are listed under Manage Groups and in the search forms. - This may cause group "overload" if your organization winds up with "too many" Groups.
  * Groups used for short-term projects should be "purged" when they're no longer needed
  * When exporting contact records, all the Groups a contact belongs to are exported as a single comma-separate list (e.g. "Administrators,Newsletter Subscribers")
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2020-06-05. Score: 0
  
  Groups are mini objects
  Tags are mini fields
  
  Instead of creating an object called locals, or major donors, you can make a group or smartgroup with those people.
  
  Instead of creating a "yes" or "no" custom field field to mark whether a person lives in a gated community, you could just create a tag called gated community, and then you don't need the custom field.
  
  
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