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Compare Evernote and Slack 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$0.00
Evernote
Star Rating
(2,023)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 2 pricing plansSlack
Star Rating
(37,948)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Evernote excels in its ability to sync seamlessly across multiple devices, making it a favorite for users who need to access and edit notes on the go. Features like the Web Clipper and the ability to save various types of content, such as website clippings and PDFs, enhance its versatility.
- Users say that Slack stands out for its effective team communication, with many praising its channel feature that allows for organized discussions on specific topics. This structure helps streamline daily interactions and reduces the need for lengthy email threads.
- Reviewers mention that while Evernote offers a robust note-taking experience, some users find it challenging to configure for their specific workflows. However, its ability to support formatted text, images, and collaborative project budgets is frequently highlighted as a strong point.
- According to verified reviews, Slack's ease of use is a significant advantage, with many users appreciating the straightforward setup process and the numerous integrations available. This makes it a go-to tool for teams looking to enhance productivity without a steep learning curve.
- G2 reviewers note that while both platforms have strong support ratings, Slack edges out Evernote slightly in this area, with users reporting a more responsive support experience. This can be crucial for teams that rely heavily on timely assistance for their collaboration tools.
- Users highlight that Evernote's flexibility in note organization, such as creating simple to-do lists alongside detailed project plans, is a major benefit for individual users. In contrast, Slack's focus on real-time communication and collaboration makes it more suitable for teams needing constant connectivity.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Evernote
Evernote Basic
Free
Take great notes
- Access anywhere. Your information is at your fingertips, on any device, no matter where you are.
- Digitize your thoughts. Capture and organize notes, files, photos, and voice memos in one place.
- Clip anything from the web. Your clips are automatically organized with the notebooks and tags you choose.
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
Evernote
Free Trial is available
Slack
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
1,847
9.2
31,007
Ease of Use
8.9
1,858
9.2
31,930
Ease of Setup
9.1
222
9.2
8,324
Ease of Admin
8.9
196
8.9
5,000
Quality of Support
8.5
1,150
8.8
21,559
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
167
9.0
4,479
Product Direction (% positive)
7.8
1,843
8.7
30,324
Features by Category
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13882
Not enough data
9.0
14425
Not enough data
8.6
13740
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.5
10200
Not enough data
8.1
9532
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13627
Not enough data
9.2
13260
Not enough data
9.0
11781
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1491
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1477
Not enough data
7.9
1483
Not enough data
7.4
1461
Not enough data
7.4
1463
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.7
886
Not enough data
7.7
877
Setup
Not enough data
9.1
681
Not enough data
8.9
672
Not enough data
8.7
657
Not enough data
8.9
687
Management
Not enough data
9.0
665
Not enough data
8.7
650
Not enough data
8.9
664
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
568
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
7.7
285
Not enough data
8.0
282
Not enough data
8.1
289
Not enough data
7.9
286
Not enough data
8.0
286
Not enough data
7.9
286
Not enough data
8.1
286
Account Options
Not enough data
9.2
280
Not enough data
8.4
277
Not enough data
8.6
271
Not enough data
8.7
274
Not enough data
8.9
279
Not enough data
8.9
277
Q&A Tools
Not enough data
9.0
280
Not enough data
9.1
277
Not enough data
9.1
281
Not enough data
8.7
269
Not enough data
9.0
276
Not enough data
8.9
273
Not enough data
8.6
267
Not enough data
8.8
269
Not enough data
8.5
267
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.5
336
Not enough data
8.3
338
Not enough data
8.1
328
Not enough data
8.1
326
Not enough data
7.9
321
Not enough data
8.4
324
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
8.2
317
Not enough data
8.7
323
Not enough data
9.0
324
Not enough data
8.9
325
Not enough data
8.3
321
Not enough data
8.2
313
Not enough data
8.7
327
Not enough data
8.6
315
Not enough data
8.6
311
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
7.9
193
Not enough data
7.9
195
Not enough data
7.8
193
Login Options
Not enough data
9.0
756
Not enough data
8.5
736
Productivity
Not enough data
8.0
720
Not enough data
8.3
725
Not enough data
8.6
730
Not enough data
7.8
705
Not enough data
7.9
702
Customization
Not enough data
8.6
723
Not enough data
