Slack
What is Slack?
Slack is a business communication app that brings coworkers, customers, and contractors into one place. It includes channels, video calls with screen sharing, voice notes, shared documents, task lists, and AI search and meeting summaries. Automations and connections to more than 2,600 apps are offered for routine work.
Pricing. Slack is free, with no in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Coordinating projects with teammates and outside vendors
- Keeping customer and product conversations in dedicated channels
- Automating routine tasks like PTO approvals and file permissions
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Why this app is in A tier
Slack scores 89 out of 100: rating 74, rating count 89, App Store search rank 83, update recency 100, Apple's Editors' Choice 100. The five parts are averaged with no weights, and A tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
Companies in every industry around the world grow their business in Slack because it gets busywork off their plates and wasteful meetings off their calendars. Slack brings everyone from coworkers, customers, and contractors into one secure place, so you don’t have to chase approvals or wait around on emails. Slack even has AI that can search to find the information you need instantly and summarize conversations to catch you up with a click. Better yet, Slack makes it easy for anyone on your team to automate the small stuff, giving everyone more time to focus on the big picture. AKA, growing your business. COLLABORATE QUICKER. Work alongside teammates and external partners securely in Slack. • Connect with everyone: Invite vendors, customers, and contractors to work with you and your coworkers - all in one place. • Video chat face-to-face, from anywhere: Meet with teammates instantly through video conferencing, and discuss work live with screen sharing. • Crystal-clear communication: Use voice notes when text alone doesn’t cut it, ensuring complicated messages are better understood. • Stay organized: Keep project, customer, and product conversations in dedicated channels and docu
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See all 25 ›Questions about Slack
Is Slack free to download and use?
The price is free. Certain features require an upgrade to Slack Pro, Business+, or Enterprise, a Slack AI add-on, or an Agentforce license from Salesforce.
Can people outside my company join?
You can invite vendors, customers, and contractors to work with you and your coworkers in one place, securely.
Does Slack include AI features?
The listing describes AI-powered search and automatic meeting transcription and summaries. These require the Slack AI add-on, and some AI agents require an Agentforce license.
Is Slack free?
Yes. Slack is free on the App Store, with no in-app purchases.
What is Slack good for?
Slack is built for coordinating projects with teammates and outside vendors, keeping customer and product conversations in dedicated channels, automating routine tasks like PTO approvals and file permissions. It sits in the team collaboration list on AppTierList.
Is Slack worth it?
Slack is A tier, ranked #11 of 26 team collaboration apps with a score of 89 out of 100, from a 4.1 App Store rating across 53,965 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 10 apps rank above it.
How does Slack compare to ClickUp?
Slack is A tier at 89; ClickUp is A tier at 89. They score the same. Slack is free, with no in-app purchases, ClickUp is free to download.
How often is Slack updated?
Slack was updated 5 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- List
- Team Collaboration
- Tier
- A (Excellent)
- Score
- 89 / 100
- Rank in list
- #11 of 26
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free
- App Store rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 53,965
- Recent reviews
- 3.5 from 20 in the last 180 days
- Current version
- (5 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Business
- Good for
- Coordinating projects with teammates and outside vendors, Keeping customer and product conversations in dedicated channels, Automating routine tasks like PTO approvals and file permissions
- Requires
- iOS 17.0 or later
- Size
- 352 MB
- Age rating
- 17+
- Languages
- 10
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
Ranking refreshed · how it is computed