GroupMap vs. Slack

Slack

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
GroupMap	Score 0.0 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	GroupMap is a real-time brainstorming, collaboration, and decision-making platform designed for facilitators, educators, and teams running workshops, retrospectives, and planning sessions. Structured facilitation, not a blank canvas Unlike open-ended whiteboard tools, GroupMap moves groups through a defined workflow: brainstorm, group, vote, prioritize, and assign actions, all within a single session. Participants contribute simultaneously, which reduces meeting time and removes…	$20 per month per facilitator
Slack	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Slack 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…	$0

Pricing

GroupMap

Slack

Editions & Modules

1. Basic: $20
per month per facilitator
2. Professional plan: $60
per month per facilitator
3. Event / Enterprise: Custom quote

Free: $0
Pro: $7.25*
per month per user
Business+: $12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise: Contact Sales

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
GroupMap	Slack
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

No setup fee

Additional Details

GroupMap has four tiers: Free (14-day trial, up to 10 participants per map, 1 map creator, unlimited maps) Basic ($200/year, up to 10 participants per map, 1 map creator, standard reporting) Professional ($600/year, up to 50 participants per map, 100 and 200 participant plans also available, unlimited maps and workspaces, priority support) Enterprise (custom pricing, custom participant limits, multiple facilitators, white labeling, SSO, custom domain). Billing is monthly or annual. Only map creators and facilitators need a license; participants joining a map do not need an account.

*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.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	GroupMap	Slack
Considered Both Products	GroupMap No answer on this topic	Slack Shrikant Joshi Sr. Director engineering Chose Slack Slack was more of a company directive. Teams has its strengths. But Slack definitely seems more mature in terms of features that engineering teams love. Video conferencing is much better in teams. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack I think it stacks. I haven't seen those products in the last few years, but I feel like the way Slack has evolved and how much integration it has with Salesforce. I don't think any of the other tools I've seen do that. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack better price and less spam with Slack. It was the best decision to switch to this communication platform for our company. We would do it again if given the opportunity. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack Teams has an edge over Slack as teams is also a meeting platform Copilot by teams is very well integrated tot eams making it super easy to use AI without extra steps and additional integrations Teams is also great with long messages / rewording messages and any vocabulary … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack The other platforms have valuable features (like progress kanbans and storage for big files) but none of them work on their own. Slack is the central hub that we use for all communications, discussions, and meetings. Slack excels at versatility and ease-of-use. Everyone knows … Incentivized Helpful? Matt Aldridge Knowledge Lead Chose Slack In comparison to Teams, I think Slack is a much nicer platform to use. If your technology department allows you to integrate third party applications, it can work really well paired with zoom, sharepoint etc. I think for many mid sized businesses it can be a good fit to enhance … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack Slack is better suited for actual work teams rather than communities, so it wins against Discord. About HipChat - in my opinion, it was a dinosaur that is not discounted, and it's obvious why, considering the type of product Slack delivered! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack From a corporate standpoint, I don’t really have another example. On a personal level, the closest comparisons would be WhatsApp, Messenger, or KakaoTalk. To me, it feels like — as I said — the corporate WhatsApp. Not that Salesforce wants it to be compared that way or used … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack No, I use many. I use Google Meet, I use teams, I use many others. Again, it's the same, not many things, but if I'm repeating myself, it's all about sharing the information, how quickly it's effective, the quality is good, the huddle is fine, you can share all the, so all the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack Microsoft Teams feels clunky in comparison to Slack. Slack feels more versatile and intuitive, and much more tech minded then Microsoft Teams does. I would say Microsoft Teams may have the advantage if your business is fully with Microsoft (ie the full Office suite), but other … Incentivized Helpful? Hans Fuchs Director of Partnerships Chose Slack I've dabbled with Microsoft Teams and Zoom's chat features in past roles at startups. Teams integrates well with Office but feels clunky for quick searches and daily chats. Zoom is great for video but lacks robust file sharing and app integrations. Slack wins for us with its … Incentivized Helpful? Jeremy Herman Security Engineer Chose Slack Teams and Slack both have Pros and Cons. We use both for communicating. Microsoft Teams is good from the prospective that you can set up Distribution Groups and Private Groups for sharing out links from One Drive and Sharepoint. The integration is built in so that all the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack Slack has a more modern feel as far as ease of use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack Slack holds up fairly well with the others. They all have the same basic features. Where they do differ is the execution. You can tell that for Teams and Discord, they had Slack in mind when they were designing their system. These two would be the closest to Slack, even in … Incentivized Helpful? YB Yogendra Bais Assistant Manager at Flyhomes Chose Slack The applications i have used earlier is not much user friendly, I can not do video calls in groups and tagging system is not available accross the company. Feedback and survey or process updated delivery feature makes Slack different than other companies. Slack is really time … Incentivized Helpful? TL Tim Lacine Accountant Chose Slack 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. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack Teams is better to schedule meetings with and integrates with Outlook well, but that leads to duplicate notifications for things, which is distracting and a waste of time. Messaging in Teams not great compared to Slack, and has the potential to have people outside your … Incentivized Helpful? Allie Wickam Owner Chose Slack I haven't used other tools that work similarly to Slack. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack Ease of use is a game-changer. Slack works so intuitively. People started collaborating automatically, and digital communities started to appear. We haven't seen that kind of engagement with other tools or workflows. It makes working together fun, and that is something that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Slack Constant Contact and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Incentivized Helpful? RW Reuben Williams Systems support Engineer Chose Slack Slack offers great user interface that is easy to navigate through. Customer support team are very user freindly and helpful. The pricing of Slack is fairly affordable compared to other product. Great integration capabilities with other products and the search feature is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous 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 Helpful?

