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SAP Build Work Zone vs Slack Business - Enterprise comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Build Work Zone
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (43rd), Project Management Software (150th)
Slack Business - Enterprise
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of SAP Build Work Zone is 3.1%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Slack Business - Enterprise is 10.5%, down from 15.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Slack Business - Enterprise10.5%
SAP Build Work Zone3.1%
Other86.4%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

AhmedHaridy - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Emkan
A powerful tool for managing subscriptions within the organization
It's undoubtedly more complex compared to the initial part. It depends on the requirements. You can't categorically say that HubSpot is only suitable for smaller devices; it's adaptable to various needs. Depending on the requirements, you can have a project completed within as little as six months or as long as a few years. It's a flexible solution that can cater to your specific needs. However, it's essential to start from the beginning, designing the screens and pages within HubSpot. It's somewhat similar to building a website but generally more straightforward to use. You need to input the necessary information based on your specific requirements, and it's not limited to a predefined structure. The team initiates the process with what we term as solution design, but it's more appropriately labeled as enterprise design. This initial phase involves understanding the integration points with other systems and commencing the configuration process. It's essentially the starting point for our analysis. The analysis covers several aspects, including the language requirements, integration tools for interfacing with Java server solutions, and how to effectively use these tools. All these components must seamlessly complement each other. Once the team has everything in place and confirms the tools, they can proceed to elaborate on the specific requirements. The deployment timeline typically ranges from four to six months, specifically for straightforward or standard requirements. However, in the case of a large enterprise organization with numerous legal entities across different countries, each requiring unique interfaces for various purposes, the implementation duration is highly dependent on the specific requirements. It's not feasible to provide a fixed period for such a solution.
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

"It connects to SAP C4C (Cloud for Customer) and is a very useful collaboration tool for the sales, services, and marketing teams."
"All employees, from the CEO to the warehouse personnel, have access to Jam and contribute to the news feeds and consume content."
"SAP JAM has lots of possibilities and my client is using it for very specific matters, like social collaboration."
"Properly done, this software can be a great resource for your employees to stay engaged and connected to each other and to your organization."
"One notable feature is the "improvement training," which allows you to define groups, facilitate information sharing, enable participant rating, and establish rankings. This enables you to identify which participants are actively engaged and sharing information and which ones are less active."
"Our internal team primarily used Slack for communication with each other, and if two or three people were working on the same modules then they were able to share code and work together."
"I like Slack's notifications. It is more user-friendly and pleasing than Teams."
"Slack kept several remote employees working cohesively and seamlessly together, allowing us to more easily synchronize our efforts and work collaboratively rather than islands unto ourselves, so to speak."
"With respect to being a clean and efficient communications platform, I think that it does the job quite well."
"Slack has been very useful in our organization for doing communications and passing on pieces of information."
"The ability to create ad hoc channels for certain projects has made us more effective."
"It offers customization options for various applications, including integrations with Zoom for video calls and a wide range of other integration plugins."
"Overall, this is a good product and I can recommend it."
 

Cons

"Sometimes it's a bit confusing with so many options."
"The user interface is still quite rigid."
"Built-in integrations with other SAP products could be better. We use a SAP HCM product as well, but synching data is a tremendous issue."
"I'm hopeful for more integrations with SAP JAM in the future."
"Both layout and branding could be improved."
"Slack should add a feature to schedule meetings."
"Their notifications are generally not very prompt. There is a problem with their notification engine, and sometimes, I end up pressing on notifications."
"The notifications on the phone are delayed."
"I would like to be able to notify users that they have messages that need their immediate attention."
"In Slack, there are areas for accessibility improvements."
"Notifications are not as good as they could be (especially for mobile)."
"We are using the free version and some people from our team wish that the message history had not been removed, so if you sometimes need to go back a few months in a conversation, the paid version would be something to consider."
"We do experience issues when trying to log in on Slack."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You need to pay for additional languages. It is somewhat expensive and the payment frequency can be annual or monthly, depending on the choice. There are no extra costs beyond the standard license and implementation fees."
"It is an expensive tool. We pay 15 to 20 USD monthly per user."
"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."
"When it comes to pricing, it is on the expensive side."
"It is an affordable solution."
"It's on the more expensive side."
"The solution’s pricing is cheap."
"Slack is definitely worth the money."
"It is less expensive than one of its competitors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Construction Company
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
9%
Performing Arts
9%
 

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...
 

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Sample Customers

INEOS Melamines GmbH, Medtronic, Schaidt Innovations GmbH & Co. KG, Plan International, Sailing Team Germany, Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection, SHORE Solutions Inc., TranSystems Corporation, Day & Zimmerman, Serco Group, Harlequi
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