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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Quip

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AQuip is a collaboration tool, from Salesforce, that helps sales teams accelerate business in real-time with embedded documents, live Salesforce data, and other built-in collaboration features.

    $120

    per year 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

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    $45

    per month

    Pricing
    QuipSlackverybusy
    Editions & Modules
    Enterprise
    $25
    per user per month
    Starter
    $120
    per year per user
    Plus
    $300
    per year per user
    Advanced
    $1,200
    per year per user
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Basic
    $45
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    QuipSlackverybusy
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll editions include unlimited personal documents and folders and a custom subdomain. Paid versions include unlimited document revision history, message archive and group sharing.*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
    QuipSlackverybusy
    Considered Multiple Products
    Salesforce
    Chose Quip
    It's like Google Docs or Microsoft Word, but more team-focused than either. It also reminds me of Slack a little bit in how you can add comments and everyone can view documents right in one place. There's also a side bar where chats can occur. I also really like that you can …
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    Slack is visually pleasant, has nice features. Its learning curve, the templates and documents management, and the team communication are also very good, and another point that stands out is the template feature (and I'm sure they will add more in future updates.) It helps gain …
    Incentivized
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    Confluence is one that I think is semi comparable. I think SharePoint is very similar in nature and OneNote would be comparable as well. I think from a collaboration standpoint it's probably the best out of them. Like I said, it's not very good for version control. I think Confl…
    Incentivized
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    Nothing. Quip was our only choice.
    Incentivized
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    Notion was very good in my personal use of it; however, I have used Quip in a professional environment, and the integration of security control was superb. I think that Quip's version of tables and spreadsheets is better than Notion, but they are very similar in many aspects.
    Incentivized
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    Stacks up well against Google docs for collaboration. Not as ubiquitous as GSuite or Office
    Incentivized
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    While Quip is a fine tool, I personally would recommend an organization leverage Google Work Suite for Docs, Slides, and Sheets over Quip. I found Quip's feature set to be limited in relation to Google, all things considered. However, Quip can be valuable if your company has …
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    We no longer use Teamwork but when we did, we tried to house documents but we'd always forget where they were. They weren't easy to access. Dropbox we still use sometimes, but if all our clients used quip, we would no longer need to use Dropbox except for audio and video files …
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Quip integrates the best with Salesforce. It is not as speedy or as full-featured as these applications. In some cases like Slack, it offers document capabilities that are not possible. Sharepoint has little collaboration other than everyone going to the same location. Quip …
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    Google Drive documents have to be shared 1-by-1. Quip automatically shares docs to everyone.

    Evernote is only used by a select few. Difficult to get everyone onboard to use it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    It's the easiest and most comprehensive tool without the distraction and noise of other tools. Rapid adoption from the team and customers love it too.
    Incentivized
    Chose Quip
    • Functionality of Quip exceeds Evernote across most criteria I can think of.
    • Downside is lower level of adoption of Quip, which makes sharing hard at times.
    • Also, the high penetration of Evernote vs. Quip can make some users resistant to switch tools (high cost) or at times change …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Slack
    Slack has features beyond messaging that make it unmatched. Slack makes it easy to find older conversations even if you aren't part of a channel—very good sync-to-device from PC and mobile apps. To send an email,
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    97%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    QuipSlackverybusy
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Quip and Slack and verybusy
    Feature
    Quip
    8.2
    37 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
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    Task Management8.635 Ratings7.6430 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.221 Ratings6.961 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.624 Ratings7.8363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.822 Ratings8.0396 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.832 Ratings9.4601 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search9.434 Ratings8.2608 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.227 Ratings7.3275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Quip and Slack and verybusy
    Feature
    Quip
    7.8
    37 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    8% above category average
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    Chat7.636 Ratings9.6635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.635 Ratings8.7632 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions8.636 Ratings9.2620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys7.221 Ratings8.1413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase9.426 Ratings7.8412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting6.110 Ratings8.9110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts6.112 Ratings8.7182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.011 Ratings8.9120 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Quip and Slack and verybusy
    Feature
    Quip
    7.9
    37 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
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    Versioning7.827 Ratings8.2326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files7.220 Ratings8.2541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files7.818 Ratings8.4527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.437 Ratings7.9429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.232 Ratings8.3411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.221 Ratings8.3362 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive6.116 Ratings9.0211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.627 Ratings9.0455 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    QuipSlackverybusy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
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    8.8
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    9.0
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    10.0
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    10.0
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    10.0
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    Ease of integration
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    9.7
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    Product Scalability
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    10.0
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    Professional Services
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    QuipSlackverybusy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    I think collaboration is probably the best use case for it allows really good drafts of documents. I think it's really good use case if you want to go track edits to documents as well. It's probably not really good for versioning control, but it's definitely, it's very, very lightweight and so you can use it on a mobile device, you can use it in any web browser. So it's very easy to use, very easily accessible. I probably wouldn't use it from a spreadsheet perspective. Well I think some of the primary functions of data sheets are there. It doesn't have some of the more complex formulas that you would typically get from Excel or something like that
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    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
    Salesforce
    • We use it as an effective way of collaboration between teams.
    • It can be used as an online spreadsheet.
    • It helps in accessing the data by multiple teams hassle-free.
    • Can customize the action like editing or locking the spreadsheet to the other users based on the business need.
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    • 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
    Salesforce
    • When using Quip Desktop, it can be slow to update with content from other users
    • I think it would be cool to have a PDF proofing system integrated into Quip. Once copy has gone to design, we are basically done using Quip - I'd like to bring that all together within Quip
    • Multi -select and group export of documents would be helpful
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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
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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
    Salesforce
    It is the best collaboration tool in my company. Through it, the organization has achieved better connectivity and efficiency in its communication. Primarily, the docs feature of this software is the most utilized in the company. Slowly, dash-boarding and project management features have also been utilized. Generally, it is the best tool, very easy and fairly streamlined
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    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
    Salesforce
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    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
    Salesforce
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    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
    Salesforce
    I have never used Quip's support. To be fair, we hired someone who used to work for Quip before working at our company, and he implemented it and pushed it with the team. He was very biased toward the product, and yes it was better than Google Drive, but by how much?
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    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
    Salesforce
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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
    Salesforce
    Google Drive is an obvious choice for a collaboration suite, but it still has this old-fashioned Windows 95 feel to it, with the standard file system hierarchy and spread-sheet like lists of files. Quip has a fresh take on the user interface, and the comments and discussion on a given file or line within a file seems more integrated and seamless, rather than a bunch of boxes out in the margin away from where you're actually reading and working. Having everything just to the left of a list or paragraph makes it easier to focus and maintain context while you're working or discussing a certain point.
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    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
    Salesforce
    • It is a tool that allows work teams to move forward in a centralized way and meet their objectives as efficiently as possible; this has allowed us to meet our customers and brought more work to the organization, therefore more revenue; I would say that the ROI was fast enough, as expected.
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    • 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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