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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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
    Slack
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Slack
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level 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
    Slack
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    Chose Slack
    Before using Slack, I worked with Microsoft Teams. Teams is good for meeting and works well with microsoft 365, but I found Slack easier for day-to-day communication.
    Incentivized
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Chose Slack
    Slack has a more modern feel as far as ease of use.
    Incentivized
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Chose Slack
    I haven't used other tools that work similarly to Slack.
    Incentivized
    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
    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
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    Slack
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Slack
    Feature
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Task Management7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling7.7363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.4601 Ratings
    Search8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.2275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Slack
    Feature
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Slack
    Feature
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Versioning8.2326 Ratings
    Video files8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.9429 Ratings
    Access control8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync9.0455 Ratings
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    Slack
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    Flock
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Slack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Slack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
    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
    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
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    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
    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
    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
    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
    • 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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