# Slack Huddles: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/slack-huddles

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Video conferencing](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/video-conferencing/index.md) | 0% | 54 | 100% | 3 |

## And against it

- "Slack huddles or messaging integrations as a replacement for a dedicated secure meeting platform. Slack lacks end-to-end encryption" (Perplexity Sonar, Video conferencing)
- "Not a full replacement for a dedicated meeting platform, but great for quick informal conversations inside Slack." (GPT-5.4 mini, Video conferencing)
- "Lacks a "block" feature ... Privacy and harassment concerns within the platform" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Video conferencing)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Huddles, from 12 of the 15 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- forbes.com: 6
- slack.com: 6 (its own site)
- ethicalconsumer.org: 3
- getvoip.com: 3
- jabra.com: 3
- zapier.com: 3
- zoom.com: 3
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 2
- microsoft.com: 2
- neat.no: 2

### Pages cited

- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-video-conferencing-software: 6
- https://ethicalconsumer.org/technology/shopping-guide/video-conferencing: 3
- https://getvoip.com/web-conferencing: 3
- https://jabra.com/discover/modern-work/video-conferencing-platforms: 3
- https://slack.com/help/articles/4402059015315-Use-huddles-in-Slack: 3
- https://fitsmallbusiness.com/best-video-conference-software: 2
- https://microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/free-video-conferencing: 2
- https://purevpn.com/blog/online-meeting-security-data-breaches: 2

## In its own words

What Slack Huddles's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Meet with audio and video (https://slack.com/)
- For: Slack users (https://slack.com/)
- Price stated: Included in Slack plans; Free: 1:1 only; paid plans: group meetings (https://slack.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: 1:1 only (https://slack.com/pricing)
- Customers named: Anthropic, Vercel, Box, Notion, Rivian

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