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.
"We like it because it makes it easy to communicate, chat, make video calls, and schedule meetings with people."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams is that it is integrated with the Microsoft ecosystem."
"Team sharing is really cool. It's great to have remote access, document sharing, and collaboration during calls and meetings."
"It is easy to share files online in real time with Microsoft Teams."
"You can easily integrate with other applications quite easily."
"The solution is perfect and works pretty well. It gets your streaming and helps to get your calls. I like it a lot."
"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."
"The tool is simple to use."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution makes it easy to create groups, share documents, and communicate."
"Its intuitive design makes it easy to use and understand, hence we do not have a need to spend much on educating our teams."
"Its integration with different apps is a great feature."
"Slack helps me to read bulk messages."
"With respect to being a clean and efficient communications platform, I think that it does the job quite well."
"Slack is a collaboration tool where you can create specific topic-related channels and manage different threads on different talks so people can interact and maintain a chat."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is communication between team members."
"I think the ability to use a whiteboard in the solution is not very simple."
"To Do tasks’ ease of use should be improved."
"The solution should improve its user interface and recording features."
"Microsoft Teams could improve because it is heavy on bandwidth. We have some access points and when we have 30 or 40 users on it with Microsoft Teams calls can drop. WebEx does not use as much bandwidth."
"There can be more customization and also the task management tools needs better tools for integration."
"We can currently only ping 15, but I'd like to see new features that allow for 20 or 25 pings; that would be good."
"Its screen-sharing feature could be better compared to a few competitors."
"The solution's security features could be improved."
"The only area of concern that I have is with the inability to preview received documents without having to download them first."
"The product should provide integration with other solutions like Gmail or Outlook."
"I would like to see the social sharing of blogs, announcements, or other news directly from the message corner."
"Its capabilities to provide security features could be better for corporations."
"Integrating Slack with calendar functions would be advantageous, allowing for the seamless scheduling of meetings within the platform."
"The tool has stability issues that need to be improved. We are not native English speakers and Slack needs to integrate grammar checks."
"There could be a read function so that when you send a message, instead of the other person having to add a reaction, you know that the message went through."
"It could be more stable than one of its competitors."
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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