Slack

Slack

Salesforce
+
+

Related Products

  • Google Workspace
    69,107 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • Haystack
    283 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • Intermedia Unite
    1,628 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • Connecteam
    10,371 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • Axero
    218 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • Nectar
    9,523 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • 3CX
    1,235 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • CrankWheel
    229 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • Zoho Assist
    2,199 Ratings
    Visit Website
  • Cloudbrink
    28 Ratings
    Visit Website

About

Slack is a work collaboration platform that brings people, apps, data, and AI agents together in one shared workspace. It helps teams communicate through channels, direct messages, huddles, Slack Connect, files, canvases, lists, workflows, and integrations. The platform includes Slackbot, a context-aware AI agent that can summarize conversations, search across messages and files, prepare users for meetings, analyze documents, and help complete tasks without leaving Slack. Slack also supports connected apps such as Salesforce, Google Drive, GitHub, Zoom, Asana, Box, Workday, ChatGPT, and many others. Teams can use Workflow Builder to automate stand-ups, project updates, approvals, notifications, and routine business processes. With enterprise search, AI assistance, secure collaboration, and a large integration ecosystem, Slack helps organizations stay aligned, move faster, and reduce work scattered across disconnected tools.

About

Where teams connect to get work done. Unlimited tools for you and your team to work together, wherever you are. Connect everyone in your organization. Empower and transform your whole business, with familiar features like groups, chat and video calls. Over 30,000 global organizations large and small connect their teams with Workplace. Now it's your turn. Our instant messaging feature lets you chat 1-to-1 or in groups, reaching anyone in your organization with text, pictures, voice and video. When someone posts in a different language, Workplace offers to translate it there and then. Helping you become a truly global business. Groups are spaces for sharing updates, files, feedback and more. They're like email threads, but better organized and easier to follow. Org Chart lets you quickly look up coworkers and team info, so you spend less time wondering who to ask for help and more time getting things done.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Slack is best suited for businesses, enterprise teams, startups, remote teams, sales teams, customer service teams, engineers, marketers, project managers, and organizations that need team messaging, AI-powered search, workflow automation, app integrations, external collaboration, and connected work management

Audience

Companies of all sizes that want a business communications platform and business social network

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$8.75/user/month
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$4 per user per month
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.6 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 4.7 / 5
design 4.7 / 5
support 4.6 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.3 / 5
ease 4.6 / 5
features 4.4 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 3.5 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Slack is like a virtual office space where you can interact with all company members. You can add apps to it, you can create your own apps, you can link it to right about any software out there.
  • Slack is very user friendly and keeps all team communication in one place. I liked how easy it is to find messages, share files, and stay connected with coworkers.
  • Channels are impeccable for keeping conversations organized. Terrific for instant files and documents sharing. Great notification to keep us updated all the time.
  • I like how it boost team collaboration through messaging,video conferencing and live chat. I also like how it saves time while joining chats. Amazing customer support.
  • I found Slack as a perfect tool for collaborating and integrating other project tools. The interface is clean and the best part is it's available on cross platforms. The setup process was straightforward and it allowed me to create a custom channel to share files, discuss and track progress related to my project with assigned groups.

Cons

  • It takes some time getting used to its environment. Too many channels and notifications can sometimes feel overwhelming.
  • When there are many channels and active conversations, Slack can feel cluttered and hard to keep up with.
  • Effective with notification for quick updates on changes.
  • I have nothing to dislike at the moment since Slack is absolutely amazing with it’s work.
  • I had a great experience with Slack, no major cons.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Allows for a collaborative place for my colleagues and me to share ideas, projects, and tasks. Incredibly resource since working remotely.
  • Easy to connect with employees and work. Good video and audio connect which also work great in low connect.
  • I like the simple and interactive method that we can maintain communication, as well as working together between co-workers with Workplace by Facebook, I like this job system, it has a user interface comparable to the social media network Facebook, in addition to being used by all the employees of our company, they were able to share suggestions, chat, make audio and video phone calls, share papers and more, in a very simple to use and also familiar environment.
  • Workplace by Facebook is a good place for formal and informal communication in organizations. It has easy setup with single sign on of company credentials and employees can share their thoughts and also make announcements on walls just like normal Facebook.
  • I like that I can use something just for my business Facebook page and I do not get it confused with my personal one.

