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    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

    Trello

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ATrello from Atlassian is a project management tool based on a Kanban framework. Trello is ideal for task-management in a to-do list format. It supports sharing boards and cards across users or teams. The product offers a free version, and paid versions add greater automation, collaboration, and administrative control.

    $6

    per month per user

    Pricing
    SlackTrello
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Standard
    $6
    per month per user
    Premium
    $12.50
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $17.50
    per month per user
    Free
    Forever Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SlackTrello
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    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.A discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
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    SlackTrello
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    Chose Slack
    Trello is a task management tool platform that best complements Slack. Even though you can tag different team members to boards or specific tasks, Slack provides a more robust platform to communicate and share files, ideas, or issues about a task. And can be used as a general …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is vastly easier to use than Teams and far less convoluted. It also handles Trello and GitLab integrations in a way that is easy to read and digest (whereas Teams handles them in the most useless way possible). Every time I use Teams, something is broken or I can't find …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is the first level of organization after Whatsapp/Telegram groups for teams. Slack is easier to adapt but more feature-limited and also more expensive than Discord. Slack is more well-suited for communication and less suited for task management than Trello. More focused …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    I feel that if you want to have a well ran company, then you need Trello and Slack for your business. Both of these products will increase efficiencies for the company. Both of these products will allow your co-workers to be able to work with better organization and they will …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Project management and communication apps tend to overlap but I find that no one app does all jobs perfectly. Trello and Hive have better Kanban functionality and so serve the "small task within a large project" paradigm better. Slack is by far the better communication tool but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    We tried other management tools, but to be honest, the real competition to Slack was Gmail or real-world interruptions.
    Email has more disadvantages compared to Slack: slower, duplicate of information, version conflict, and harder to administrate. In Slack, you're chatting, so …
    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
    Asana makes project management easy but not the communications. When you're working with remote or global teams, it's necessary to have options in an app to channel work and communicate efficiently.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Way more features on Slack than Google Hangouts!
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is a much better product, in my opinion! It’s much easier to use than other products, even though it may be similar enough. I would rather use it than any other product like Slack. Our team loves it and it integrates well with other apps like Asana or gmail.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack's flexibility vs usability is well balanced. Slack does not require a time-sonsuming setup.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Honestly, we did some research and Slack was the one rated the best so we tried that first. We haven't gone back from it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Before Slack, I used to use Telegram and Whatsapp, but they both were also my personal platform to chat with friends and family. This mix between personal and professional life was very damaging because it felt like I was always working. Slack gave me the possibility to feel …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    I selected Slack because it is the combination of the two that are mentioned above. In ClickUp you can manage the projects and tasks, in Skype you can communicate. Whereas Slack single-handedly handles both of these features, It manages your projects / tasks and allows you to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is better at scaling, better for project management, and better for integrations than everything else we tried, including plain email.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Teams always crashes and the 2 steps authentication was really annoying to go through. I liked Google Chat but Slack is more user friendly
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    For internal/team communications, Slack is by far the best app I've worked with. The channel system is very simple yet very intuitive. As a result, the app is extremely easy to get familiar with and use daily, even for members of our team who are not very tech-savvy. Slack is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is better in every way. Slack supports multiple workspaces in a single application. It allows to configure notification of each channels so that you receive messages that you need. Meetings with huddle is pretty awesome where we can have separate space for chat for that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack is just more superior in every way despite certain shortcomings. It is visually pleasing as well.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Slack was so simple to start using--super easy integrations with Jira, Sharepoint/OneDrive, and our PM tools--that it was a no-brainer. The video was glitchy, especially for any users who had iffy upload speeds (which isn't Slack's fault entirely, but they did not have as many …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Simply put, Slack is a much more robust and comprehensive tool.
    • Conversations & discussions in Slack can easily be reviewed & are searchable. Skype for Business doesn't offer this.
    • Slack offers a clear-cut "Workplace Directory" that's easy to use. Skype for Business didn't quite …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Before in the organization, we used Google Hangouts, but it was not well integrated into our team. The functionalities were very limited and could not cover our needs. The advice was very messy and we failed to meet the productivity objectives we had.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Whatsapp - Slack is more professional
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Google Hangouts doesn't integrate calendars and scheduling like Slack does.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slack
    Much more customization and ability to organize by topic rather than just by project.
    Incentivized
    Atlassian
    Chose Trello
    We actually use both in our company. I personally prefer Slack just because I feel like it gives me more avenues of communication with my peers and coworkers then Trello does.
