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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (59.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
$0.00 1 Editor Per Month
Slack
Star Rating
(38,155)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(188)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (59.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 1 Editor Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansSlack vs Whimsical
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Whimsical easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Whimsical overall.
- Reviewers felt that Slack meets the needs of their business better than Whimsical.
- 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 Whimsical over Slack.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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
Whimsical
Free
$0.00
1 Editor Per Month
For personal projects and flexible collaboration.
- Unlimited workspace members
- All Whimsical file types
- 3 team boards
Free Trial
Slack
Free Trial is available
Whimsical
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
31,139
9.1
127
Ease of Use
9.2
32,070
9.3
129
Ease of Setup
9.2
8,449
9.5
29
Ease of Admin
8.9
5,054
9.1
25
Quality of Support
8.8
21,669
8.7
89
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
4,534
9.6
23
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
30,445
9.3
123
Features by Category
Tasks
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Projects
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Resource Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project 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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.1
13918
Not enough data
9.0
14463
Not enough data
8.6
13766
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
8.5
10218
Not enough data
8.1
9549
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.1
13651
Not enough data
9.2
13277
Not enough data
9.0
11802
Not enough data
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
7.6
1500
Not enough data
AI - Business Instant Messaging
7.5
1486
Not enough data
7.9
1489
Not enough data
7.4
1467
Not enough data
7.4
1470
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
7.7
897
Not enough data
7.7
885
Not enough data
Setup
9.1
689
Not enough data
8.9
679
Not enough data
8.7
663
Not enough data
8.9
697
Not enough data
Management
9.0
672
Not enough data
8.7
655
Not enough data
8.9
670
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.8
574
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
7.8
291
Not enough data
8.0
287
Not enough data
8.2
296
Not enough data
8.0
293
Not enough data
8.0
292
Not enough data
7.9
292
Not enough data
8.1
294
Not enough data
Collaboration Tools
Not enough data
9.1
75
Not enough data
8.0
63
Not enough data
8.6
78
Visual Tools
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
8.6
70
Not enough data
8.1
62
Mind Map Availability
Not enough data
8.3
62
Not enough data
7.9
44
Not enough data
6.4
35
Not enough data
8.9
65
Agentic AI - Mind Mapping
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Account Options
9.2
287
Not enough data
8.4
281
Not enough data
8.7
276
Not enough data
8.7
280
Not enough data
8.9
286
Not enough data
8.9
283
Not enough data
Q&A Tools
9.1
287
Not enough data
9.1
283
Not enough data
9.1
289
Not enough data
8.7
276
Not enough data
9.1
282
Not enough data
8.9
279
Not enough data
8.6
272
Not enough data
8.9
275
Not enough data
8.5
272
Not enough data
Knowledge Pages
8.5
345
Not enough data
8.3
345
Not enough data
8.1
336
Not enough data
8.1
333
Not enough data
8.0
328
Not enough data
8.4
332
Not enough data
Knowledge Dissemination
8.2
324
Not enough data
8.8
331
Not enough data
9.0
335
Not enough data
9.0
334
Not enough data
8.4
331
Not enough data
8.3
320
Not enough data
8.7
335
Not enough data
8.6
323
Not enough data
8.6
318
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
7.9
199
Not enough data
8.0
201
Not enough data
7.9
199
Not enough data
Login Options
9.1
768
Not enough data
8.5
744
Not enough data
Productivity
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
Not enough data
Customization
8.6
734
Not enough data
9.0
748
Not enough data
8.7
719
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
7.5
412
Not enough data
7.6
409
Not enough data
Compatibility
9.0
93
Not enough data
9.1
98
Not enough data
9.0
91
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
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
Not enough data
Search Queries
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
Not enough data
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
9.2
24
Not enough data
9.2
25
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
91
Not enough data
9.0
90
Not enough data
9.1
95
Not enough data
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
9.4
28
Not enough data
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
9.3
27
Not enough data
9.3
26
Not enough data
9.5
28
Not enough data
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.3
24
Not enough data
9.2
27
Not enough data
9.4
27
Not enough data
Automation
8.8
1223
Not enough data
8.8
1179
Not enough data
8.5
1157
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
1181
Not enough data
8.6
1138
Not enough data
9.4
1226
Not enough data
Project management
8.7
1161
Not enough data
8.5
1124
Not enough data
8.6
1144
Not enough data
8.5
1128
Not enough data
8.6
1128
Not enough data
8.3
1098
Not enough data
8.3
1125
Not enough data
Workload
8.4
1087
Not enough data
8.8
1139
Not enough data
8.6
1092
Not enough data
8.5
1084
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
9.3
1418
Not enough data
9.0
1206
Not enough data
9.3
1286
Not enough data
Cost Management
8.1
1074
Not enough data
8.2
1075
Not enough data
8.1
1067
Not enough data
Integration
8.6
1112
Not enough data
8.4
1072
Not enough data
8.4
1066
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.5
1020
Not enough data
7.7
1015
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
7.7
523
Not enough data
7.8
516
Not enough data
8.1
521
Not enough data
7.8
518
Not enough data
Communication
9.4
1186
Not enough data
9.3
1179
Not enough data
8.9
1057
Not enough data
8.9
1046
Not enough data
9.1
1051
Not enough data
Content & Documents
9.1
1102
Not enough data
8.9
1047
Not enough data
8.7
1066
Not enough data
8.1
1009
Not enough data
Controls
8.3
994
Not enough data
8.1
989
Not enough data
8.7
1000
Not enough data
8.4
1005
Not enough data
8.2
974
Not enough data
Project Management
8.4
999
Not enough data
8.4
980
Not enough data
8.5
998
Not enough data
8.7
989
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
9.0
1006
Not enough data
8.7
975
Not enough data
9.0
993
Not enough data
7.8
962
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.3
930
Not enough data
7.4
927
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
7.5
442
Not enough data
7.7
445
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.5
22
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
8.7
22
Not enough data
8.9
28
Not enough data
8.9
30
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
15
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.6
28
Agentic AI - Audio Conferencing
7.5
283
Not enough data
7.7
283
Not enough data
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.5
19
Not enough data
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
9.7
20
Not enough data
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
9.6
19
Not enough data
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
9.5
20
Not enough data
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
9.3
20
Not enough data
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
9.3
21
Not enough data
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
9.2
18
Not enough data
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
9.4
20
Not enough data
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
Slack and Whimsical share no categories
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Slack
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Whimsical
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
15.3%
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Marketing and Advertising
8.7%
Internet
4.7%
Education Management
3.3%
Other
54.9%
Computer Software
15.9%
Information Technology and Services
14.8%
Marketing and Advertising
10.2%
Financial Services
8.5%
Design
7.4%
Other
43.2%
Alternatives
Discussions
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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