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HCL Verse vs Slack Business - Enterprise comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

HCL Verse
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (13th)
Slack Business - Enterprise
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. HCL Verse is designed for Email Applications and holds a mindshare of 2.5%, up 1.5% compared to last year.
Slack Business - Enterprise, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Social Software, holds 9.8% mindshare, down 12.6% since last year.
Email Applications Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HCL Verse2.5%
Google Workspace13.7%
Microsoft Exchange Online9.3%
Other74.5%
Email Applications
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Slack Business - Enterprise9.8%
Microsoft Teams7.1%
Atlassian Confluence6.7%
Other76.4%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

MR
Diretor at MASTERDOM
Stable, scalable, and good interface
HCL Verse has a nice interface and it is a practical email solution. There are a diverse set of features, such as the search bar on top of the screens. The usability from the old applications to the new version has been very good. It was great that we were able to migrate applications from the older version to the new one.
Akhil Viswam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Threaded collaboration has transformed how our team tracks tickets and monitors automation updates
One suggestion I would make for improving Slack Business - Enterprise is the support of multimedia such as images and videos that we can easily share through Slack. That would be great. Additionally, another thing is AI integration; if Slack has some AI capabilities to get insights about conversations or summarization, that would be a great feature. If Slack has an AI feature that can summarize a particular Slack thread and provide a summary of that, that would be a great feature for us. I would rate it a ten if it comes with some AI features, particularly using generative AI to produce summarization and other kinds of insights from communication in a more secure, data-secure way.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We switched to Verse because of enhanced features, better design, and higher security."
"HCL Verse has a nice interface and it is a practical email solution."
"This solution is the best one."
"HCL Verse has a nice interface and it is a practical email solution. There are a diverse set of features, such as the search bar on top of the screens."
"The most valuable feature is the mail server."
"We use Slack for general communication, conference calls, and sharing screens because we have people working from different countries."
"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."
"Slack helps me to read bulk messages."
"The quick line of communication, most certainly improves the functionality of our organization."
"The product is user-friendly."
"What I find valuable in Slack is that the interface is very attractive and it's easy for any new person to adapt to."
"The huddle feature is valuable to me."
"With respect to being a clean and efficient communications platform, I think that it does the job quite well."
 

Cons

"The solution could improve by allowing us to use a color that we want in the editing boxes."
"Security is very important to us, so improvements to this functionality are welcome."
"The setup was not very easy due to higher security standards."
"The solution could improve by allowing us to use a color that we want in the editing boxes."
"Security is very important to us, so improvements to this functionality are welcome."
"Slack feels clustered and hence it should improve its design and UI."
"The way groups are created on slack could be improved. Once you create a group of people, you can't add additional people unless you convert it to a channel."
"The integration with SharePoint doesn’t work properly."
"Slack should add a feature to schedule meetings."
"I think the login feature needs to be improved most because I've been having an issue with logging in to the desktop app for more than six months, but still, it's not been resolved."
"Some features and plugins can be pretty obscure or difficult to deploy."
"I would like to see the social sharing of blogs, announcements, or other news directly from the message corner."
"Slack does not have videoconferencing capabilities, which would have been nice."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an affordable solution but the price could be improved."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"The pricing can range up to about twenty bucks a user. You can spend a lot of money, especially if you're talking about thousands of users. Generally speaking, Slack is less expensive than Teams. Slack doesn't include all the bells and whistles that Teams does. So you can go from a $6 license in Microsoft 365 to a $50 license per user per month, and there's a lot more you can do in the $50 license."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"It is less expensive than one of its competitors."
"The solution is cheap in my country."
"It's on the more expensive side."
"The solution is expensive."
"Slack is definitely worth the money."
"When it comes to pricing, it is on the expensive side."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
19%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
Construction Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Performing Arts
13%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business58
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise25
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Slack?
I am not aware of pricing, setup costs, or licensing, due to my company's partnership with Slack.
What needs improvement with Slack?
I am uncertain how Slack Business - Enterprise can be improved. Better notification controls, improved threading, and more integrations are all good features that seem relevant.
What is your primary use case for Slack?
My main use case for Slack Business - Enterprise is connecting between different teams and facilitating communication for teams. A quick, specific example of how my teams use Slack Business - Enter...
 

Also Known As

Verse, IBM Verse
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