Cons

  • Support is incredibly slow when there are any operational issues with this platform.
  • User interface can be improved for non-technical people.
  • I like to integrate with online office devices to modify documents and also spreadsheets online through the system. Eventually we found instability in the system and a drop in the program's functioning.
  • The notification links which we get in emails mostly redirects to a different thread instead of the actual post.
  • It is not user friendly as I think it should be. It also does not always notify me and then when I do look at it, it does not show that I looked at the notification.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Salesforce
Founded: 1999
United States
slack.com

Company Information

Meta
Founded: 2004
United States
www.workplace.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

Pumble

Pumble

CAKE.com Inc
Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft

Categories

Categories

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Contact Management
Content Management
Document Management
Project Management
Real Time Editing
Task Management
Version Control
Video Conferencing

Employee Communication Tools Features

Activity / News Feed
Audio / Video Conferencing
Blogs
Chat / Messaging
Employee Directory
Event Calendar
File Sharing
Knowledge Management
Newsletter Management
Surveys & Feedback

Internal Communications Features

App Integration
Blogs
Chat/Messaging
Email Management
Employee Directory
Event Calendar
Newsletter Management
Photo Gallery
Social Sharing
Survey Management
Telephony
Video Chat
Voice Chat

Messaging Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Team Chat Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Team Communication Features

Activity / News Feed
Audio Calls
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Discussion Threads
File Sharing
Mobile Access
Push Notifications
Search
Surveys & Feedback
Task Management
Video Conferencing

Unified Communications Features

Audio / Video Conferencing
Calendar Management
Call Recording
Call Routing
Chat / Messaging
Fax Management
File Sharing
Mobile Access
Multi-User Collaboration
Voice Mail

Video Conferencing Features

Electronic Hand Raising
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Real-Time Chat
Record & Playback Ability
Screen Sharing
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Whiteboard

Web Conferencing Features

Electronic Hand Raising
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Real-Time Chat
Record & Playback Ability
Screen Sharing
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Whiteboard

Screen Sharing Features

Annotations / Drawing Tools
Desktop / Browser Sharing
Mobile Screen Sharing
Presenter Control Management
Remote Control
Screen Capture
Screen Mirroring
Screen Recording

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Contact Management
Content Management
Document Management
Project Management
Real Time Editing
Task Management
Version Control
Video Conferencing

Employee Communication Tools Features

Activity / News Feed
Audio / Video Conferencing
Blogs
Chat / Messaging
Employee Directory
Event Calendar
File Sharing
Knowledge Management
Newsletter Management
Surveys & Feedback

Internal Communications Features

App Integration
Blogs
Chat/Messaging
Email Management
Employee Directory
Event Calendar
Newsletter Management
Photo Gallery
Social Sharing
Survey Management
Telephony
Video Chat
Voice Chat

Messaging Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Team Chat Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
File Sharing
Groups / Channels
Payments
Search / Filter
Self-Destructing Messages
Stickers / GIFs
Threaded Discussion
Video Conferencing
Voice Calling

Team Communication Features

Activity / News Feed
Audio Calls
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Discussion Threads
File Sharing
Mobile Access
Push Notifications
Search
Surveys & Feedback
Task Management
Video Conferencing

Unified Communications Features

Audio / Video Conferencing
Calendar Management
Call Recording
Call Routing
Chat / Messaging
Fax Management
File Sharing
Mobile Access
Multi-User Collaboration
Voice Mail

Video Conferencing Features

Electronic Hand Raising
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Real-Time Chat
Record & Playback Ability
Screen Sharing
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Whiteboard

Web Conferencing Features

Electronic Hand Raising
Mobile Access
On-Demand Webcasting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Real-Time Chat
Record & Playback Ability
Screen Sharing
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Whiteboard

File Sharing Features

Audit Trail
Chat / Messaging
Collaboration
Document Management
Drag & Drop
Electronic Signature
Encryption
File Synchronization
Search
User Management
Version Control
Workflow Management

Meeting Features

Action Item Tracking
Agenda Management
Attendee Management
Board Meetings
Committee Meetings
Internal Meetings
Invitation Management
Legislative Meetings
Materials Management
Meeting Feedback
Meeting Preparation Tools
Meeting Room Booking
Minutes Management
Post-Meeting Tools
Scheduling
Travel Management
Voting Management

Productivity Features

Collaboration
Database Creation
Document Creation
File Sharing
Notes Management
Office Suite
Presentation Tools
Project Management
Task Management
Team Chat

Task Management Features

Collaboration
Create Subtasks
Gamification
Gantt Charts
Mobile Access
Percent-Complete Tracking
Progress Tracking
Recurring Tasks
Reporting/Analytics
Spreadsheet View
Task Board View
Task Planning
Task Scheduling
Task Tracking
Time Tracking
To-Do List View

Integrations

BlueJeans
Dropbox
Envoy
Facebook
FacilityBot
Franz
HubSpot CRM
Indent
Medallia
Microsoft OneDrive
PagerTree
Proxyclick
Qumu
Rippling
Salesforce
Sapling AI Writing Assistant
SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey Enterprise
Vibe.fyi
Xoxoday

Integrations

BlueJeans
Dropbox
Envoy
Facebook
FacilityBot
Franz
HubSpot CRM
Indent
Medallia
Microsoft OneDrive
PagerTree
Proxyclick
Qumu
Rippling
Salesforce
Sapling AI Writing Assistant
SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey Enterprise
Vibe.fyi
Xoxoday
Claim Slack and update features and information
Claim Slack and update features and information
Claim Workplace from Meta and update features and information
Claim Workplace from Meta and update features and information