Slack

What differentiates Slack from other similar products?

Lot of possibilities with customizing the app and option to connect it to other useful tools (google docs, drive, calendar, etc.)

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very simple to use, also there is mobile app, desktop app and also browser-based app.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing, that is why i'm using it for last 3 years 😁

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you need "more professional" communication channel this is must have. Lot of useful features to make daily jobs easier.

What differentiates Slack from other similar products?

Slack will always be the best option to consider, far exceeding all the competition. One of the main differences is that it provides a very easy to configure system, it allows you to create chat channels and configure the members without the need to carry out a complex process compared to other platforms that require more specific knowledge to configure them. In addition, it offers a better notifications service, capable of alerting about any movement in any chat channel, while other softwares such as Microsoft Teams take a long time to send the corresponding notifications for each action in the chat channels.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the things that I must highlight in a positive way about Slack is that it has a very fluid system when it comes to making long conversations, it allows you to send messages immediately and the receptivity of each message is incredible, all members receive messages at the instantly without any delay. I also love the way I can create public or private channels, or send direct messages to specific people, this has allowed me to have a more diversified communication, and it has also allowed me to have different conversations with each person. Sending images and documents is also excellent, very fast.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The search system is the main problem in Slack. When we started using Slack, the search system worked very well because it found all the words we typed, immediately, however, we have used Slack for a long time and the effectiveness of the search system is no longer the same. Now the searches are more limited, it only finds more recent results for the words that I type in the search engine, omitting the oldest results and causing my search to be not as precise.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Slack is the best option to consider for those companies that need a general communication mechanism and for work teams, its effectiveness in communicating to all employees is incredible and allows them to have an interaction in the short, medium and long term. Slack is very easy to use, its UI is very comfortable and allows conversations to have unbeatable comfort. I highly recommend it for any company, I love Slack.

What differentiates Slack from other similar products?

Please don't misunderstand me. Slack is a great product and it definitely had a place for us. It was a fantastic collaboration tool when we needed it. Then we got Microsoft Teams and Slack pretty much got swept to the side. We still use it for historical records, but we've moved on to another platform. I don't feel like we've missed anything since moving from Slack. Teams is great too, and has some additional features that Slack didn't have, like the ability to do large group calls and share video. However, if you're not a Microsoft shop, or if you're looking for a great collaboration tool at an amazing price, you can't go wrong with Slack.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love how easy it is to quickly get into Slack and start using it. It is super simple. Everyone on my team caught on really quick, which doesn't always happen when you have large teams.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The only thing I didn't like about Slack was the inability to call the whole channel and have a discussion. The larger our group got, we had to meet on another platform due to size limitations. This may have been due to our licensing, but we couldn't have more than 15 on a call. Most times we didn't need that feature, so it wasn't that big of a deal, but when you use Slack for everything, and it does almost whatever you want, it's a little annoying.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Look at your organization and determine your needs. If you already have a platform for collaboration, see if it's meeting your business needs. There's a reason Slack is so widely used. It is awesome. I still love using it.