# Slack: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/slack

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Board portals](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/corporate/board-portals/index.md) | 0% | 47 | 100% | 1 |
| [Internal controls and SOX](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/tax/internal-controls-and-sox/index.md) | 0% | 110 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Tools like Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, or Discord are notorious for breaking internal controls." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Internal controls)
- "such as Dropbox, Google Drive, SharePoint, Slack, or personal email—unless they are configured with board-specific permissions" (Perplexity Sonar, Board portals)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Slack, from 6 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- appdeck.com: 3
- boardintelligence.com: 3
- fast.io: 3
- gane.ai/index: 3
- onboardmeetings.com: 3
- aprioboardportal.com: 2
- board-rooms.co.uk: 2
- diligent.com: 2
- saas.toolsinfo.com: 2
- admincontrol.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://fast.io/resources/board-portal-comparison: 3
- https://appdeck.com/blog/board-portal-software-comparison-2026: 2
- https://board-rooms.co.uk/board-portal-comparison: 2
- https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/corporate/board-portals: 2
- https://onboardmeetings.com/blog/board-portal-security: 2
- https://onboardmeetings.com/blog/enterprise-board-portal: 2
- https://saas.toolsinfo.com/c/board-reporting/guide: 2
- https://admincontrol.com/insights/guide-to-secure-board-portal-storage: 1

## In its own words

What Slack's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools (https://slack.com/)
- For: teams (https://slack.com/)
- Price stated: Free $0USD free forever; Pro $8.75$4.38USD per user / month, when paying monthly, or $7.25 USD per user / month, when paying annually; Business+ $18$9USD per user / month, when paying monthly, or $15 USD per user / month, when paying annually; Enterprise+ $45USD per user / month, when paying annually (https://slack.com/pricing)
- Starting price: $0USD (https://slack.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: free forever (https://slack.com/pricing)
- Integrations claimed: 2600 (https://slack.com/)
- Customers named: Anthropic, Box, Notion, Rivian, Vercel, Anaplan, Rocket Companies, Snyk

## What it publishes

Every page slack.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 9998 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 5566 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 1005 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 18 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 182 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 165 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 277 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 84 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1271 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/finance.