We moved from Skype to Slack
August 04, 2021
We moved from Skype to Slack
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Slack
We are a company based in Australia and Indonesia. We use Slack as the main communication tool for the Indonesia team. We created many channels to support task management, team management, and even non-working topics such as hobbies. We created some automation to make things faster and more efficient. We were using Skype but Slack offers us a threaded chat, which is good to keep the chat focus. Slack looks more flexible and fun because it has a better reaction, reminders, and bots. Although it might sound less professional for seniors, we have a lot of young guys and we feel happier using this software with all the benefits it has.
- Threads
- Reminders
- Bots
- Advanced shortcuts
- Automation
- Customized reactions
- The left panel looks too crowded; I think the starred channel should be the first one
- Ability to send short audio messages without a third-party app; built features should be faster considering that Slack has phone/call feature
- Search results are sometimes confusing; too much information, perhaps Slack team can improve the UI
- Moving to Slack from Skype improved our productivity by 30%
As mentioned previously, Skype is good for chatting only, while Slack has more features and flexibility. Skype doesn't have a thread feature and it doesn't have a side-by-side view for the active channel and thread. With the bots and app, Slack has more possibilities to solve business and team problems.
Do you think Slack delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Slack's feature set?
Yes
Did Slack live up to sales and marketing promises?
No
Did implementation of Slack go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Slack again?
Yes