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Compare Jive and Slack 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$0.00
Jive
Star Rating
(308)3.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about JiveSlack
Star Rating
(38,170)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Browse all 4 pricing plansJive 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 Jive.
- 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 Jive.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Jive
No pricing availableSlack
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
Jive
Free Trial is available
Slack
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.0
259
9.2
31,145
Ease of Use
7.8
260
9.2
32,075
Ease of Setup
7.5
67
9.2
8,453
Ease of Admin
7.9
64
8.9
5,051
Quality of Support
7.9
198
8.8
21,670
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.8
56
9.0
4,530
Product Direction (% positive)
6.4
256
8.7
30,448
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
13920
Not enough data
9.0
14467
Not enough data
8.6
13766
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.5
10219
Not enough data
8.1
9548
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13650
Not enough data
9.2
13275
Not enough data
9.0
11806
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1500
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1486
Not enough data
7.9
1489
Not enough data
7.4
1467
Not enough data
7.4
1470
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.7
897
Not enough data
7.7
885
Setup
Not enough data
9.1
687
Not enough data
8.9
676
Not enough data
8.7
660
Not enough data
8.9
694
Management
Not enough data
9.0
669
Not enough data
8.7
652
Not enough data
8.9
666
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
571
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
7.8
289
Not enough data
8.0
285
Not enough data
8.2
294
Not enough data
8.0
291
Not enough data
8.0
290
Not enough data
7.9
290
Not enough data
8.1
292
Account Options
Not enough data
9.2
288
Not enough data
8.4
282
Not enough data
8.7
277
Not enough data
8.7
281
Not enough data
8.9
287
Not enough data
8.9
284
Q&A Tools
Not enough data
9.1
288
Not enough data
9.1
284
Not enough data
9.1
290
Not enough data
8.7
277
Not enough data
9.1
283
Not enough data
8.9
280
Not enough data
8.6
273
Not enough data
8.9
276
Not enough data
8.5
273
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.5
347
Not enough data
8.3
347
Not enough data
8.1
338
Not enough data
8.1
335
Not enough data
8.0
329
Not enough data
8.4
334
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
8.2
325
Not enough data
8.8
333
Not enough data
9.0
337
Not enough data
9.0
336
Not enough data
8.4
333
Not enough data
8.3
322
Not enough data
8.7
337
Not enough data
8.7
324
Not enough data
8.6
319
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
8.0
201
Not enough data
8.0
203
Not enough data
7.9
201
Login Options
Not enough data
9.1
767
Not enough data
8.5
742
Productivity
Not enough data
8.0
730
Not enough data
8.3
734
Not enough data
8.6
739
Not enough data
7.9
713
Not enough data
7.9
711
Customization
Not enough data
8.6
734
Not enough data
9.0
748
Not enough data
8.7
719
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
Not enough data
7.5
413
Not enough data
7.6
410
Compatibility
Not enough data
9.0
93
Not enough data
9.1
98
Not enough data
9.0
91
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.6
62
Not enough data
8.5
58
Not enough data
9.0
60
Not enough data
8.7
60
Not enough data
8.7
60
Not enough data
8.8
58
Search Queries
Not enough data
8.8
92
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
9.1
92
Not enough data
9.0
90
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.2
24
Not enough data
9.2
25
Not enough data
9.0
24
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
91
Not enough data
9.0
90
Not enough data
9.1
95
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.4
28
Not enough data
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.2
26
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
9.3
26
Not enough data
9.5
28
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.3
24
Not enough data
9.2
27
Not enough data
9.4
27
Automation
Not enough data
8.8
1220
Not enough data
8.8
1178
Not enough data
8.5
1154
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
1179
Not enough data
8.6
1136
Not enough data
9.4
1225
Project management
Not enough data
8.7
1160
Not enough data
8.5
1122
Not enough data
8.6
1142
Not enough data
8.5
1127
Not enough data
8.6
1127
Not enough data
8.3
1097
Not enough data
8.3
1125
Workload
Not enough data
8.4
1086
Not enough data
8.8
1138
Not enough data
8.6
1091
Not enough data
8.5
1084
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
9.3
1422
Not enough data
9.0
1208
Not enough data
9.3
1283
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.1
1073
Not enough data
8.2
1074
Not enough data
8.1
1066
Integration
Not enough data
8.6
1111
Not enough data
8.4
1071
Not enough data
8.4
1063
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
1019
Not enough data
7.7
1016
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
7.7
522
Not enough data
7.8
515
Not enough data
8.1
520
Not enough data
7.8
517
Communication
Not enough data
9.4
1186
Not enough data
9.3
1178
Not enough data
8.9
1057
Not enough data
8.9
1046
Not enough data
9.1
1051
Content & Documents
Not enough data
9.1
1103
Not enough data
8.9
1047
Not enough data
8.7
1066
Not enough data
8.1
1009
Controls
Not enough data
8.3
994
Not enough data
8.1
989
Not enough data
8.7
1000
Not enough data
8.4
1006
Not enough data
8.2
974
Project Management
Not enough data
8.4
999
Not enough data
8.4
980
Not enough data
8.5
998
Not enough data
8.7
990
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
9.0
1005
Not enough data
8.7
975
Not enough data
9.0
994
Not enough data
7.8
962
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
929
Not enough data
7.4
926
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
7.5
441
Not enough data
7.7
444
Content & Community Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Reporting Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
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
Agentic AI - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Audio Conferencing
Not enough data
7.5
284
Not enough data
7.7
284
Agentic AI - Employee Intranet
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Jive and Slack share no categories
Unique Categories
Jive is categorized as Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) and Employee Intranet
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Jive
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
13.1%
Computer Software
11.8%
Internet
5.5%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Telecommunications
4.2%
Other
60.2%
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
What is Jive (Intranet) Software?
1 Comment
AE
it is a kind of facebook but for enterprise to enhance collaboration and information sharing within an company. it is not only an intranet but any employee...Read more
Does Jive have a Mobile App?
1 Comment
AE
Yes there is an app called Jive Daily with notifications capabilities, you can use it to share publish blogs/documentsRead more
Jive has no more discussions with answers
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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