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Small-Business (73.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
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Free Trial
$0.00
Gather
Star Rating
(330)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (73.4% of reviews)
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Star Rating
(38,205)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.
- Users report that Slack excels in its Live Chat feature, scoring 9.4, which allows for seamless real-time communication. In contrast, Gather's score of 8.8 indicates that while it offers live chat, it may not be as robust or user-friendly as Slack's implementation.
- Reviewers mention that Gather shines in Hand Raising functionality, achieving a score of 9.7, which is particularly beneficial for larger meetings. Slack's score of 8.9 suggests it may not facilitate participant engagement as effectively as Gather does.
- Users on G2 highlight that Slack's Desktop Application is highly rated at 9.5, providing a smooth user experience. Gather, with a score of 9.1, offers a solid desktop experience but lacks some of the advanced features that Slack users appreciate.
- Reviewers say that both platforms perform well in Screen Sharing, with Slack scoring 9.2 and Gather slightly higher at 9.3. However, users note that Gather's screen sharing is more intuitive, making it easier for teams to collaborate visually.
- G2 users report that Slack's Quality of Support is rated at 8.8, which is decent but not exceptional. Gather, on the other hand, scores 9.5, indicating that users find its support team more responsive and helpful when issues arise.
- Users say that both platforms have strong Ease of Use ratings, with Slack at 9.1 and Gather at 9.5. However, reviewers mention that Gather's interface is more modern and user-friendly, making it easier for new users to adapt quickly.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Gather
Free Trial
Free Trial
Your first 30 days are on us!
- Add up to 50 members
- Unlimited meetings & chat
- Custom team workspace
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
Gather
Free Trial is available
Slack
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
215
9.2
31,173
Ease of Use
9.5
233
9.2
32,105
Ease of Setup
9.4
172
9.2
8,479
Ease of Admin
9.4
64
8.9
5,059
Quality of Support
9.5
172
8.8
21,690
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
61
9.0
4,536
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
214
8.7
30,477
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
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13927
Not enough data
9.0
14477
Not enough data
8.6
13775
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.5
10226
Not enough data
8.1
9552
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13658
Not enough data
9.2
13281
Not enough data
9.0
11813
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.6
1504
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1490
Not enough data
7.9
1493
Not enough data
7.4
1471
Not enough data
7.4
1475
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.7
901
Not enough data
7.7
888
Visual Tools
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.4
108
Not enough data
Office Customization
9.3
183
Not enough data
9.3
176
Not enough data
9.2
178
Not enough data
Guest Tools
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
161
Not enough data
8.7
168
Not enough data
Collaboration Tools
9.2
180
Not enough data
7.9
166
Not enough data
9.4
178
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Virtual Workspaces
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Setup
Not enough data
9.1
691
Not enough data
8.9
680
Not enough data
8.7
663
Not enough data
8.9
698
Management
Not enough data
9.0
674
Not enough data
8.7
655
Not enough data
8.9
669
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
574
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
7.8
292
Not enough data
8.0
288
Not enough data
8.2
297
Not enough data
8.0
294
Not enough data
8.0
293
Not enough data
7.9
293
Not enough data
8.1
295
Account Options
Not enough data
9.2
288
Not enough data
8.4
282
Not enough data
8.7
278
Not enough data
8.7
281
Not enough data
9.0
288
Not enough data
8.9
285
Q&A Tools
Not enough data
9.1
289
Not enough data
9.1
285
Not enough data
9.1
291
Not enough data
8.7
278
Not enough data
9.1
284
Not enough data
8.9
281
Not enough data
8.6
274
Not enough data
8.9
277
Not enough data
8.5
274
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.5
351
Not enough data
8.3
350
Not enough data
8.2
342
Not enough data
8.2
338
Not enough data
8.0
333
Not enough data
8.4
338
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
8.3
327
Not enough data
8.8
337
Not enough data
9.0
341
Not enough data
9.0
339
Not enough data
8.4
337
Not enough data
8.3
326
Not enough data
8.7
341
Not enough data
8.7
327
Not enough data
8.6
323
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
8.0
205
Not enough data
8.0
207
