14 of the Best Slack Alternatives for 2022

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Slack

Luckily, when it comes to choosing the right communication tool for your team, you have a variety of options. I’ve briefly covered the best apps your team might enjoy, but if you need more in-depth information on team chat tools like Slack, check out Chanty’s Slack alternatives review. It shares Chanty's experience and feedback from testing seven different team chat software during a span of eight weeks.

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Chat 208 social mentions

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Chanty

Luckily, when it comes to choosing the right communication tool for your team, you have a variety of options. I’ve briefly covered the best apps your team might enjoy, but if you need more in-depth information on team chat tools like Slack, check out Chanty’s Slack alternatives review. It shares Chanty's experience and feedback from testing seven different team chat software during a span of eight weeks.

#Communication #Project Management #Group Chat & Notifications 1 social mentions

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a business chat tool mostly targeted towards enterprise companies. But if you happen to subscribe to one of the Microsoft Office 365 plans, you’ll already have access to Microsoft Teams.

#Enterprise Communication #Team Collaboration #Communication 1 user reviews

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Rocket.Chat

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Chat 65 social mentions

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Discord

When you first start using Discord, the app divides your channels by text and voice. But you can easily implement the concept of Slack’s private and public channels using Discord’s channel settings. It’s also the only app in this list that offers push-to-talk features.

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging 122 social mentions

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Mattermost

Mattermost offers freemium pricing plans for small teams that feature unlimited message history and integrations. Additionally, Mattermost supports more than a dozen languages, making a great fit for global teams.

#Team Collaboration #Work Collaboration #Web And Video Conferencing 59 social mentions

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Flock

Flock is a workplace chat software that claims to run faster than Slack. In addition to regular communication features like instant chat, audio, and video calls, it also offers built-in polls, reminders, notes, and to-dos snippets.

#Communication #Project Management #Group Chat & Notifications 2 social mentions

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Ryver

Similar to Slack, Ryver lets you communicate through open forums, private groups, and direct messages. It also makes voice and video calls for up to 5 users per call. And if you have a Zapier account, you can also connect Ryver to your favorite apps.

#Communication #Project Management #Work Collaboration

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Flowdock

Similar to Slack, Flowdock features open, invite only, and one-to-one chats. Additionally, you can connect Flowdock to more than 100 of your favorite apps.

#Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Team Collaboration

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Fleep

Fleep is constructed on the idea of "conversations" where users can participate in a discussion on a certain topic. To make these conversations more actionable, Fleep has included "Task" features for assigning and coordinating work as well as the "Pinboard" feature, which allows users to pin important messages, details, or announcements to the side for easy access.

#Communication #Team Collaboration #Work Collaboration 2 social mentions

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Twist

Twist is the communication software ideal for asyncronous teams. Its model moves away from real-time conversations into "deeper, structured communication" via their "Threads" feature. Instead of a group chat, users must designate a specific "thread" for conversations related to that topic. One-on-one and small group chat is also available for conversations that don't require threads.

#Communication #Project Management #Group Chat & Notifications 21 social mentions

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Troop Messenger

Troop Messenger offers chat, audio and video calling, and screen sharing like many other communication apps. However, it even offers audio messaging and remote desktop control, which allows your team to enjoy a wide range of use cases within one solution. The premium version includes interesting features such as "Burnout" (which allows users to collaborate confidentially for a specified amount of time before the history is removed) and "Respond Later" to help you prioritize your communication without forgetting anything.

#Enterprise Communication #Group Chat & Notifications #Chat 8 user reviews

HighSide is a great choice for organizational communication with advanced security needs. HighSide offers end-to-end encryption, authentication, and secure cloud storage. Its infrastructure can even help you ensure compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, and more. It also has a Microsoft Teams extension to help you work securely across apps.

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RingCentral

Glip is a team collaboration tool developed by RingCentral. While Slack has configurable features, making it a one-size-fits-all team chat app, Glip has built-in features like tasks, calendar, and notes.

#Communication #VoIP #Cloud Contact Center 3 social mentions

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Google Meet

Google Chat is a Slack alternative built into Gmail, and you can chat with anyone who also has a Gmail account, whether that account is paid or free. You'll also be able to use Google Meet with Google Chat in order to conduct audio and video calls. These tools are replacing Google Hangouts, which had similar functionality.

#Video Conferencing #Group Chat & Notifications #Communication 1 social mentions

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Teambook

Chanty is a simple team chat tool for small and medium-sized teams that doesn’t limit its searchable message history. Similar to Slack, you can communicate in public and private channels and through one-to-one conversations. Chanty also organizes all your files, links, tasks, and conversations into folders in a feature called Teambook.

#Project Management #Resource Scheduling #Productivity 1 social mentions