Compare Microsoft Teams and Slack 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (42.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$4.80 1 User Per Month
$0.00
Microsoft Teams
Star Rating
(15,849)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$4.80 1 User Per Month
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Star Rating
(33,974)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (42.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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Microsoft Teams vs Slack
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Slack easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Slack overall.
- Reviewers felt that Slack meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Teams.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Slack is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Slack over Microsoft Teams.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Microsoft Teams
Teams Essentials
$4.80
1 User Per Month
- Seamless integration with Exchange: Teams Essentials works with On-Premises or Hosted Exchange so that Office clients can get Teams in the cloud.
- Upgraded online meetings: Provide professional features like virtual backgrounds, screen sharing, and recording from any device for your clients.
- Fully-enabled dynamic chats: Keep conversations going internally or externally with continuous chat, searchable history, and in-app file sharing and collaboration.
Slack
Free
$0.00
For teams wanting to try out Slack for an unlimited period of time
- Searchable message archives, up to 10k of your team’s most recent messages
- 10 apps or service integrations
- Native apps for iOS, Android, Mac & Windows Desktop
Free Trial
Microsoft Teams
No trial information availableSlack
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
11,857
9.2
28,383
Ease of Use
8.8
11,969
9.1
28,893
Ease of Setup
8.9
2,512
9.0
5,617
Ease of Admin
8.5
1,810
8.8
4,506
Quality of Support
8.6
9,464
8.8
19,347
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,787
9.0
3,997
Product Direction (% positive)
8.5
11,283
8.7
27,714
Features by Category
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
8.9
183
Not enough data
8.7
179
Not enough data
8.7
178
Not enough data
8.7
178
Not enough data
8.4
176
Not enough data
8.6
174
Not enough data
8.6
172
Not enough data
8.5
170
Projects
Not enough data
8.7
172
Not enough data
8.5
168
Not enough data
7.9
166
Not enough data
8.4
168
Not enough data
8.5
163
Not enough data
8.3
164
Not enough data
8.4
163
Not enough data
8.2
160
Not enough data
8.2
161
Not enough data
8.3
157
Not enough data
8.3
156
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.4
157
Not enough data
8.5
155
Not enough data
8.6
158
Project Monitoring
Not enough data
8.5
156
Not enough data
8.5
155
Not enough data
8.5
158
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
143
Not enough data
7.8
144
Business Instant Messaging
8.9
7888
9.1
12163
8.7
8159
9.0
12655
8.4
7555
8.6
12050
Business Instant Messaging
9.0
7460
8.4
8552
8.9
7395
8.1
7932
Business Instant Messaging
8.8
7224
9.1
11986
8.8
7454
9.2
11660
8.7
6433
9.0
10116
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.3
237
7.5
194
AI - Business Instant Messaging
8.2
234
7.6
196
8.5
232
8.3
195
8.3
230
7.4
195
8.3
230
7.5
194
Setup
Not enough data
9.2
155
Not enough data
9.1
155
Not enough data
9.0
152
Not enough data
9.0
156
Management
Not enough data
9.1
153
Not enough data
8.8
149
Not enough data
8.9
150
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
142
Presenter Tools
Not enough data
9.3
171
Not enough data
8.9
176
Not enough data
8.7
170
Not enough data
8.9
173
Conferencing Options
Not enough data
9.3
176
Not enough data
9.2
179
Not enough data
9.1
176
Application Tools
Not enough data
8.7
170
Not enough data
8.5
170
Not enough data
8.9
174
Login Options
Not enough data
9.3
129
Not enough data
9.0
125
Productivity
Not enough data
8.6
117
Not enough data
9.0
119
Not enough data
8.9
119
Not enough data
8.5
117
Not enough data
8.7
117
Customization
Not enough data
9.0
117
Not enough data
9.3
119
Not enough data
9.0
118
Automation
Not enough data
9.0
217
Not enough data
9.0
214
Not enough data
8.7
211
Administration
Not enough data
9.0
217
Not enough data
8.9
215
Not enough data
9.4
218
Project management
Not enough data
8.9
216
Not enough data
8.7
217
Not enough data
8.7
216
Not enough data
8.7
212
Not enough data
8.8
215
Not enough data
8.6
212
Not enough data
8.5
213
Workload
Not enough data
8.5
211
Not enough data
8.9
212
Not enough data
8.6
211
Not enough data
8.7
211
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
9.3
211
Not enough data
9.1
211
Not enough data
9.3
213
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.4
210
Not enough data
8.5
211
Not enough data
8.4
209
Integration
Not enough data
8.8
211
Not enough data
8.6
209
Not enough data
8.6
206
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
202
Not enough data
8.0
203
Communication
Not enough data
9.5
207
Not enough data
9.3
208
Not enough data
8.9
204
Not enough data
9.0
203
Not enough data
