Slack Reviews

The idea of using Slack was to keep non-business related talks from business talks. In Slack, you have different channels where you can set topics, therefore people will not divagate on a specific subject.

It has definitively made an improvement on our productivity. Information does not got lost in hundreds of less important messages. If you want something about a specific topic, you just go to that channel, scroll a bit, and eventually you will find it.

Its integration with different apps is a great feature. Also, for a deconstructed environment, bots, GIFs and customizable emojis are a great fun for the IT team!

Slack could add additional and better integrations. There is a lot of room for improvement here. 

Also, notifications are not as good as they could be (especially for mobile).

We are able to manage various channels by different locations and subjects, and it integrates with Google Drive.

• Channels
• File sharing
• Works well on mobile

Notifications.

No stability issues, works perfectly.

I haven't notice any scalability issues.

Tried to find information about advance settings for notifications, but did not find what I was looking for.

We used Skype. We switched because our parent company uses Slack, and we had to adjust.

Pretty straightforward.

I am not dealing with pricing and licensing, so I cannot comment.

Initially I thought it cannot be better than Skype, but after working with it for a while I can definitely confirm it is a great tool for collaboration.

Slack is a very robust, flexible platform, which allows for a lot more, not just chat.

Some features and plugins can be pretty obscure or difficult to deploy.

Two years.

It came pre-installed but also has a nice web interface. We did have difficulty deploying some features and plugins.

We have had no issues with stability.

We have had no issues with scalability.

It came pre-installed, so we did not need to do any setup on our part.

Neither, as it came pre-installed.

The channels feature is the selling point for me. Being able to create a conversation for both public and private purposes through some channels is an absolute plus.

I was the president of a college event planning organization. Being able to have a conversation with my executives separately from the organization members was very convenient.

With multiple events happening and multiple conversations going on, I was able to divide the conversations into their respective groups and create channels for focus groups. This increased our productivity and efficiency by more than 80%.

Archiving for direct messages made tracking back conversations very difficult once the group started to grow large.

From what I noticed while using Slack, once a channel starts growing in
its number of messages, older messages are archived. This made it more
difficult to reference older messages. To be able to search for a particular message, you'll need to remember the exact phrases or the sender.

I think it would be much easier to "Scroll back" into older messages even
though it archived.

I have been using this solution for three years.

Stability was not an issue at any point. My team and I used it across multiple devices and platforms and the flow was seamless.

We had no issues with scalability. I was able to create more channels as the team grew bigger.

I never had to contact the support team.

We were initially using email and IM chat to communicate. We switched because the conversations became unorganized and inefficient when conversations started overlapping.

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.

Through an in-house one. Level of expertise was as great as it could get.

I had a relatively small team, so I didn’t have to worry about pricing and licensing. I only encountered pricing third-party apps and bots to help facilitate automations.

I did not evaluate any other options as I did not have a reason to. Eventually I heard of Ryver. I was not compelled to switch though.

I think Slack is a very creative application to help unify communication across all team sizes. I will definitely suggest this as my first choice.

The most valuable features are the ability to communicate instantly and create channels. I can create a channel called #breakfastdiscussion, invite three people on my team, and we can chat over breakfast. I can also make a channel called #teamtalk and all the team can be invited. This is a great feature.

We can group conversations around different issues. The issues are entirely created by us, in-house. It works well for a small team with opt-in members.

I would like to be able to notify users that they have messages that need their immediate attention. If Slack picked up more features of Asana, such as ticketing and calendars and assignments, I would give it a rating of 5/5.

I have been using Slack for a year and a half.

We have not had any stability issues.

We have not had scalability issues.

Technical support is excellent.

We did not have any previous solutions.

It is free for us.

It is essential for small team communication.

The valuable features are mainly group chat, calling, easy sharing of attachments, and pinning items. These might be basic features, but they make life much easier.

Communication with clients became easy. Different groups for different teams helped a lot in the planning and execution. Everyone stays updated with the progress without any ambiguity.

I believe they can improve upon ‘calling’, which was introduced recently.

I have been using this solution for more than a year.

There were not many issues with stability, but whenever they introduced a new update, the loading time went up.

There were no issues with scalability.

Technical support is good. They are pretty quick with responses and provide excellent support.

We were using Skype. We switched mainly because maintaining different client organizations is pretty easy on Slack.

Other reasons include the powerful search feature, rich messaging, a more customizable interface, chat functionality, and email notifications.

The setup was pretty simple and quick. The sign up form was easy and the complete onboarding process was quite smooth.

Slack is actually rewriting the rules on SaaS pricing. It’s free for basic use and offers some awesome features at no cost at all. I will highly recommend Slack to other companies.

We didn’t look at other alternatives.

I am not sure if someone is looking to implement a product like Slack, but if someone is really looking for it, then it’s not that easy.

Slack took many months/years to get to this stage. More importantly, they focused on small and medium sized enterprises, which was their biggest market.

I appreciate the rich integrations that allow us to monitor and interact with a number of our systems and infrastructures.

We are given an overview of our system status. We are able to respond quickly to infrastructure events, marketing events, customer service events, etc.

Threaded discussion needs improving.

I have used the product for two years.

We had no stability issues.

We had no scalability issues.

I haven't needed technical support.

The setup was straightforward as the Slackbot walks you through the whole process.

Be sure to delete inactive users.

Take advantage of integrations.

Creating chats with any combination of people and the remind function.

We've been using it almost from the very start. It has helped us keep communication open between our international offices.

There are a lot of features in Slack that I don't use, because I don't know about them. I found the remind feature when I Googled the Pomodoro technique. I found this by chance. It would be helpful if Slackbot gave me some tips on features that I don't currently use.

We have been using the solution for more than two years.

I did not encounter any issues with stability.

I did not encounter any issues with scalability.

I have never needed technical support.

I did not use another solution previously.

The setup was straightforward.

It is a great product and the mobile app is a big plus.