
About Slack
Slack is a workplace communication tool that connects users with the people and tools they work with everyday, no matter where they are or what they do. Teams in Slack work together in channels that can be organized by project, department, office location, or anything else, really. This makes it easy for users to follow the topics that are important to them. Public channels are open to anyone on the team so marketing can see what designers are working on, sales can see what’s on the product team’s roadmap, and new hires can easily get up to speed instead of starting with an empty email inbox.
Slack connects to the tools and services that businesses already use and centralizes the notifications, files, and data from hundreds of different applications. This means no more searching through emails for that one follow-up, constantly switching between different tabs and dashboards, or juggling dozens of tools - each with their own login. Slack helps teams work smarter by providing all of the information and context needed to make effective decisions quickly.
Everything shared in Slack is automatically indexed and archived so that companies can create a comprehensive knowledge base with zero effort, simply by working in Slack. And, Slack’s search makes it easy find the information users need, whenever they need it.
Pricing starting from:
US$8.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Slack
Slack surveyed thousands of Team Owners and Admins to see how Slack helps their teams work. The average team using Slack sees:
These findings have both tangible and intangible benefits for any business. Fewer meetings, reply-all email threads, and lengthy conference calls means teams can work smarter and be more productive. Additionally, this helps teams feel more connected and engaged at work.
Business size
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Countries available
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, United Kingdom, India, Japan, Mexico, United States and 6 others
Supported Languages
English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
Pricing starting from:
US$8.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Slack: 81
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- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Realtime notifications
Reviewed on 27/06/2022
I use slack with the finance teams of the clients I work with. We use slack to send questions and...
I use slack with the finance teams of the clients I work with. We use slack to send questions and get rapid responses.
Pros
I work with clients all around the world, Slack is the best communication tool I have used. I am able to finish projects faster and more accurately with clients that use Slack than when using Email.
Cons
Switching from businesses is some what complicated in the mobile app.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft TeamsReasons for Choosing Slack
I changed jobsSwitched From
Microsoft TeamsReasons for Switching to Slack
Not a lot of clients wanted to use teams and some feel like teams is spying on them.- Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The only way to communicate within a team
Reviewed on 29/06/2022
I use it for all manners of communication with my team - from quick huddles when we get stuck and...
I use it for all manners of communication with my team - from quick huddles when we get stuck and need a rubber ducky moment, to bigger team meetings. We have groups for smaller teams to collaborate in, we have fun channels to blow off steam, and we even use it for the food train organization.
Pros
It is easy to use and feels natural. For us coming from Discord or IRC, it is very intuitive to understand how to use it without any learning curve whatsoever. Slack helps me connect with coworkers, share project updates, send cat photos to my team, send random funny quotes, gifs, reactions, all of it still in a very professional application that handles all of my communication needs.
Cons
Slack sometimes becomes too much, but it is easy to mute it to focus on work so this is easily solveable.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft TeamsReasons for Choosing Slack
Discord is a gaming software and with our company becoming more serious, we wanted a more serious solution.Switched From
DiscordReasons for Switching to Slack
As we later learned and originally suspected, Microsof Teams is much harder to use and is much less intuitive and fun.- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Monthly for Free Trial
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Comunication tool for biger projects
Reviewed on 08/08/2022
We use it for specific international project and overall we receive what we wanted: faster...
We use it for specific international project and overall we receive what we wanted: faster connection than email and quick tool for sharing the documents.
Pros
Segmentation of the channels for specific parts of the project and easy drag and drop tool for attachments.
Cons
Need for a daily login from all members of the project and understanding how channels are working.
Reasons for Switching to Slack
More people new about Slack then about other tools.- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best Tool for Team Management and Coordination
Reviewed on 12/05/2022
Overall I love to use it and provided it has the support of integration with almost all of my tools...
Overall I love to use it and provided it has the support of integration with almost all of my tools it works as notification engine too which is one of the awesome parts of this tool.
Pros
Slack is my daily used software for all the team meetings and sharing work details. I like it has all the features built-in that are necessary for an enterprise team management from sharing of files and chatting to video or audio conferencing.
Cons
The support team is slow in case of any problem tho hardly we face any issue with this software it's highly reliable and one of the best things I use on daily basis.