    However, Slack would fail to meet our business requirements for what we need to succeed with new …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Asana is awesome but it comes with a price. For a startup pricing hurts. ClickUp is so vast and has a lot of areas to get lost in, if you don't set some standards there are many ways to do it wrong. Slack is just a communication platform, you can collaborate and stuff but not …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello is another must product for any business like Slack. Both allow a company to have collaborative efforts and increase efficiency which means happier employees and more money for businesses.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Without a doubt, Trello is the easy one of the bunch to use. It is beautiful to look at and easy to interact with. It does for sure lack some features that other software has like Wrike, Basecamp, and Slack. But for simple smooth task management, it is the go-to.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Our business ended up using Monday due to the holistic nature of the tool. It allows us to collaborate amongst teams and see the project as a whole easier. Trello is for personal usage and task management. I use Monday to organize my overarching needs, and then put specific …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    We found that those software, while they included Kanban boards, offered a lot more features. Our tickets tended to get lost and it was harder to navigate through. Our Product team didn't particularly like how they functioned as much.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello won becuase of the easy drag and drop feature that makes it simple for team members to jump on and use from day one. That said, Asans has way more features and for a tech-savvy person it would be the choice; it is still user-friendly. While it has a steeper learning …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    I have been able to use the free version of Trello for many years and for the free version, this platform offers incredible value. I have not yet found such value in other free versions of similar platforms. This platform is also very easy to use as a first time user.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello is more in-depth and task-driven, whereas 15Five is more accountable and has personal weekly goals and accomplishments. Trello can be divided up to allow others to do the listed task, and all employees work together to accomplish and complete each required ticket/card …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    I also use Whatsapp chat as a task management tool. Whatsapp group chat is very convenient for assigning tasks and making follow-ups. Trello currently lacks here. Whatsapp chat is also way more handy and user-friendly than Trello, because of its better interface and engagement. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    We do use and like Jura but this can be used with it and we do. It isn’t just Jira light. It’s feature packed but available and understandable to the masses. Anybody can learn this where Jira may take more time. The price is better and it’s just better looking visually honestly.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    The impact of knowledge sharing is drastically increased among teammates after using Trello. [It is a] one-stop go-to place for my teammates for finding required information to solve issues.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    monday.com has some really good basic templates and offers more unique use cases. I think their platform is probably the better one but is more expensive. monday.com is more work to add task details to, which makes it more work in many cases. Trello is more basic but more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Compared to others, Trello is definitely one of the most economical options which makes it more appealing to freelancers. It is also more simple and visually engaging which makes it intuitively easy to use. However, it lacks advanced features such as timeline management, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    I selected Trello because even if it's similar to a lot of competitors, it is the cheaper but mainly it is the simplest and quickest software.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello is very easy to use. It is an intuitive software that does not require prior learning to take advantage of it. Asana has a complicated interface, not very intuitive and difficult to use. Trello has an intuitive interface that I like very much.
    Compared to other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Being free and SaaS, it requires very little setup in comparison. It's very simplistic but is just enough.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    We selected Trello as it was easy to setup...only a few minutes. We looked at MS Planner as part of our Teams integration but that did not have nearly enough labels for our purposes.
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello is visually more appealing and easier to understand by simply looking at it. When it comes to sharing my board with others, they can quickly (within seconds) see our progress, which gets them excited and buys me more momentum. Asana is great, but it takes a little bit of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    I would say Trello is very well suited for my team's needs as we are relatively small in size but frequently scale up based on the project's size and needs. We tend to use it at a basic level for organizing internal tasks and to-dos, but also develop large complicated boards …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    Trello fills a specific function for simple project tracking. It is better to use this tool as a complement to your workflow instead of a replacement. Anything more complicated should be moved to more adept tools, and communication should be moved to a more focused platform. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    I like Trello because it is simple and easy to use. I also like that the free version can do what I need it to do. Other options, such as LeanKit, JIRA, and ServiceNow are expensive and complicated. Trello does what I need it to do without being overly complicated. JIRA and Serv…
    Incentivized
    Chose Trello
    JIRA is mainly focused on tech projects that have independent stages of productions. JIRA makes it easier to prioritize things and Trello lacks complexity on that feature. Trello is easier to use for the non-sophisticated user and JIRA has a worse user experience. Also, Trello …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    104 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    94 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    106 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SlackTrello
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Slack and Trello
    Feature
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Trello
    8.4
    223 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Task Management7.6430 Ratings9.5223 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.961 Ratings7.374 Ratings
    Scheduling7.8363 Ratings8.8169 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.0396 Ratings8.1143 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.4601 Ratings9.2193 Ratings