Features

GroupMap

Slack

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	GroupMap - Ratings	Slack 7.9 Ratings 2% above category average
Task Management	00 Ratings	7.70 Ratings
Gantt Charts	00 Ratings	6.90 Ratings
Scheduling	00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Workflow Automation	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Mobile Access	00 Ratings	9.40 Ratings
Search	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Visual planning tools	00 Ratings	7.30 Ratings

Communication

Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
	GroupMap - Ratings	Slack 8.7 Ratings 9% above category average
Chat	00 Ratings	9.60 Ratings
Notifications	00 Ratings	8.80 Ratings
Discussions	00 Ratings	9.20 Ratings
Surveys	00 Ratings	8.10 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase	00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting	00 Ratings	8.90 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts	00 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook	00 Ratings	8.90 Ratings

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	GroupMap - Ratings	Slack 8.4 Ratings 4% above category average
Versioning	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Video files	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Audio files	00 Ratings	8.50 Ratings
Document collaboration	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Access control	00 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
Advanced security features	00 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Device sync	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	GroupMap	Slack
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	9.5 (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	GroupMap	Slack
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Slack suites well for multiple scenarios. (1) table stacks 1-1 and group conversations. (2) Level of integrations with external systems like, Confluence, Google Docs, JIRA, etc. (3) Nice integration with Claude allows lots of automation possible. (4) Allows external people (outside the company) to participate. This is great for direct customer interactions. Shrikant Joshi Sr. Director engineering Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Huddles Run smoothly without any interferences. Smooth individual calls quick and easy without any interruptions. seamless notifications across multiple devices The ability to easily tag a team member to urgently attend to a specific escalation. Slack being user friendly and able to integrate easily with other platforms and apps. How to easily open up different channels for different escalations and needs. a safe direct messaging option. Incentivized Donavan Dunga Training Manager Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Undoubtedly Slack’s search function is powerful but sometimes it is difficult to find specific messages or files in very active channels with high message volumes. This needs an improvement. I have experienced notification issues on my phone. I am not receiving notifications and have missed important updates as a result. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, but the problem still persists. The Business Plus plan does not include support for data loss prevention or offline backup providers. Incentivized RK Rezwan Karim Business Analyst Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	Slack sitll lacks in functionality. It's better than Skype for Business in many ways, but it is still another chat/message board app. It has limits in free version and paid versions. Also Windows app has errors that bother me, for example, I see number on one of my team's icons. It suggests that one of channels has unread messages; I check all channels - no unread messages, but that "1" still appears Incentivized Filip Witkowski Web Developer Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	My rating was 7. Its intuitive interface and user-friendly features like channels, threads, and integrations make it excellent for team communication and onboarding. However, its usability is held back by the resource-intensive desktop app and cluttered feeling in large workspaces. The mobile app's performance and unreliable notifications have also been noted as weaknesses. chaitanya prasad reddy potula Analyst Read full review
Reliability and Availability	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Leonardo Oliveira Quality Analyst Read full review
Performance	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Leonardo Oliveira Quality Analyst Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized BP Benjamin Plotkin Technical Project Manager Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Leonardo Oliveira Quality Analyst Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	Teams and Slack both have Pros and Cons. We use both for communicating. Microsoft Teams is good from the prospective that you can set up Distribution Groups and Private Groups for sharing out links from One Drive and Sharepoint. The integration is built in so that all the Microsoft apps run natively with each other. Slack benefits from organizing different topics in channels that are all under one overarching project. These channels are easily created or destroyed depending on the coding issue at hand. Incentivized Jeremy Herman Security Engineer Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Improved communication and coordination to move companies from pre-POC, to POC, and then to paid partnership at a faster pace Increased observability and visibility, in terms of time to detection and time to resolution of issues on production environments Reduced friction in scheduling and executing synchronous communication, either directly through Slack huddles for quick calls or through the Zoom integration for longer meetings Incentivized KW Kelsey Wong Software Engineer Read full review
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