9.2
203
Content & Documents
Not enough data
9.2
203
Not enough data
9.0
202
Not enough data
8.7
200
Not enough data
8.3
195
Controls
Not enough data
8.4
195
Not enough data
8.2
194
Not enough data
8.9
194
Not enough data
8.6
192
Not enough data
8.4
190
Project Management
Not enough data
8.6
193
Not enough data
8.5
193
Not enough data
8.6
194
Not enough data
8.8
192
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
9.1
196
Not enough data
8.8
192
Not enough data
9.1
194
Not enough data
8.0
191
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.2
186
Not enough data
7.2
186
Collaboration Tools
9.0
6846
|
Verified
9.2
720
9.1
4627
|
Verified
9.0
685
Feature Not Available
8.6
637
9.2
4790
|
Verified
9.5
713
Feature Not Available
8.9
653
Meeting Coordination
9.0
6402
|
Verified
8.9
657
8.9
5881
|
Verified
8.8
649
8.8
6142
|
Verified
9.0
651
8.9
4616
|
Verified
9.3
678
Software Type
8.8
6213
|
Verified
9.3
712
8.7
4311
|
Verified
9.0
682
9.1
4846
|
Verified
9.5
719
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Microsoft Teams and Slack are categorized as Business Instant Messaging and Video Conferencing
Unique Categories
Microsoft Teams has no unique categories
Slack is categorized as Project Collaboration, Work Management, Unified Workspaces, Screen Sharing, Audio Conferencing, Project Management, and Workflow Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Microsoft Teams
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Slack
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
17.0%
Computer Software
9.2%
Education Management
3.8%
Financial Services
3.5%
Marketing and Advertising
3.5%
Other
62.9%
Computer Software
15.1%
Information Technology and Services
12.4%
Marketing and Advertising
8.7%
Internet
5.0%
Higher Education
3.5%
Other
55.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
Microsoft Teams
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Nelson Jr. A.
Verified User in Telecommunications
What I like the best about Microsoft Teams is that I am able to control the computer of a person that I talked to, specially why they really need help about navigating on the program. This really helpful in facilitating the process during the operations.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Tyler Y.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Unfortunately, a lot of the things Lync can do are obscured by the user interface. It’s attractive enough and doesn’t look cluttered at first glance, but most of my attempts to do non-basic things involve hunting through icons and menus that are...
Slack
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Internet
I like the ability to stay up to date on internal conversations by subscribing to different channels. It keeps me in the know in real time, instead of waiting for a meeting to get updates. On a related note, it also declutters my email inbox, and makes...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Internet
No issues so far. It has been a great tool
Nelson Jr. A.
Verified User in Telecommunications
What I like the best about Microsoft Teams is that I am able to control the computer of a person that I talked to, specially why they really need help about navigating on the program. This really helpful in facilitating the process during the operations.
Verified User in Internet
I like the ability to stay up to date on internal conversations by subscribing to different channels. It keeps me in the know in real time, instead of waiting for a meeting to get updates. On a related note, it also declutters my email inbox, and makes...
Tyler Y.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Unfortunately, a lot of the things Lync can do are obscured by the user interface. It’s attractive enough and doesn’t look cluttered at first glance, but most of my attempts to do non-basic things involve hunting through icons and menus that are...
Verified User in Internet
No issues so far. It has been a great tool
Alternatives
Discussions
What are the best features of Microsoft teams?
20 comments
SB
I believe Microsoft Teams offers many advanced features related to learning management products. Like Attendance, assignment push-pull, Reviewing marks, etc.Read more
What is the use of Microsoft teams?
13 comments
AP
Teams can be used to conduct meeting as well as chats can be accessed.Read more
What software do you need for Microsoft teams?
12 comments
AG
You need Office 365 to use Microsoft Teams.Read more
How do I delete a channel in slack?
47 comments
CH
Since this has already been answered, my $0.02 is that you should always archive channels rather than delete them for posterity and/or auditing purposes.Read more
What does slack software do?
28 comments
RR
Slack is messaging and communication platform which allow an individual for video and audio calls and many more.Read more
Is Slack a good tool?
13 comments
BM
Slack adopts an interactive, open-conversation approach, enabling you to effortlessly connect with team members via chat or swiftly initiate huddles (audio...Read more
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