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Sendbird vs Slack Business - Enterprise comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 4, 2025

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

Sendbird
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (13th)
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 August 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Sendbird is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Slack Business - Enterprise is 13.0%, up from 10.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

Pranay Koley - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates user communication with rich features
In our company, we are using Sendbird for building a chat feature within our salon application.  I am using the Flutter framework to implement the chat feature, which facilitates communication between users and businesses, specifically salon shops There are many useful features with Sendbird. I…
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

"Sendbird provides many features for real-time messaging, such as receipt ID and typing indicators."
"Sendbird is very flexible, and they have made great strides towards optimization."
"Sendbird is reliable and generally crash-free."
"The Sendbird developer portal provides each step, including methods, making it easy to implement."
"Features similar to WhatsApp, such as online and offline statuses, message reactions, and replies, add significant value."
"The backend system was managed by Sendbird, eliminating the need for caching systems or local storage on user devices."
"There are many useful features with Sendbird."
"The most valuable feature for us, besides chat, was file transfer, as we used it for sending files and images in chats."
"I am impressed with the product's calls and screen share features which are very useful."
"The most valuable feature is that we can easily integrate different workloads and the alerts are reliable. Also because it allows us to use it as a monitoring tool sometimes."
"Slack is a powerpack bundle of features that help small or large organizations to handle teams and their tasks."
"Its intuitive design makes it easy to use and understand, hence we do not have a need to spend much on educating our teams."
"The most valuable feature for me was the different channels."
"Slack helps me to read bulk messages."
"It allows to facilitate communication, allowing us to create channels for updates, file sharing, and photo sharing within our team profiles."
"What I find valuable in Slack is that the interface is very attractive and it's easy for any new person to adapt to."
 

Cons

"I thought that there should be the audio and the video call functionality as well."
"The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information. Initially, I struggled to connect users and manage tokens for active and offline sessions, which caused frustration."
"A major issue was the requirement for a separate connection to Sendbird, resulting in a delay when initiating the chat."
"Their pricing is very high compared to competitors, which is a concern for us."
"More analytics tools could be integrated into Sendbird."
"The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information."
"Impersonating a user or using a template user to send messages for development purposes would be very useful."
"At times, there are unexpected behaviors where the documentation suggests something different from how the SDK actually behaves, requiring us to create workarounds."
"It would be better if Slack had a 'select all' option to delete all the files."
"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."
"Sometimes, the servers are not available."
"Slack does not have videoconferencing capabilities, which would have been nice."
"The solution’s initial setup is not very easy."
"The tool has stability issues that need to be improved. We are not native English speakers and Slack needs to integrate grammar checks."
"It could be more stable than one of its competitors."
"The solution needs to improve its scalability."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a starter plan for $399 per month, and a pro plan for $799 dollars."
"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."
"It's on the more expensive side."
"I would rate the tool's pricing a four out of ten."
"It is an expensive tool. We pay 15 to 20 USD monthly per user."
"The solution’s pricing is cheap."
"We use the free version that does not have a license."
"When it comes to pricing, it is on the expensive side."
"The solution is expensive."
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Top Industries

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Performing Arts
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
University
8%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sendbird?
Testing Sendbird is challenging due to the trial limitations of only one hundred users. The subscription cost is quite high, which prevents us from subscribing before the project completion and use...
What needs improvement with Sendbird?
The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information. Initially, I struggled to connect users and manage tokens for active and offline sessions, which caused...
What is your primary use case for Sendbird?
In our company, we are using Sendbird for building a chat feature within our salon application. I am using the Flutter framework to implement the chat feature, which facilitates communication betwe...
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

Sendbird Calls, Sendbird Desk
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Sample Customers

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Strava, The New York Times, Spotify, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Eventbrite, Box, Circa, Stripe
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