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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Workspace

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Workspace enables teams of all sizes to connect, create and collaborate. It includes productivity and collaboration tools for work: Gmail for custom business email, Drive for cloud storage, Docs for word processing, Meet for video and voice conferencing, Chat for team messaging, Slides for presentation building, and shared Calendars.

    $6

    per month per user

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Google WorkspaceSlack
    Editions & Modules
    Business Starter
    $6
    per user/per month
    Business Standard
    $12
    per user/per month
    Business Plus
    $18
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google WorkspaceSlack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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    Community Pulse
    Google WorkspaceSlack
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Workspace
    Slack has more IT functional integrations that Google Chat/Spaces at this time. It is being used in more of a "shadow IT" configuration currently with a limited set of paid licenses. Facebook for Business was missing key integrations and with Google Spaces/Currents, it was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    Cisco Meraki SM is definitely recommended for a basic, affordable MDM solution if you are using Google Workspace and want a lot of features. Google Workspaces in-built MDM is OK, but is missing a lot of features, especially for iOS management. The only exception to this is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    Google Workspace offers many more collaboration tools then the Microsoft products. Although the Microsoft products are familiar to so many people, picking up The Google suite of tools is easy. Google also allows us to truly be in the cloud and work from any device from …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    From an ease of use standpoint, Google Workspace is far simpler and easier to use. It offers what we need where Office offers too much of each app/service adding complexity over convenience. Our prior use of Office and even some occasional use of 365 just as a backup is often …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    As an AWS Cloud service user, we initially tried AWS WorkMail, but found the service lacking. While 1/2 the cost of the per user Google Workspace, the email service did not meet our needs. Workspace email interface was far superior, and on that merit alone, we switched. Google …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    From the get-go Google Workspace is more polished, which makes sense given they've had a several-year lead on Microsoft in the cloud productivity space. Google's apps and third-party support [are] still miles ahead of Microsoft, this is in part due to the fact Google has run …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    Google Workspace [(formerly G Suite)] shares many features with it's alternatives. Ultimately, we chose Google Workspace, for now, due to it's superior spam filtering and the feedback we receive from our employees on ease of use using the tools. In addition, the 3rd party …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    Google Workspace's premium feature includes its professional version of Gmail and Calendar functions but for our workforce, Google Chat has evolved to be one of the primary tools for team communication and collaboration.

