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…
$8.75
per month per user
TeamViewer
Score8.6 out of 10
N/A
Teamviewer offers secure remote access, IT support and device management on a scalable platform. It speeds up problem resolution, reduces downtime and enhances control through automation, unattended access and complete visibility of every device and location.
$299
per year
Pricing
Slack
TeamViewer
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Pro
$7.25*
per month per user
Business+
$12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Remote Access
$24.90
per month (billed annually) 1 Licensed User
Business
$50.90
per month (billed annually) 1 Licensed User
Premium
$102.90
per month (billed annually) 15 Licensed Users
Corporate
$206.90
per month (billed annually) 30 Licensed Users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Slack
TeamViewer
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
Optional
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.
Slack had a more robust integration stack, more friendly interface, and better user adoption in my time comparing tools. (Though was with different teams/companies)
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Customer Support Specialist in Customer Service at Mindbridge Private Limited (Consumer Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose Slack
it is very easy to use, it connects in seconds. we can broadcast messages with a single click. we can tag people easily so they can get the notifications and responses quickly. it is an amazing software that makes things easy and available. it can track the employees as well …
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Junior Software Development Engineer in Engineering at Avataar.Me (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Chose Slack
The user interface of slack is very simple and easy to understand. There is a mobile app is also available so it's easy to transfer data from mobile devices. Advance features of calling, screen sharing are there and we can easily use that feature.
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Assistant Recruiter in Human Resources at Continuum (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Chose Slack
The great advantage that Slack has over Microsoft Teams is the versatility that the software it offers, something that Microsoft has had a hard time with, and that makes it an unreliable software with many problems when it comes to performance. Also, Slack does not need to be …
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Inbound Marketing Manager in Marketing at Sendible (Internet, 11-50 employees)
Chose Slack
As mentioned before, Slack is the most superior communication tool on the market right now. It's loaded with so much functionality that any team can tailor it to their own preferred way of working. I really can't see myself using anything else than Slack, except for potentially …
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Training Manager in Customer Service at Picup Technologies (Logistics & Supply Chain, 201-500 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
Slack is a similar process one can use to connect with your teammates to. however TeamViewer is best as you dont really need someone on the other side to accept the connection and this platform is best for managing servers, office PC's and or Family devices.
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Subject Matter Expert at MathGPT.ai (E-Learning, 51-200 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer's mobile apps are up to the mark with specialising in remote control, file transfer and device switching. AnyDesk's mobile apps are also functional but are less accurate for precision task like cursor control. TeamViewer keeps a detailed session history by default, …
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QA Engineer in Quality Assurance at Squareboat (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
Basically we require only one tool for meeting as well as for remote connection so we prefer it as well as file transfer is also one of the requirements so we prefer to use this instead of taking different tools subscription
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Business Development Manager in Information Technology at Iksula Services Pvt. Ltd (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer was selected primarily due to its broader range of features for larger teams and complex support needs including multi user sessions, Comprehensive remote support, Device Management Tools, Cross Platform Support, integration with other business systems. For business …
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Verified User
Chose TeamViewer
I used it to get the files and remote access, but if required, meeting time, that feature is not there, so I chose TeamViewer.
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Verified User
Chose TeamViewer
Its simple to use and secure. AnyDesk is pretty open and if you are not very careful anyone can connect who has your username, to keep yourself secure you need to check if you have turned off those settings and if any desk is working or not. Chrome Remote Desktop is good too …
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Director of Technology in Information Technology at New Hampshire Public Radio (Media Production, 51-200 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer is easier to use and has a cleaner, more efficient support portal for tech teams. The custom install package allows for silent installs with the setup configuration we need.
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Chief Information Officer & Co-Founder in Information Technology at EvaluAgent® (Internet, 11-50 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
We did a brief trial of Go To Assist and divided upon Team Viewer as we felt that it had a slightly richer feature set. We also preferred the UI/UX of Team Viewer in comparison to Go To Assist. In terms of pricing, this was pretty much similar to both products.
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Verified User
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer is the middle-man between the enterprise tool Kaseya NOC Services and the lightweight tool LogMeIn Pro. TeamViewer provides the functionality of monitoring and reporting while easy to use and easy to deploy - sometimes with one click on a button you're connected. …
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Verified User
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer had a better performance on the company's use cases, so it was the chosen option.
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Verified User
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer was a far better value and in our testing actually performed better generally, especially when it came to live sound transfer and just overall mouse responsiveness and screen quality. It also has a bunch of other features that we'd have to otherwise pay for …
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International Channel Partner in Sales at Stone Creek Global (Banking, 51-200 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
We directly choose TeamViewer after looking at the pros and cons of other similar software and TeamViewer won hands down. Primarily because it is an out-of-the-box solution that does not require complicated or confusing configuration - as we do not have a company IT team. It is …
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Senior Analyst in Information Technology at Virtusa (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Chose TeamViewer
Used LogMeIn Pro at times, but I kinda have more inclination towards TeamViewer as it presents a lot more useful features with a good level of support comparatively.
