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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (41.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 1 users
$0.00
GitHub
Star Rating
(2,270)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 1 users
Browse all 3 pricing plansSlack
Star Rating
(37,463)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Browse all 4 pricing plansGitHub 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 GitHub meets the needs of their business better than Slack.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, GitHub and Slack provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of GitHub over Slack.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
GitHub
Free for Individuals and Organizations
$0.00
1 users
Basics for teams and developers
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Unlimited collaborators
- 2,000 Actions minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
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
GitHub
Free Trial is available
Slack
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
1,965
9.2
30,741
Ease of Use
8.7
1,981
9.1
31,550
Ease of Setup
9.0
592
9.1
7,963
Ease of Admin
8.7
451
8.9
4,963
Quality of Support
8.8
1,572
8.8
21,322
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
387
9.0
4,442
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
1,917
8.7
30,055
Features by Category
Administration
8.9
142
Not enough data
9.1
147
Not enough data
8.7
144
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
145
Not enough data
8.6
134
Not enough data
8.9
136
Not enough data
9.0
147
Not enough data
8.3
133
Not enough data
Processes
9.1
146
Not enough data
8.8
144
Not enough data
8.7
142
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13796
Not enough data
9.0
14305
Not enough data
8.6
13660
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.5
10138
Not enough data
8.1
9482
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13569
Not enough data
9.2
13221
Not enough data
9.0
11675
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1469
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1458
Not enough data
7.9
1460
Not enough data
7.4
1442
Not enough data
7.4
1443
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.6
864
Not enough data
7.6
858
Administration
9.2
48
Not enough data
9.0
47
Not enough data
Analysis
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.9
50
Not enough data
8.9
48
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
Testing
9.3
49
Not enough data
8.6
44
Not enough data
8.7
45
Not enough data
8.9
43
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
9.0
43
Not enough data
8.5
42
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
10.0
14
Not enough data
Administration
9.1
98
Not enough data
9.0
97
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
9.2
99
Not enough data
Automation
8.9
98
Not enough data
8.7
91
Not enough data
8.8
97
Not enough data
8.9
91
Not enough data
IT Management
9.0
100
Not enough data
9.0
91
Not enough data
8.9
89
Not enough data
Setup
Not enough data
9.0
654
Not enough data
8.9
646
Not enough data
8.6
635
Not enough data
8.9
648
Management
Not enough data
9.0
642
Not enough data
8.6
629
Not enough data
8.9
635
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
549
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
7.6
268
Not enough data
7.9
264
Not enough data
8.0
271
Not enough data
7.8
269
Not enough data
7.9
268
Not enough data
7.8
268
Not enough data
8.0
268
Account Options
Not enough data
9.1
267
Not enough data
8.3
266
Not enough data
8.6
258
Not enough data
8.6
262
Not enough data
8.9
266
Not enough data
8.8
263
Q&A Tools
Not enough data
9.0
266
Not enough data
9.0
264
Not enough data
9.1
268
Not enough data
8.6
258
Not enough data
9.0
263
Not enough data
8.8
259
Not enough data
8.5
255
Not enough data
8.8
256
Not enough data
8.4
254
Functionality
9.1
238
Not enough data
9.2
241
Not enough data
8.9
238
Not enough data
Management
9.0
237
Not enough data
8.4
232
Not enough data
9.0
239
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery
9.4
29
Not enough data
9.2
29
Not enough data
9.0
29
Not enough data
9.2
30
Not enough data
9.2
29
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
8.9
191
Not enough data
8.9
188
Not enough data
9.0
192
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
8.5
186
Not enough data
8.9
196
Not enough data
9.0
184
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
9.5
26
Not enough data
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.3
26
Not enough data
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.4
322
Not enough data
8.3
326
Not enough data
8.0
315
Not enough data
8.0
312
Not enough data
7.9
309
Not enough data
8.3
310
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
8.2
304
Not enough data
8.7
309
Not enough data
8.9
310
Not enough data
8.9
310
Not enough data
8.3
307
Not enough data
8.2
301
Not enough data
8.6
309
Not enough data
8.6
301
Not enough data
8.6
299
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
7.8
182
Not enough data
7.8
183
Not enough data
7.7
181
Functionality - Software Composition Analysis
8.9
74
Not enough data
9.1
79
Not enough data
9.2
78
Not enough data
Effectiveness - Software Composition Analysis
8.9
76
Not enough data
9.1
78
Not enough data
8.9
76
Not enough data
Login Options
Not enough data
9.0
734
Not enough data
8.4
716
Productivity
Not enough data
8.0
700
Not enough data
8.2
704
Not enough data
8.5
708
Not enough data
7.8
686
