Slack Initial Setup
Since it is a SaaS platform, there are different versions of Slack. There's an enterprise, encrypted version, and the initial setup is relatively easy. The most important thing is preventing the service from becoming the wild, Wild West by putting some standards and controls around it so you don't have everybody arbitrarily creating channels on Slack, and that channels are either created through a set of Slack administrators or automation based on a specific need, like a high-priority incident.
View full review »The initial setup is straightforward. We don’t need any support for the installation.
I rate the initial setup of Slack an eight on a scale of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.
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reviewer2254248
Principle Product Manager at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
I do not have insight into the enterprise-level installation process, but accessing it privately is straightforward. You typically receive an invitation, a secure password, or an order code, allowing you to join the designated Workspace. Once you're part of that Workspace, you gain access to various internal channels, which is a significant benefit.
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Slack
March 2024
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Shivendra S.
Senior Director of Engineering - Information Security at Apna
Setting up Slack was very easy. It's an out-of-the-box solution that can be quickly deployed.
Slack is hosted on the cloud. It is a SaaS tool, we don't need to worry about the hosting details. We access it through slack.com, just like accessing Facebook without knowing its hosting details.
View full review »The tool's deployment is easy.
View full review »The initial setup is very easy. The product is deployed on the cloud. The deployment takes a couple of minutes. It has very low latency.
View full review »I rate the solution's initial setup process a nine out of ten.
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reviewer2219412
Manager at a computer software company with 1-10 employees
The initial setup was very easy.
View full review »Slack's initial setup is super easy.
View full review »The initial setup was very easy. It took five to ten minutes.
View full review »The solution's initial setup is easy. You just have to sign up with your work email and you're good to go. We have deployed the solution on the cloud.
View full review »The product is easy to set up. The solution is deployed on the cloud.
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reviewer2219163
User Happiness Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 501-1,000 employees
It is super easy to navigate on Slack. So, the initial setup is easy.
View full review »It's easy to set up. The IT team didn’t take that long to install it. There’s nothing wrong with that.
View full review »It is easy to set up the tool.
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Jegadhisan Saravanan
Project Manager at Sparklehaze
Slack's setup is easy and takes only a few minutes to complete.
View full review »It was straightforward. It took one day.
View full review »It's very simple. You just use your work email, sign in, and that's about it.
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Oluwakorede Daramola
CTO at UnblockAfrica
The initial setup is very easy and straightforward.
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Ashvit Khandare
Cloud Engineer, Content Writer at Planet Flora
On a scale from one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy, I rate Slack a seven out of ten for the ease of its initial setup.
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reviewer2230392
Vice President - Strategy & Client Partnership- Data & Cloud Analytics at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
The solution’s initial setup is complex.
View full review »Slack’s initial setup was not difficult.
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reviewer2085696
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The initial setup was easy. The solution is deployed on the cloud.
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reviewer1023507
Software engineering manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Slack's setup is simple.
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reviewer2219454
Senior Director - Data Management at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We use the solution's cloud version.
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Savvas Socratous
CS/Retention Manager at Catchpoint LTD
Setup is pretty easy.
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reviewer1055544
Analyst at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
The initial setup is easy. I had set something up wrong because I didn't make it private versus public, although I had not read anything about configuring it beforehand.
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Patryk Ciesielski
Devops engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Slack's installation is very simple and I don't think I spent more than five minutes to complete it.
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reviewer2220822
PhD Researcher and Data Scientist at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Slack's setup is easy. The product does not require any maintenance.
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reviewer1420620
Product Development Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The solution is quite easy to set up. Anyone can easily set up the product, whether senior employees, junior employees, or professionals.
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reviewer1850925
Associate at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The initial setup is straightforward.
View full review »The setup was straightforward. Slack is great about walking you through the process of setting up channels and inviting people to join.
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Younggi Seo
Security Analyst at Cloocus
In terms of setup, approaching its menu is simple. However, when I went to click and change the account, I was confused regarding whether it was proceeding or not.
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Sergio Yazyi
Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The setup is very easy. I was responsible for implementing it. It required a low level of expertise to deploy and administer. It required a medium level to manage integrations and to develop integration over other software towards Slack through its API.
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VladanKojanic
Project Manager - Business Consultant at Comtrade System Integration
Slack is very easy to set up and there are only a few steps involved.
View full review »The solution was very easy to set up. I created the team through the Slack web site, which automatically invited everyone else via email and instructed them to download the client apps.
View full review »I found the initial setup to be straightforward. You can also bombard people with reminder messages that they should be joining a channel or discussion. In fact, I've had less trouble with slack than I've had with Teams.
View full review »The setup was very straightforward. Once I sent an invite to my new team members, all they had to do was create a password and sign in. Their channels were pre-assigned and they had no issues joining the conversation. It was also easy to navigate.
View full review »I was not part of the initial setup.
View full review »The setup was simple for me, but I was joining the team someone else set up.
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Harshit Pahuja
Operations Manager at Be You Plus
The initial setup was very easy.
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Pavel Rephiah
SRO Development Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Pretty straightforward.
The setup was pretty simple and quick. The sign up form was easy and the complete onboarding process was quite smooth.
View full review »Extremely straightforward.
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reviewer2206407
Marketing specialist at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Slack is easy to set up.
View full review »Initial setup was a simple and straightforward.
View full review »The initial installation was not at all complex. It was very WYSIWYG.
View full review »The setup was straightforward.
View full review »The setup was straightforward as the Slackbot walks you through the whole process.
View full review »It came pre-installed, so we did not need to do any setup on our part.
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Alina Yang
Middle PPC at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
Straightforward.
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Slack
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Slack. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.