6 categories · RankedSlack
Slack is a work platform for team messaging and collaboration, used by teams for internal communication and connected to about 2,600 integrations · slack.com ↗
Strongest at small business. Thin evidence at enterprise: nine labels.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Jostle is first at 23%.
Simpplr is first at 16%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Simpplr is first at 22%.
Why models recommend it
“For most mid-sized B2B companies without strong Microsoft commitments, Slack remains a solid choice due to its ease of use and comprehensive features.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Using mixed tools (Google Workspace, Salesforce, etc.)? → Choose Slack (better flexibility, superior integrations)”Kimi K2 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“If your company is tech-forward and growth-focused, go with Slack + Notion.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · first choice
“otherwise, choose Slack for fast-moving, integration-heavy teams”Perplexity Sonar · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Unmaintained "Free" Chat Bots / Extensions (Slack or Teams Apps) ... Why to be cautious: Many free lightweight plugins lack enterprise-grade data encryption”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Slack and Microsoft Teams when the workforce lacks corporate email accounts or regular computer access. They may generate notification overload”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Also consider general tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams with frontline add-ons, but they often fall short on accessibility.”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · warning
“But I wouldn't choose a chat tool alone as the home for official company communications and lasting resources.”GPT-6 Luna · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Slack, over the 89 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 33 | 1 | View → | |
| 32 | 17 | Compare → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 1 | View → | |
| 19 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 17 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → | |
| 13 | 3 | View → | |
| 12 | 1 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Slack →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Slack's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- teams
- 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
- Starting price
- $0USD
- Free plan or trial
- free forever
- Integrations
- 2600
- Customers named
- Anthropic, Box, Notion, Rivian, Vercel, Anaplan, Rocket Companies, Snyk
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 69 of the 89 answers that named Slack and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
148 of the 162 domain citations in answers naming Slack came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 5,566 | undated | |||
| News or press | 1,271 | undated | |||
| Case study | 1,005 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 277 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 182 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 165 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 84 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 18 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 8 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 6 | undated |
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page slack.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.