We performed a comparison between HCL Connections and Slack based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Atlassian, Slack and others in Enterprise Social Software."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the Activity flow that is used to catch new activities."
"The portal is at its best version now."
"I like Slack's notifications. It is more user-friendly and pleasing than Teams."
"The most valuable feature for me was the different channels."
"You can create channels between teams internally and externally, which is great. There is a lot of security with Slack internal, which is what I value."
"I am impressed with the product's calls and screen share features which are very useful."
"Slack provides very fast communication."
"Nowadays, we don't need to visit an HR portal. Our marketing and human resources teams directly share details about birthdays, upcoming events, and important dates in Slack. Whether it's a training event, a company-wide gathering, or a social event, all the information is shared there. This keeps us all updated."
"It allows to facilitate communication, allowing us to create channels for updates, file sharing, and photo sharing within our team profiles."
"The support is an area where the product can improve...If you are having an issue on a Monday, the support personnel will contact you next Monday."
"The inclusion of a file plugin for Windows Explorer would make it easier to use."
"Slack feels clustered and hence it should improve its design and UI."
"It would be better if Slack had a 'select all' option to delete all the files."
"Slack tends to crash once a month."
"The tool has stability issues that need to be improved. We are not native English speakers and Slack needs to integrate grammar checks."
"We’d like it to have more capability for everyone to work on one doc in real time all at once."
"The product should provide integration with other solutions like Gmail or Outlook."
"The solution needs to improve its scalability."
"The integration with SharePoint doesn’t work properly."
HCL Connections is ranked 10th in Enterprise Social Software with 55 reviews while Slack is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Social Software with 68 reviews. HCL Connections is rated 8.2, while Slack is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HCL Connections writes "Provides potent document sharing with good integration with the Microsoft desktop and smartphones". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Slack writes "A competitive solution that improves collaboration and productivity". HCL Connections is most compared with SharePoint, Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, Atlassian Confluence and Microsoft 365 Business, whereas Slack is most compared with Symphony, SharePoint, Atlassian Confluence, Chatter and ChatWork.
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