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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

    TeamWave (discontinued)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ATeamWave was a platform that combined sales, projects, team, clients and marketing, as a work management software for small businesses. The platform is discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    SlackTeamWave (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SlackTeamWave (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    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
    SlackTeamWave (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SlackTeamWave (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Slack and TeamWave (discontinued)
    Feature
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    TeamWave (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management7.6430 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.961 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.8363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.0396 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.4601 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.2608 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.3275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Slack and TeamWave (discontinued)
    Feature
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    TeamWave (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.6635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.7632 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.2620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys8.1413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase7.8412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting8.9110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.7182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook8.9120 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Slack and TeamWave (discontinued)
    Feature
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    TeamWave (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning8.2326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.2541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files8.4527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.9429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.3411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.3362 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive9.0211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.0455 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Slack and TeamWave (discontinued)
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    TeamWave (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Slack and TeamWave (discontinued)
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    TeamWave (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Slack and TeamWave (discontinued)
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    TeamWave (discontinued)
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Slack and TeamWave (discontinued)
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    TeamWave (discontinued)
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Slack and TeamWave (discontinued)
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    TeamWave (discontinued)
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    87% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SlackTeamWave (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SlackTeamWave (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SlackTeamWave (discontinued)
    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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    Only if you are constrained on cost and you need a good user experience.
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • Unlimited users
    • CRM & Project management in one tool
    • Visual Cards
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • [I feel] Product management is tedious
    • Flexibility of Integration with TPA
    • Mobile App is not robust.
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    As the organization scale and capability increases and the cost is not a constraint.
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Responsive and solution oriented.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    TeamWave provides real value for its cost - but after using it for a while the need of real feature which other similar tools offer at higher price starts to become important. Unless you really need those advanced features, TeamWave fits the bill.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Easy to scale of operations, since unlimited users are allowed.
    • Database cost is not recurring
    Incentivized
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