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Jive vs Slack Business - Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Jive
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (35th), Web Content Management (39th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (7th), Knowledge Management Software (24th), Enterprise Intranet (11th)
Slack Business - Enterprise
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Jive is 4.1%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Slack Business - Enterprise is 15.5%, up from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Slack Business - Enterprise15.5%
Jive4.1%
Other80.4%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

PatrickCiPaaS - PeerSpot reviewer
Works well to collaborate with creating documents or media for a specific goal.
The platform works well to collaborate with creating documents or media for a specific goal. It was more fun to create a community in Jive than to use shared spreadsheets in Dropbox or Google docs. Create a better way of adding users in bulk by email address.
Awais Mehmood - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation features and user-friendly interface support seamless communication
Slack is very supportive in terms of communication between my colleagues and clients. While working with the reimbursement feature, I found the automation capabilities on Slack to be incredibly useful, allowing me to automate messages for specific dates or times and even to greet someone on their birthday. I haven't specifically used the channel organization feature of Slack, as I am added to channels, but I use it with Airtable, which automates notifications to a specific Slack channel when a user fills out a form on our website. In my experience, Slack is a stable product for communication, and I appreciate its automation features and integration of AI capabilities for enhancing specific functions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge."
"Slack is a very stable product."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the search functionality, which I can use to search for full text."
"The most valuable features of Slack are basic chatting, file sharing, and screen sharing."
"Tasks and team huddles are the most valuable features of Slack."
"The most valuable features are video conferencing and sharing content during meetings."
"One thing I like about Slack is the ability to change the color of Slack. It depends on my mood. When I'm having a bright day, I just change the background color of my Slack, which is nice."
"I use Slack for communication with my colleagues."
"The product is easy to use."
 

Cons

"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"Sometimes, the servers are not available."
"It could be more stable than one of its competitors."
"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."
"Slack is not as strong as competitors like Teams when it comes to things like video meetings and audio meetings."
"Sometimes Slack behaves unexpectedly and shuts down without notification or support communication."
"I would like the in-meeting content sharing facility to be improved."
"Sometimes there are login issues."
"We’d like it to have more capability for everyone to work on one doc in real time all at once."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution’s pricing is cheap."
"It's on the more expensive side."
"It is an expensive tool. We pay 15 to 20 USD monthly per user."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"I would rate the tool's pricing a four out of ten."
"When it comes to pricing, it is on the expensive side."
"Slack is definitely worth the money."
"It is less expensive than one of its competitors."
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Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Performing Arts
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
University
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business52
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Slack?
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...
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?
From my perspective, a disadvantage of Slack compared to Teams is that connecting between the apps can be a bit difficult. In Teams, all applications available in the Microsoft launchpad are easily...
 

Also Known As

Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
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Sample Customers

Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
Strava, The New York Times, Spotify, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Eventbrite, Box, Circa, Stripe
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