Not enough data
7.9
205
Login Options
Not enough data
9.1
770
Not enough data
8.5
745
Productivity
Not enough data
8.0
734
Not enough data
8.3
737
Not enough data
8.6
742
Not enough data
7.9
716
Not enough data
7.9
714
Customization
Not enough data
8.6
737
Not enough data
9.0
752
Not enough data
8.7
722
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
Not enough data
7.5
416
Not enough data
7.7
413
Compatibility
Not enough data
9.1
95
Not enough data
9.1
100
Not enough data
9.0
93
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.7
64
Not enough data
8.6
60
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.8
60
Search Queries
Not enough data
8.8
94
Not enough data
9.2
93
Not enough data
8.8
92
Not enough data
9.1
93
Not enough data
9.0
92
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
9.2
27
Not enough data
9.1
26
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
93
Not enough data
9.0
92
Not enough data
9.1
97
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.4
30
Not enough data
9.4
28
Not enough data
9.3
28
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.4
29
Not enough data
9.3
28
Not enough data
9.6
31
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.5
28
Not enough data
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.3
29
Not enough data
9.5
29
Automation
Not enough data
8.8
1225
Not enough data
8.8
1183
Not enough data
8.5
1159
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
1184
Not enough data
8.6
1140
Not enough data
9.4
1240
Project management
Not enough data
8.7
1166
Not enough data
8.5
1126
Not enough data
8.6
1148
Not enough data
8.5
1132
Not enough data
8.6
1132
Not enough data
8.3
1100
Not enough data
8.3
1131
Workload
Not enough data
8.4
1088
Not enough data
8.8
1144
Not enough data
8.6
1095
Not enough data
8.5
1089
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
9.3
1448
Not enough data
9.0
1216
Not enough data
9.3
1295
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.1
1077
Not enough data
8.2
1079
Not enough data
8.1
1070
Integration
Not enough data
8.6
1122
Not enough data
8.4
1075
Not enough data
8.4
1067
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
1024
Not enough data
7.7
1022
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
7.7
526
Not enough data
7.8
519
Not enough data
8.1
526
Not enough data
7.9
522
Communication
Not enough data
9.4
1192
Not enough data
9.3
1182
Not enough data
8.9
1061
Not enough data
8.9
1049
Not enough data
9.1
1055
Content & Documents
Not enough data
9.2
1108
Not enough data
8.9
1051
Not enough data
8.7
1070
Not enough data
8.2
1012
Controls
Not enough data
8.3
997
Not enough data
8.1
989
Not enough data
8.7
1003
Not enough data
8.4
1009
Not enough data
8.2
977
Project Management
Not enough data
8.4
1002
Not enough data
8.4
983
Not enough data
8.5
1001
Not enough data
8.7
994
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
9.0
1008
Not enough data
8.7
978
Not enough data
9.0
997
Not enough data
7.9
965
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
932
Not enough data
7.4
929
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
7.5
443
Not enough data
7.7
447
Collaboration Tools
9.3
114
Not enough data
9.2
104
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
112
Not enough data
9.6
113
Not enough data
Meeting Coordination
8.5
105
Not enough data
8.2
71
Not enough data
8.2
71
Not enough data
8.8
103
Not enough data
Software Type
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
112
Not enough data
9.2
113
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Core Features
7.3
94
Not enough data
8.9
103
Not enough data
9.2
99
Not enough data
9.5
99
Not enough data
Additional Features-
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
106
Not enough data
8.0
95
Not enough data
Interoperability
8.2
98
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.6
93
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Audio Conferencing
Not enough data
7.5
285
Not enough data
7.7
285
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
9.5
20
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.7
21
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.6
20
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.5
21
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.4
21
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.3
22
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.2
19
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.4
21
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
Gather and Slack share no categories
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Gather
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
25.7%
Information Technology and Services
19.9%
Marketing and Advertising
7.7%
Consulting
5.0%
Financial Services
5.0%
Other
36.8%
Computer Software
15.3%
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Marketing and Advertising
8.7%
Internet
4.7%
Financial Services
3.3%
Other
54.9%
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