Not enough data
7.9
684
Customization
Not enough data
8.5
697
Not enough data
9.0
709
Not enough data
8.6
688
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
Not enough data
7.4
385
Not enough data
7.5
383
Compatibility
Not enough data
8.9
80
Not enough data
8.9
83
Not enough data
8.8
78
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
8.1
46
Not enough data
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.3
47
Not enough data
8.4
45
Search Queries
Not enough data
8.6
79
Not enough data
9.0
78
Not enough data
8.6
78
Not enough data
8.9
79
Not enough data
8.8
76
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
78
Not enough data
8.9
77
Not enough data
9.0
80
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.9
14
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
9.0
14
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.9
14
Automation
Not enough data
8.8
1141
Not enough data
8.8
1127
Not enough data
8.5
1102
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
1122
Not enough data
8.6
1092
Not enough data
9.4
1129
Project management
Not enough data
8.7
1106
Not enough data
8.5
1085
Not enough data
8.5
1096
Not enough data
8.5
1091
Not enough data
8.5
1084
Not enough data
8.3
1061
Not enough data
8.2
1078
Workload
Not enough data
8.3
1050
Not enough data
8.8
1074
Not enough data
8.6
1052
Not enough data
8.4
1043
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
9.2
1098
Not enough data
9.0
1086
Not enough data
9.3
1095
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.0
1034
Not enough data
8.1
1034
Not enough data
8.1
1030
Integration
Not enough data
8.6
1044
Not enough data
8.4
1035
Not enough data
8.4
1022
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
983
Not enough data
7.6
980
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
7.6
486
Not enough data
7.7
483
Not enough data
8.0
482
Not enough data
7.7
484
Communication
Not enough data
9.4
1070
Not enough data
9.3
1059
Not enough data
8.8
1011
Not enough data
8.9
1004
Not enough data
9.1
1006
Content & Documents
Not enough data
9.1
1031
Not enough data
8.9
1010
Not enough data
8.7
1017
Not enough data
8.1
973
Controls
Not enough data
8.3
962
Not enough data
8.1
959
Not enough data
8.6
964
Not enough data
8.4
965
Not enough data
8.2
946
Project Management
Not enough data
8.4
959
Not enough data
8.3
948
Not enough data
8.5
952
Not enough data
8.6
950
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
9.0
965
Not enough data
8.7
943
Not enough data
8.9
961
Not enough data
7.8
936
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.2
897
Not enough data
7.3
896
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
7.4
415
Not enough data
7.6
417
Management
8.9
137
Not enough data
9.2
138
Not enough data
8.6
133
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
136
Not enough data
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.7
134
Not enough data
Processes
8.9
137
Not enough data
8.8
134
Not enough data
9.1
139
Not enough data
Functionality
9.3
223
Not enough data
9.0
212
Not enough data
8.7
204
Not enough data
Management
8.9
217
Not enough data
8.9
214
Not enough data
8.3
208
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
8.9
33
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
8.5
33
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
Documentation
8.8
185
Not enough data
8.8
179
Not enough data
8.6
170
Not enough data
Security
8.3
167
Not enough data
8.6
168
Not enough data
9.0
177
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Audio Conferencing
Not enough data
7.3
264
Not enough data
7.5
264
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.1
9
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.0
8
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.9
9
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.7
9
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.5
10
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.1
8
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.7
9
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
GitHub and Slack share no categories
Unique Categories
GitHub is categorized as DevOps Platforms, Software Composition Analysis, Cloud Infrastructure Automation, Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Application Release Orchestration, Version Control Hosting, Peer Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Gaming Tools, Bug Tracking, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Build Automation, and Secure Code Review
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
GitHub
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
31.7%
Information Technology and Services
22.7%
Internet
6.7%
Higher Education
3.4%
Financial Services
3.2%
Other
32.3%
Computer Software
15.3%
Information Technology and Services
13.0%
Marketing and Advertising
8.5%
Internet
4.7%
Education Management
3.3%
Other
55.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is GitHub used for?
8 Comments
MK
- store software source code
- use actions to execute CI / CD and publish artefacts / create releases
- lightweight software project managementRead more
What can GitHub be used for?
5 Comments
MS
It's a platform for version controlling. Where group of people collaborate each other and work on a single project. Read more
What does GitHub mean?
2 Comments
JV
It is a platform for doing projects based on serveral services like website development projects etcRead 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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