    In terms of costs and ease of implementation, it is very …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    G Suite for us came down to a few things. Most importantly it is a solid product which doesn't bog down the browser due to sloppy code. It's just snappy when users are in the tools, they don't have to wait around for things to happen. Licensing is also a factor. We don't need …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    They have similar features, but in the end, you just can't compare with G Suite's functionality, interface, and efficiency. G Suite has the fundamental basics you need for running the backend of a client-based business.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    We started to use G Suite without evaluating alternatives. Because only G Suite (Google Apps at that time) had online collaboration capabilities with well integration methods at that time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    The closest comparison to G Suite, specifically Drive, is Dropbox and Sharepoint. Sharepont is clunky and hard to use, and ended up costing us more time trying to use it then it saved us. While Dropbox was much better, it had a higher cost and less features than G Suite, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    When comparing G Suite to Exchange, G Suite takes the cake in almost every respect. It's easier to use, designed for the cloud (unlike Exchange Online), and you get all of the excellent other Google Services. It's a pretty insane value. Do your homework, make sure you've …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    In terms of productivity, especially if you need collaboration features G Suite seems to be much better than 365. Although 365 is probably more feature rich, it can also seem bloated, the GSuite UI is a little less confusing and more straight forward. I think it's probably a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    G Suite is a much more cost efficient way of managing email and documents for a small organization than any other tools we've worked with. A far more robust and diverse option than most and also one that has been financially feasible for us in our cash starved environment as …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    I'd say that G-Suite is quite similar to Office 365, but its probably pared out and less expensive. It probably doesn't have all the bells and whistles that Office has (for example: in Excel), but it gets you 80% of the functionality in an easy-to-use way, and it's probably …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    G Suite has more tools than Office 365. G Suite integrates better with other Apps. Office has better text writer and spreadsheet tools. The email tool is still better in G Suite and it has no limitations on space. File storing is also better in G Suite as it has unlimited space.
    Incentivized
    Chose Google Workspace
    G Suite is just simpler and easier to use. Most people already know how to use Gmail and Google Drive, so having a system that people know vs. having people relearn a new system is a lot better. Zoho - I don't get it. G Suite is easy to use and doesn't require must training for …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Slack
    Slack helps me with integration with the above selected and I get notified with updates from them. Better UI for chat compared to Asana and Google Workspace. Closed environment due to workspace.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    In my opinion, the closest to Slack in terms of UI is Discord. But Slack is much more professional with more functionalities that doesn't require very technical knowledge (good for our older staff who began their digital journey within the last decade). In terms of workflow …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    I haven't used other tools that work similarly to Slack.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    It's just an actual messaging soft ware to use, compard to other that can be underwhelming or just not useful when your company is growing, Slack keep unity and option for communication that caters anyone, depending on what they feel comfortable and with what type or works they …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    To me, there is no competition between Slack and Microsoft Teams. In my opinion, Slack crushes MS Teams in every regard and is a pleasure to use. I think MS Teams on the surface looks like it has a comparable feature set, but when you actually USE the app, there's no question: …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack would be the "business" alternative to Discord, although the latter's focus is on younger audiences and video gamers. I've used it in my company, much like Slack. Both share similar features, but Slack is better suited to the business context, especially considering the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Having had a lot of experience with Google Chat and Teams, Slack is far and away the better option.