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General Manager in Professional Services at Five Star Commerce (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer is fine compared to these alternatives, but it's about 10x as expensive. For our purposes, I'm not sure what extra services they provide above Splashtop or just Microsoft remote desktop.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Senior System Engineering in Engineering at MP CONSTRUCTION (Construction)
Chose TeamViewer
The selection was fast and simple, we did not have much to think because the features that TeamViewer offered agreed very well with what we were looking for at a good price and are customizable so that each member of the team could feel comfortable using it. It was easy to …
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Web Developer in Information Technology at Willis Towers Watson's OneExchange (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
Skype for Business is perfect for calls and chat, but TeamViewer is better for remote control access. Zoom is great for conference calls, especially if you have less internet bandwidth or a less powerful computer. Zoom is light weight compare to TeamViewer but doesn't have as …
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IT Manager in Information Technology at Calmens naturals (Cosmetics, 11-50 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer is more popular with our staff and clients. Whenever we want to connect using a different solution, we keep going back to TeamViewer because it’s what they are used to. TeamViewer also has more advanced features, which are specific to everything we would like to …
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Verified User
Chose TeamViewer
I liked that TeamViewer was more flexible than something like Zoom. I also found it to be more reliable than Bomgar (which I had some minor issues with). It is also the easiest of these software to use. However if you only need a software for presentations, I would probably …
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Client Account Manager Mentor in Information Technology at AnswerForce (Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
I feel TeamViewer is simpler to use and performs at a higher level. We experienced lag and clunky UI when we sampled GoToMeeting. The TeamViewer option provided the level of support that we were looking for. The simplicity to install on users' machines and customize our login …
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Computer Programmer in Information Technology at PRITCHETT, LP (Management Consulting, 11-50 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
Used different products like TeamViewer. TeamViewer is free and a lot of end users know about installing the software as it is easy to install. Other products like Zoom have higher payment plans for purchasing and less number of users are supported with respect to TeamViewer. …
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Verified User
Chose TeamViewer
I have the possibility to add devices as contacts with a user account. It's the chosen application to use in my department. The program is so lightweight and reliable.
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Technical Sourcer in Human Resources at Thumbtack (Human Resources, 11-50 employees)
Chose TeamViewer
I've used a few different screen sharing and conference tools and each of them have their strengths and weaknesses. I would say that TeamViewer holds its own when using it as a remote management system. Other tools either cost more or don't have the same functionality, or …
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Verified User
Chose TeamViewer
TeamViewer features a lot of useful tools and functions that we may or may not think of using. However, this means that TeamViewer has been trying their best to accommodate the customer's requirement. We would love to see more innovative and useful functions implemented in the …
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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.
I would definitely recommend it, and that's why I've stuck with it so long: continuous improvement. Now AI has fully embraced it to help with faster monitoring and Troubleshooting, saving me a huge amount of time and effort. Affordable to use for both personal and Professional work to assist colleagues from different workstations.
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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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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MFA could be a lot better when connecting to the remote device. If a phone is added to security for the remote worker, then the admin cannot use Easy Access to access the device without interaction with the remote worker. Admins should have access to remote devices via other MFA methods.
App updates sometimes cause unstable status and computer must be restarted.
OS updates often require additional user interaction before completing the sign-in process, leaving TeamViewer in an incomplete startup state and preventing the Remote Worker from accessing the device. An admin then has to remote into the device using another remote desktop access tool (Apple Remote Desktop, for instance) and bypass the user interaction screens, which allows the login process to complete and TeamViewer to start up fully. It would be best if the TeamViewer Host could connect even when the OS is prompting for user interaction (e.g., clicking OK on modal dialog boxes post-update).
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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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We need this tool in our day to day business. It is what we do all day remoting into clients devices. In this day and age we can access devices all over the world as long as we have secure internet connection. It certainly saves money in gas, and even if you are away you can help.
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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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TeamViewer is a reliable and really strong tool for accessing remote IT platforms secure and fast. We don't know any product that provide us such strong functionality to make our life as a internationally recognized MES provider with DIAMES with an international clientele so easy. We look forward for any new TeamViewer functionality that supports us even more.
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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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TeamViewer has always been available when we needed to use it. We have not noticed any outages or periods where the software functions were unavailable.
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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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TeamViewer performance has always been very good. Pages load quickly and we can see what the remote engineers are doing on the computer in real time. This is very beneficial for our own technicians and engineers and helps their learning curve. Troubleshooting is much easier with TeamViewer. We have not noticed and lagging of our computers while using TeamViewer.
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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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the few times i have had to contact teamviewer support, they were very responsive and give me quick answers and seemed to understand my problems quickly and easily. I did not have to sit on the phone for hours on hold or get passed around to multiple phone support techs before finding a solution to my issues, so i would rate their support very highly.
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As expected without any problem! Alternate in-person training is another efficient way to learn how a product works. There are many third party supporters for TeamViewer courses available that can give additional ideas how to use TeamViewer for specific functions and features as we did require in respect of our usage.
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I have never used the online training either. I have watched a few informational videos that were helpful when learning how to do a specific procedure within TeamViewer and get the most out of the software by utilizing one of the many features that are available with the software. Again, 5 if for neutral.
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TeamViewer installation and deployment to other devices is pretty straightforward and does not require much technical know-how. This makes ease of use attractive when supporting both new and existing clients with limited technical knowledge. I think ease of use is a huge factor in getting new clients. TeamViewer handles that extremely well.
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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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TeamViewer's cost is much lower than that of other solutions, and its security is far superior to RemotePC's. TeamViewer is also a request-based remote session manager, unlike other software that allows indefinite connection time. TeamViewer's free version makes it even better for one end of the group to find support, while the other end has the paid version.
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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.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info