9.0
736
Not enough data
8.7
711
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
Not enough data
7.5
403
Not enough data
7.6
400
Compatibility
Not enough data
9.0
90
Not enough data
9.1
93
Not enough data
8.9
88
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.6
59
Not enough data
8.4
55
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
8.6
57
Not enough data
8.7
57
Not enough data
8.7
55
Search Queries
Not enough data
8.8
89
Not enough data
9.1
88
Not enough data
8.8
87
Not enough data
9.0
89
Not enough data
9.0
86
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
9.1
22
Not enough data
8.9
21
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
88
Not enough data
9.0
87
Not enough data
9.1
91
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.3
25
Not enough data
9.3
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.2
24
Not enough data
9.4
23
Not enough data
9.5
25
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.3
23
Not enough data
9.2
21
Not enough data
9.1
24
Not enough data
9.4
24
Automation
Not enough data
8.8
1206
Not enough data
8.8
1167
Not enough data
8.5
1143
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
1164
Not enough data
8.6
1128
Not enough data
9.4
1200
Project management
Not enough data
8.7
1149
Not enough data
8.5
1117
Not enough data
8.6
1133
Not enough data
8.5
1122
Not enough data
8.6
1119
Not enough data
8.3
1091
Not enough data
8.3
1115
Workload
Not enough data
8.4
1081
Not enough data
8.8
1124
Not enough data
8.6
1084
Not enough data
8.5
1076
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
9.3
1322
Not enough data
9.0
1168
Not enough data
9.3
1233
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.0
1065
Not enough data
8.2
1065
Not enough data
8.1
1058
Integration
Not enough data
8.6
1089
Not enough data
8.4
1063
Not enough data
8.4
1056
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
1012
Not enough data
7.7
1006
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
7.7
516
Not enough data
7.8
510
Not enough data
8.1
510
Not enough data
7.8
510
Communication
Not enough data
9.4
1154
Not enough data
9.3
1156
Not enough data
8.8
1048
Not enough data
8.9
1034
Not enough data
9.1
1036
Content & Documents
Not enough data
9.1
1086
Not enough data
8.9
1032
Not enough data
8.7
1051
Not enough data
8.1
999
Controls
Not enough data
8.3
985
Not enough data
8.1
980
Not enough data
8.7
989
Not enough data
8.4
991
Not enough data
8.2
967
Project Management
Not enough data
8.4
988
Not enough data
8.3
971
Not enough data
8.5
986
Not enough data
8.6
977
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
9.0
994
Not enough data
8.7
966
Not enough data
8.9
984
Not enough data
7.8
956
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
920
Not enough data
7.4
915
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
7.5
434
Not enough data
7.6
436
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Audio Conferencing
Not enough data
7.5
280
Not enough data
7.6
280
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.3
18
Not enough data
9.4
18
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.6
19
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.5
18
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.5
19
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.3
19
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.3
20
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.1
17
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.4
19
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Evernote and Slack are categorized as AI Note-Taking Software
Unique Categories
Evernote is categorized as Note-Taking Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Evernote
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
Computer Software
10.1%
Information Technology and Services
10.0%
Marketing and Advertising
9.0%
Internet
5.3%
Higher Education
4.9%
Other
60.7%
Computer Software
15.3%
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Marketing and Advertising
8.7%
Internet
4.7%
Education Management
3.3%
Other
54.9%
Discussions
Only one?
4 Comments
BE
Evernote is great, but there are quite a few alternatives:
Springpad
Google Keep
Google Drive (though offline writing can be a pain)
Catch Notes (for iOS and...Read more
I feel like I'm only using a small portion of Evernote and I could be doing so much more, but I am just not sure where to begin. How do you use Evernote other than as a note-storing application? Any interesting additional uses?
4 Comments
TS
I do use Evernote mostly for notes, but for me, the best part is that I can access it from home, work, or anywhere on my phone, pc, and laptop. You can use...Read more
What competitors are there for Evernote? I can think of FireTask and Remember the Milk and OneNote and a handful of others...any thoughts?
3 Comments
DL
I should really explore Evernote further then...it is one product that I have not explored fully and felt that I should. Thanks for fleshing that out.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
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