    In comparison to Teams, Slack is much cleaner with a far more user friendly AI, Teams is far too clunky and feels tiresome to use, whereas it is super easy to pick up Slack and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    I absolutely hate Microsoft Teams, I dislike Google Chat, I really like Slack. The main reason for that rating boils down to UI and usability. At my company, we have to use teams and chat still when we are interacting with customers or certain other departments within the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    We did not found the same level of features on all these products. Where Slack is better than other ones, is that you are interacting with other really fast, you can jump in open channels, private channels, be updated about topics and also manage different workspaces. The …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    That time, Google Chat was lacking with many functionalities like, canvas, survey, instant call from the same app etc.,
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack’s cross-platform accessibility—whether on desktop, mobile, or via API—makes it highly adaptable for various teams, ensuring it's a comprehensive solution for modern collaboration needs. All these factors contribute to its top-tier usability, making it a favorite for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack has a much easier, simple interface and is easy to access, log into (using SSO) on multiple devices enabling work from anywhere. Simple and Secure!
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is pretty great for startups and early teams. Microsoft teams feels a little corporate to me so I personally don't prefer it. Plus the slack interface is just the right amount of customizable and beautiful. Not a fan of others. I also love the integrations Slack offers …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is great for communicating with our remote team across the country. It keeps our teams connected when working on multiple projects and initiatives. Slack has more connectivity options than Google Meet, making it a valuable tool. Since we use other products, integration is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    i didn't choose Slack - Slack chose me. i am familiar with Skype but i don't know all its functionalities so i cannot say if Slack is better or not. i feel like Skype lags a lot and takes up too much space when replying to another message. Rocket.Chat is great. it could have …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is a way better tool as compared to Google Chat or Google Hangout. Pumble gives a Slack alike feel and could be a good option. However, Microsoft Teams can be a tough competitor as Teams has good integrations with all Office products, Outlook, and web conferencing. And …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack provides a way to monitor and manage channels and groups, which is not an option on Google Hangouts. However, Slack also allows for the admin to check conversations between 2 people on the company, and there is no way for the 2 people to be aware of that happening, this …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    We selected Slack because HipChat was being deprecated, and we needed to migrate to something else. Slack was the closest product in comparison to what we had tested. There were pains in migrating, but after all, was completed, it was pretty close to the same functionality and …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    58 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    57 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
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    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    Google WorkspaceSlack
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Google Workspace and Slack
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Google Workspace and Slack
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Google Workspace and Slack
    Feature
    Google Workspace
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google WorkspaceSlack
    Small Businesses
    Google Workspace Essentials
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Apache OpenOffice
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft 365 Business Premium
    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google WorkspaceSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (121 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.2
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google WorkspaceSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Workspace does offer several different plans that can match well with the stage of your business. As your business grows, the higher plans can provide the better tooling or expanded features/products to scale with your needs. It would probably become very complicated to swap over to, if you are deeply embedded with another competitor. But, it could be a nice platform to consolidate several disconnected systems under one roof.
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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Google Calendar...amazing. I don't need to ask team members when they're busy anymore and play this game of bouncing times back and forth. All I need to do is enter their email address and it shows my calendar and theirs side by side and then select the day and time I find that works best for the both of us.
    • I actually prefer Google Meet over Zoom. Zoom bogs down my computer and I find their UI overcomplicated for what it actually does. Google Meet is simple and does practically everything Zoom does without needing to pay any extra money.
    • Sheets integrates with our CRM (Copper) so it's perfect for us. Being able to export information out of our CRM into sheets and then create pivot tables from that data makes our lives a million times better.
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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    Cons
    Google
    • Pricing is a little bit higher than other services
    • The cost of each email inbox costs the same whether you want just email or all of the features. For example, we wanted a support email address that we could setup our support desk with. The cost of that added account is the same as the account I use with all of the features.
    • They removed their free tier for small organizations like mine and restricted the free tier from adding new domain names. This was likely due to abuse, but everyone lost the privilege of the free service.
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    There is no better solution for cloud storage and real time collaboration. The amount of features included in G Suite is unmatched and out of other things we’ve tried over the years, nothing comes close to being as great of a tool.
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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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    Usability
    Google
    Google Workspace is incredibly intuitive and user friendly. It's easy to adopt through simple features, for example the prompts to enable Gemini on each call for note taking is reliable, and helps to stop you forgetting to use the feature. The main reason for a strong rating is the consistency and reliability, whilst there's definitely areas for improvement, for example additional calendar features (sharing), or deeper functionality in sheets. The level that it provides means that anyone adopting it will be able to take full use of features within a day or two. Gmail, calendar and the documentation suite contain all the basic features for a small / medium business to run at a high level day to day, with minimal downtime or learning curves.
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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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    Performance
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    My experiences of getting support have been positive. Calling in is not overly difficult, but it does require getting a PIN. The knowledge of those responding to the calls has been impressive. I have managed to work with them to fix two Google bugs that I had identified. These bugs required a some technical expertise and the support staff were able to understand the issue and forward the concerns to the appropriate persons. The first bug was fixed with 24 hours. The second bug took a little longer, but it was also more complicated to reproduce.
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    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    nothing to say
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    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    There are lots of competitors to various tools in Workspace, like Meet versus Zoom. However, Microsoft is the other big competitor I can think of for Google Workspace as a whole. To me, at least, the strength of Workspace is how easy it is to share and collaborate with others. For items that I only need for myself and can keep on my own computer, I typically rely on Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. For items that I need to share, I turn to Workspace a lot. Being able to collaborate in real-time and not having to send documents back and forth is so amazing, and such a time saver. And I love that Workspace is also a built-in tool with Dropbox now.
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Zero to no time managing tools allows us to focus on work saving us time and money
    • Google Workspace allowed us to seamlessly transition to a fully remote workforce when the Coronavirus pandemic started - no lost time or productivity.
    • Easily able to extend our workspace and add features, e.g. Voice, saving us time implementing other services.
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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