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:
$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.
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English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
Pricing starting from:
$8.00/month
- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Total features of Slack: 78
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- Industry: Computer Games
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The best team comunication tool
Reviewed on 01/04/2022
We use it daily to communicate, organize our work, coordinate activities, share important messages...
We use it daily to communicate, organize our work, coordinate activities, share important messages or company announcements.
Pros
You can not only send direct messages to one or many team members, but you can also create communication channels for different topics. You can send gif and react to messages, you can share files, or even jump in a call.
Cons
You can jump in a call it needed, but sometimes this feature doesn't work.
- Industry: Sports
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Work w/ Slack is better
Reviewed on 05/05/2022
It's a great platform to increase productivity and accountability while serving as the means of...
It's a great platform to increase productivity and accountability while serving as the means of communications for our remote-only company
Pros
The real-time features of being able to communicate effortlessly with teammates, co-workers
Cons
Not much -- sometimes it doesn't sync directly from phone to computer or vice versa -- but that's user error, likely.
Reasons for Choosing Slack
Sococo offered more in terms of "office-feel" but with more integrations and features added to Slack as well as customer service -- it was an easy switchSwitched From
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Slack has it all -- literally. Nothing more, nothing less than the others.- Industry: Financial Services Software
- Company size: 1,001-5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Nice ideas with issues
Reviewed on 29/04/2022
The idea of slack is great, and it helps my team communicate more quickly and effectively than...
The idea of slack is great, and it helps my team communicate more quickly and effectively than something like Google Hangouts. However, with the introduction of Huddles, and seemingly with the purchase of Slack by Salesforce, there seems to be a lot more bugs than in previous versions of the sofware.
Pros
Slack is very easy to keep in the background and to use on your mobile device. The best feature of slack is the ability for everyone on a call to draw on the presenter's screen without any setup. Its very easy to onboard a new user and have them communicating right away. The API makes Slack a great hub for reminders and system notifications.
Cons
Over the past year or so, Slack seems to be getting a little buggy. There are regular problems with joining Huddles, getting kicked out of huddles for drawing when a presenter has drawing enabled, and getting audio to consistently work. My team has noticed problems on Windows and iOS.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great for teams in multiple locations
Reviewed on 09/03/2022
Overall I really like slack and I admit now is the time to explore what else it can do. That being...
Overall I really like slack and I admit now is the time to explore what else it can do. That being said, given how I use it I do feel confident in recommending slack for people who are looking for a way to communicate better with their team.
Pros
love slack because it helps me communicate with my team better. We are all located in different parts of the world and I haven't met many of them. The message style function makes it feel lighter than email, and I feel connected. As a freelancer I also have multiple teams and channels on slack but they never get jumbled or mixed together, so that provides even more security.
Cons
The downsides of slack in my opinion is that despite the search being great, it can be hard to keep track of everything that is going on in a large team, especially with multiple threads and streams, and you can easily miss something important. Thsi could be more of a company issue than a Slack one! Additionally, if you are not careful, Slack can become a huge time sink. Overall, though, I think the benefits of using Slack outweigh the drawbacks. If you are looking for a way to improve communication
- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Slack for Collaboration
Reviewed on 24/03/2022
We started using Slack as a way of communicating with each other and as a way of sharing materials...
We started using Slack as a way of communicating with each other and as a way of sharing materials easily. It does all those things and more and we love it.
Pros
We use Slack for a number of things. We love that it has a very nice in house messaging system that keeps us all on the same page rather well. We use it's file sharing feature all the time as well. The channels make it easy to post relevant information to different topics and have real time collaborative feedback on those projects that are relevant to my team members who are on those projects without clogging up the inboxes of other team members who aren't.
Cons
So far, we haven't found much that we don't like. It would be nice if there was a few more options, perhaps, that allowed for personalizing fonts or styles when writing to do lists or posts for yourself, but it isn't a major hangup.
Reasons for Switching to Slack
We chose slack because it didn't require that we have a subscription to Microsoft (for Teams) and because it seemed a lot easier for our non-Facebook using staff to use (as opposed to Workplace).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: $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+
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:
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Q. What level of support does Slack offer?
Slack offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Chat
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