Reasons for Choosing Slack
I love the overall look and feel of slack and its support for integrations.- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 201-500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Slack is the ultimate team-discourse application
Reviewed on 07/07/2022
Slack has drastically increased our workplace productivity, especially by promoting communication...
Slack has drastically increased our workplace productivity, especially by promoting communication between those that work in the office, and those that work at home.
Pros
Slack manages to maintain a comfortable work-home boundary with the introduction of different channels. The ability to create "private" channels within a workspace also helps to build community. File sharing is convenient and easy to understand, and the notification settings are remarkable.
Cons
Often if a notification is received on one device (i.e. laptop) it will not always push to another (i.e. phone)
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft TeamsReasons for Choosing Slack
More secure.Switched From
DiscordReasons for Switching to Slack
Convenience and use by the rest of the university.Slack FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Slack.Q. What type of pricing plans does Slack offer?
Slack offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$8.00/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Slack is available across three premium tiers with pricing based per user per month, outlined below: Standard Plan: $6.67/user/month (billed annually) or $8.00/user/month (billed monthly) Plus Plan: $12.50/user/month (billed annually) or $15.00/user/month (billed monthly) Enterprise Grid: contact Slack for custom pricing details
Q. Who are the typical users of Slack?
Slack has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001-5,000
Q. What languages does Slack support?
Slack supports the following languages:
English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
Q. Does Slack support mobile devices?
Slack supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Slack integrate with?
Slack integrates with the following applications:
5pm, Aha!, Airbrake, Aircall, Airtable, Amplitude, Any.do, AppSignal, Asana, Assembla, Automile, Azendoo, Azuqua, AzureDesk, Baremetrics, Beanstalk, Betterworks, BigTime, Bitbucket, Bitium, Blitz, BlueJeans, Bonusly, Boundary, Box, Brand24, Breezy, Bugsnag, CATS, Calamari, CallPage, Callmaker, Cayzu, Centrify Identity Service, Chartbeat, CheckMarket, Checkfront, CircleCI, Clari, ClearSlide, Clearlogin, ClickMeeting, ClockIt, Continu, Copper, Crashlytics, Databox, Datadog, Desk.com, Dropbox Business, Egnyte, Emburse Abacus, Envoy, Favro, Flow, FlowVella, Freshdesk, Freshservice, Front, Geekbot, GetResponse, GitHub, GoCo, GoTo Meeting, Google Drive, Greenhouse, Groove, HaloPSA, HappyFox Chat, HappyFox Help Desk, HelloSign, Help Scout, Hive, Hoopla, Hootsuite, HotGloo, HubSpot Marketing Hub, IFTTT, ITM Platform, Insightly, Intercom, Intervals, Jira, Kixie PowerCall, Kudos, Kyber, LeadDyno, Lessonly, Lever, Librato, LiveAgent, Localize, Locowise, Lucidchart, Lucidpress, MVISION Cloud, Mailchimp, Mailjet, MeisterTask, Mention, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft To Do, Mingle, Miro, Nagios XI, New Relic One, Notion, Okta, OneDrive, OpsGenie, Ortto, Ottspotta, PagerDuty, Papertrail, PayPal, Pingdom, Pivotal Tracker, PractiTest, Procurify, ProdPad, ProductPlan, Pulseway, Qualtrics CoreXM, Quip, Qwilr, Rainforest, Ranktab, Raven Tools, Raygun, Re:amaze, Recruitee, Redbooth, Repuso, Roadmap, Rollbar, Sage HR, Salesforce Sales Cloud, SatisMeter, SendPulse, Sentry, Setmore, Sisense, Small Improvements, Smooch, SnapComms, SolarWinds Service Desk, Spinify, Staff Squared, Stripe, SupportBee, SurveyMonkey, TINT, Talkdesk, Time Doctor, TimeCamp, Todoist, Toggl Plan, Trakstar Hire, Trello, TrueSight Pulse, Twine, Twitter, UpKeep, UpRaise, Userlike, Usersnap, VibeCatch, Vigil, WebHR, Webex, Wishpond, Woopra, WorkRamp, Xplenty Data Integration Service, Zapier, Zendesk, Zenefits, Zoho Books, Zoho Expense, Zoho Inventory, Zoho Invoice, Zoho Projects, Zoho Subscriptions, Zoom Meetings, absence.io, smartQ, truDigital
Q. What level of support does Slack offer?
Slack offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat
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