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Slack

Slack

Composite Score
9.0 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10
Category
Slack
9.0 /10

What is Slack?

Slack creates alignment and shared understanding across your team, making you more productive, less stressed, and just a little bit happier. Slack brings all your team's communication together, giving everyone a shared workspace where conversations are organized and accessible.

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Awards & Recognition

Slack won the following awards in the Business Instant Messaging - Enterprise category

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Slack Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:
94%
Negotiation and Contract:
91%
Conflict Resolution:
93%
Strategy & Innovation:
92%
Service Experience:
94%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Slack?

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1% Negative
3% Neutral
96% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Respectful
  • Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Instant Messaging

91

Notifications

87

File Sharing Collaboration

86

Integration With Productivity Tools

86

Cross Platform Support

85

Search

85

Granular Access Management

85

Task Management

83

Document Collaboration

82

Screen Sharing

81

Voice and Video Collaboration

80

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

86

Business Value Created

86

Usability and Intuitiveness

86

Quality of Features

85

Breadth of Features

85

Ease of IT Administration

84

Ease of Data Integration

84

Ease of Customization

83

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

83

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Vendor Support

82

Slack Reviews

Bryce J.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

You need slack

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Slack from other similar products?

Slack is the standard, in my mind, for an office messaging tool.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It keeps communication simple.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't like all of the time I spend in slack.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Look at the features of Slack vs competitors.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product

Isabelle C.

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Apparel
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Slack: Same Page Productive Project Conversations

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Slack from other similar products?

When we started using Slack, the difference was poignant: instead of having classic emails, folders and notes, we had a fully functional project management tools within a single interface.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love the channels features and also the fact that we could add team members to collaborate on a project, view conversations history and get answers to their questions.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The business + plan starts at $15 when paid monthly. I believe that for this price, the Domain claiming features should be included.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Slack really helped synchronize and organize our business communications with ongoing projects as well as promoting collaboration for business success. For all these reason, I recommend Slack without hesitation.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Patrick T.

  • Role: Finance
  • Industry: Transportation
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Slack is dynamic, collaborative and open

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Slack from other similar products?

Virtual spaces where teams share messages, file and tools in a smooth and streamlined flow. Everyone feels natural in Slack and the gap between departments is bridged

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Notifications on every channel that I'm in keeps me up-to-date with every discussion in the finance department. The search function is used to for analysing archived conversations

What do you dislike most about this product?

I get added on to channels that i might not be interested in and this makes notifications a lot and can be annoying so at times i turn them off

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Slack simplifies the process of locating both people and information. Its just a more convenient and effective way of communicating

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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