We compared Microsoft Teams and Slack based on our users reviews in six parameters. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Microsoft Teams and Slack, which one is better?
Answer: Based on the reviews we have collected, Microsoft Teams is highly regarded for its user-friendly interface, stability, and seamless integration with Microsoft 365. Users appreciate its ease of use and its integration with other Microsoft products. However, some areas could be improved, such as file-sharing reliability and call quality. The pricing is reasonable, but some users mention a lack of visibility in the pricing structure.
On the other hand, Slack is praised for its communication and collaboration features. Users find it helpful to stay connected and work together. However, there are suggestions for improving notifications, scalability, and integration with other tools. The pricing is generally seen as expensive, but the customer service and support are rated positively.
In conclusion, Microsoft Teams is favored for its user-friendliness and integration capabilities, especially being part of Microsoft 365, while Slack is valued for its communication features.
"You can use Microsoft Teams to chat with people, share your documents, manage your calendar, manage your project, and assign tasks."
"The most valuable features are that it is an all-in-one platform, making it very easy for collaboration with your core employees."
"Its feature that allows for meetings is very good. Also, the solution's performance has been good, and there have been no issues. I rate the performance of the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features are the messaging and the video calling, especially where you can add a background."
"There is a new Skype feature in Teams that is excellent."
"The solution's stability is quite good, and it doesn't crash and freeze up when you have a large number of users."
"The solution helps us to accelerate communication. We use Teams to contact colleagues during emergencies instead of regular electronic phones. It helps to keep everything organized and centralized in the same place. The product is also very easy to use. I am also impressed with the solution's possibility of making quick calls and creating groups."
"It allows us to invite members to attend the meeting efficiently."
"With respect to being a clean and efficient communications platform, I think that it does the job quite well."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is communication between team members."
"The most valuable feature is the screen sharing, which works well."
"Slack offers several valuable features. Firstly, they have a message deletion feature, which is now available in other software as well, but Slack was the one who introduced it in enterprise solutions."
"Slack makes it easy for employees to contact each other and exchange documents or information."
"I am impressed with the product's calls and screen share features which are very useful."
"Slack helps me to read bulk messages."
"Slack is a really easy collaboration tool to use and many companies are adopting this popular tool."
"Microsoft Teams' current features are not user-friendly, making it difficult for end-users to locate and understand them. There have also been issues with crashes, which is a concern in the current scenario."
"The interface must be improved to reflect the true face of Office 365."
"Microsoft Teams can start being more interactive and intuitive by implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning."
"User interface could be improved"
"Microsoft Teams has a limitation on the number of people, which could be increased."
"They should include AI features in the solution."
"The solution's security feature needs enhancement for external collaborations with business partners and vendors."
"The software could be optimized for Mac systems because sometimes it is slow and consumes a lot of memory."
"I have found it cumbersome to create and set up groups, or channels."
"It would be highly advantageous if it could incorporate calendar information from sources like Outlook or Gmail, providing users not only with meeting schedules but also a comprehensive daily agenda view."
"When scaled on a large scale, the solution's cost becomes a matter of concern for organizations."
"The reason is we are moving towards a new CRM, so we have a suitable solution to integrate with the new CRM."
"Its capabilities to provide security features could be better for corporations."
"Sometimes, the servers are not available."
"Slack feels clustered and hence it should improve its design and UI."
"We could see improvement in Slack by having an integrated meeting tool. Currently, we rely on third-party integration tools like Zoom to schedule meetings. It would be much more convenient to schedule meetings directly within Slack without additional integrations. It needs to have calendar and CRM integrations as well."
Microsoft Teams is ranked 1st in Enterprise Social Software with 145 reviews while Slack is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Social Software with 68 reviews. Microsoft Teams is rated 8.2, while Slack is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Teams writes "Great for project planning and monitoring with easy communication capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Slack writes "A competitive solution that improves collaboration and productivity". Microsoft Teams is most compared with Atlassian Confluence, SharePoint, Symphony, Loom and Chatter, whereas Slack is most compared with Symphony, SharePoint, ChatWork, Chatter and Atlassian Confluence. See our Microsoft Teams vs. Slack report.
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