Pick up the Slack, use a better office communication app
April 28, 2016

Pick up the Slack, use a better office communication app

Billy Barker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Slack

We use Slack in multiple departments - Development, Marketing, and Support. We also have a general channel for random or company related news. Slack makes it easy to quickly communicate with other employees opposed to email which takes longer. Besides chatting, we share files as well. Slack makes communicating information in the office more efficient.
  • Channels make it easy to quickly communicate something with an entire team. You save time by not having to type out every recipient.
  • Direct messages are great. Everyone is use to texting others on their phone, with Slack you basically text co-workers. This is just so much better.
  • /giphy is the best thing ever. It's always over used, but always fun. We have a great work environment and this feature just adds to it.
  • I honestly have no cons, I like everything about Slack, it's simple to use and does everything I need.
  • Slack has had a positive impact on our business. Each employee or department is able to quickly and easily communicate with one another. Having access from a mobile device is great as well since most of us continue to work outside of the office as well.
We previously used Fonality HUD to chat across the office. The interface was very outdated and did not work well on Mac computers. I doubt there was even a mobile app. Slack is 1000x better!
I think Slack is well suited for mid to larger companies that have a fast paced but casual atmosphere. If you need a more efficient form of office communication, Slack is perfect for that.

Slack Feature Ratings

Task Management
Not Rated
Gantt Charts
Not Rated
Scheduling
Not Rated
Workflow Automation
Not Rated
Mobile Access
10
Search
10
Visual planning tools
Not Rated
Chat
10
Notifications
10
Discussions
10
Surveys
Not Rated
Internal knowledgebase
Not Rated
Integrates with GoToMeeting
Not Rated
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
Not Rated
Integrates with Outlook
Not Rated
Versioning
Not Rated
Video files
Not Rated
Audio files
Not Rated
Document collaboration
Not Rated
Access control
Not Rated
Advanced security features
Not Rated
Integrates with Google Drive
Not Rated
Device sync
Not Rated