What is Slack?
Slack is a collaborative workspace that empowers modern teams to communicate seamlessly, access critical information effortlessly, and work together productively. Its intuitive interface combines real-time messaging, file sharing, and integrations with a wide range of business tools, creating a centralized hub for all work-related activities
Highlights
- Organized Channels: Conversations are structured into dedicated Channels, allowing teams to categorize discussions by project, department, or any other relevant criteria. These Channels can also be shared externally, enabling efficient collaboration with partners and clients
- Contextual Features: Slack provides a rich set of features accessible directly within the chat interface, such as emoji reactions, message pinning, and hover-over options, enhancing the user experience and streamlining workflows
- Powerful Search: Slack's advanced search functionality enables users to quickly locate important discussions, files, and other relevant information across the entire workspace, facilitating knowledge-sharing and informed decision-making
- Integrated Ecosystem: The platform seamlessly connects with a growing number of popular business applications, allowing teams to consolidate notifications, files, and data from various tools within a single, unified workspace.
Platforms
- Mobile iPhone
- iOS
- Web-based
- iPad
- Desktop Mac
- Linux
- Desktop Windows
- Mobile iPad
- iPhone
- Web
- Electron / Atom Shell
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Chrome OS
- Windows
- Mobile Android
- Android
- Mac
- Desktop Linux
- On-Premise Linux
- Desktop Chromebook
- Android Tablet
- On-Premise Windows
Languages
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Chinese
Features
Team work
Electron based
Threaded Conversations
Reactions
VoiP Calls
Team Collaboration
Multi Channel
HIPAA compliant
Project Management
App integration
Support for @mentions
Integrated File Sharing
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Direct file uploading
Live Push Notifications
Video Conferencing
Channels
Multiple teams
Multiple channels
Onboarding
IFTTT Integration
Channel manager
Real time collaboration
Out Of The Box
Video Calling