The Top 13 Slack Alternatives

Azendoo• Team communication

software that alleviates Slack’s clutter problem• “Discussion” center

around one topic that can include documents and images• “Subjects” can host

multiple discussionsPrice: $9/user/month or $90/year

Bitrix24• Named one of

the best free project management software as well as best free CRM • No limit on search history,

completely free video conferencing, free screen sharing

Price: Free with options to upgrade starting at $39/mo

Contriber• Great if you’re reliant on

Dropbox and Google Apps• Focuses on the bigger

picture• Uses flows that focus on

specific topics• Good for larger teamsPrice: Free; upgraded plans start at €18 for six months

eXo Platform• 4.5/5 overall score at

Capterra• Great all-in-one solution

includes task management, project management, forums, and document management• Open source

Price: Starts at $2,400 for 25 users

Fleep• Can send messages to

anyone with an email address• Bills itself as “user centric”

instead of “team centric,” making it great for both outbound and inbound communication

Price: Free; premium is available for €1 per user/month for a limited time

HipChat• Claims to have better

uptime and reliability than Slack• Offers native video chat,

JIRA integrations, ability to track server health with a slash command, customer sentiment monitoring services

Price: Free; $2 per user, per month for premium features

Jostle• “Organization as a platform”-

clarifies workplace teams and surfaces information/expertise across the organization• Great across organizations• Aims to fix the problem of

people ignoring chat softwarePrice: Starts at $8/employee/month for a 25-person company

Kaleo Software• Solves the problem of finding

specific topics in chat history• Delivers an in-app

experience so you don’t need to go outside of your existing workflow

Price: Starts at $8/employee/month

Moxtra• Difference between

communication and collaboration• Teamwork with chat, service

integration, document collaboration and annotation, teleconferencing, and majority of Slack’s features• Does well on mobilePrice: Free; upgrades available starting at $7/user/month

Pie• Mobile-first chat program• Great for creative companies

with lots of media• Powerful search engine for

finding shared media• Offers “quick reply” where

users can one-click communicate short messages

Price: Free

Rocket.Chat• Open source Slack

alternative• Includes many features not

offered by Slack, such as: • Audio and Video Conference• Built-in Live Chat for Websites• Federation• Screen-sharing• Self-registration• Theming and Branding

Price: Free

Ryver• Free, not open source• Unlimited chats, data,

guests, post, search, teams, users• Offers threaded posts and

discussions along with a number of paid Slack features like unlimited integrations and guest access

Price: Free

Team Tracker App• Slack alternative from Gray Matrix• Developed to be mobile-first• Good for field-based industries, and could even be used

as a field service software alternative• Great at filtering what’s important and filtering the

homescreen to just that

Price: $3/user/month or $30/user/year

Originally written by Rachel Burger, the full post can be found here