    Search8.2608 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.3275 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings9.2186 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.8219 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.9148 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.8116 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings8.2160 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings7.4147 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings8.989 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.6103 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.374 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Slack and Trello
    Feature
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Trello
    -
    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 Trello
    Feature
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Trello
    -
    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
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Slack and Trello
    Feature
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Trello
    6.6
    73 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings7.150 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings6.643 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.859 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings5.845 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SlackTrello
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    9.3
    (223 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    9.9
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    9.3
    (61 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    9.9
    (81 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 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)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SlackTrello
    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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    Atlassian
    For teams or individuals with lots of individual tasks/details to track, Trello is perfect! It basically removes the need for a paper checklist. For those that need an overall project management tool that requires less tasks and more overarching goals, collaboration amongst various teams, and gantt charts I would suggest monday.com
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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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    Atlassian
    • Helps track employees "to do before hire", "to do after hired," and "to do when employee leaves"
    • Provides important information on each employee like personal information along with data collected during the time of hire and during employment time
    • Allows more than one person to be assigned to a task per employee and will remain open until everyone involved has completed their task
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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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    Atlassian
    • I use colour coding a lot so I would like a wider range of colour options.
    • Also as a visual thinker I would like to be able to easily add images to cards.
    • I would like to be able to attach a wider range of file formats to cards.
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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.
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    Atlassian
    I am very likely to renew Trello, because it doesn't cost anything to do so. I am also very likely to use Trello's upgraded features in the future because a lot of my team's data is stored on there and they have already gotten used to the platform. Trello is very easy for new team members to pick up, making the onboarding and usability very streamlined.
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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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    Atlassian
    Trello is incredibly intuitive, both on desktop and mobile right away. It is also full of helpful features that make it even easier to use, and is flexible enough to suit almost any organizational need. Onboarding for the software is thorough, but concise, and the service is frequently updated with even more QOL improvements.
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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.
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    Atlassian
    yes always support available when I need it!
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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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    Atlassian
    Never experienced issues with the above!
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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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    Atlassian
    I haven't reached out to their support very often and their support is very limited anyway for the free users. They do have tons of great articles and videos in their Help Center and constantly send emails with updates and add-ons to the product. The fact that I've barely ever had to contact their support team means that they've developed a great product.
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    In-Person Training
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    It was helpful and informative! It was back before the pandemic in 2019 so I'm not sure if they still do it but I really enjoyed the experience
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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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    Atlassian
    For our small business, getting a few of us started well on Trello was the key, I think. As long as a couple of us were really comfortable with the interface, we could lead others and help them with any questions. From now on, anyone who works with us just naturally uses Trello for information sharing - it's just part of what we do.
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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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    Atlassian
    Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
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    Scalability
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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    Professional Services
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Not sure if we use those
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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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    Atlassian
    • Trello keeps me organized, focused, and on track. I could filter the Trello board to only see my issues and understand what I needed to work on and when.
    • Trello helped our team implement an agile structure. It's a very simple kanban method of viewing all of your team's tasks and statuses. You can completely customize the columns to your team's specific workflow and create tags relevant to your work.
    • Trello helps reduce unnecessary communications between teams. When I want to request translations, I simply create a card on the localization Trello board -- no need to directly message anyone on the team, and I can watch the status of the card change from "in progress" to "in review" to "translated," all without having to directly ask for updates.
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