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Compare Slack and Zoho Connect 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (49.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
$0.40 1 Users Per Month
Slack
Star Rating
(35,092)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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Star Rating
(117)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.40 1 Users Per Month
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Slack vs Zoho Connect
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Slack easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Slack overall.
- Reviewers felt that Slack meets the needs of their business better than Zoho Connect.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Slack is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Slack over Zoho Connect.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Slack
Free
$0.00
For teams wanting to try out Slack for an unlimited period of time
- Searchable message archives, up to 10k of your team’s most recent messages
- 10 apps or service integrations
- Native apps for iOS, Android, Mac & Windows Desktop
Zoho Connect
Starter
$0.40
1 Users Per Month
$10 per month for 25 users / $100 per year for 25 users
- Feeds
- Channels
- Polls
Free Trial
Slack
Free Trial is available
Zoho Connect
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
29,179
8.8
99
Ease of Use
9.1
29,822
8.8
98
Ease of Setup
9.1
6,393
8.2
35
Ease of Admin
8.8
4,676
8.1
35
Quality of Support
8.8
19,978
8.4
92
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
4,161
8.5
32
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
28,502
8.0
98
Features by Category
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
8.8
434
Not enough data
8.7
428
Not enough data
8.7
426
Not enough data
8.8
426
Not enough data
8.2
424
Not enough data
8.6
420
Not enough data
8.6
417
Not enough data
8.6
415
Not enough data
Projects
8.7
415
Not enough data
8.4
409
Not enough data
7.8
402
Not enough data
8.3
409
Not enough data
8.3
402
Not enough data
8.1
397
Not enough data
8.4
398
Not enough data
8.2
395
Not enough data
8.1
389
Not enough data
8.2
388
Not enough data
8.2
384
Not enough data
Resource Management
8.4
381
Not enough data
8.4
381
Not enough data
8.6
385
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
8.5
374
Not enough data
8.3
376
Not enough data
8.4
376
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.6
328
Not enough data
7.6
328
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Management
8.0
19
Not enough data
7.9
19
Not enough data
7.8
19
Not enough data
7.8
19
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.1
12690
Not enough data
9.0
13182
Not enough data
8.6
12573
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
8.4
9072
Not enough data
8.1
8448
Not enough data
Business Instant Messaging
9.1
12504
Not enough data
9.2
12172
Not enough data
9.0
10628
Not enough data
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
7.3
617
Not enough data
AI - Business Instant Messaging
7.4
619
Not enough data
8.0
615
Not enough data
7.3
612
Not enough data
7.4
614
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
7.4
34
Not enough data
7.5
34
Not enough data
Setup
9.1
325
Not enough data
8.9
323
Not enough data
8.8
317
Not enough data
9.1
323
Not enough data
Management
9.0
318
Not enough data
8.8
311
Not enough data
9.0
313
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.7
280
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Account Options
9.6
77
Not enough data
8.4
76
Not enough data
9.0
75
Not enough data
9.2
78
Not enough data
9.3
78
Not enough data
9.2
76
Not enough data
Q&A Tools
9.2
77
Not enough data
9.5
76
Not enough data
9.4
78
Not enough data
8.9
74
Not enough data
9.4
73
Not enough data
9.0
74
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
9.2
73
Not enough data
8.5
72
Not enough data
Knowledge Pages
8.5
112
Not enough data
8.3
113
Not enough data
8.5
110
Not enough data
8.1
107
Not enough data
8.0
110
Not enough data
7.9
108
Not enough data
8.3
107
Not enough data
Knowledge Dissemination
8.2
109
Not enough data
8.6
109
Not enough data
8.9
110
Not enough data
9.0
111
Not enough data
8.2
109
Not enough data
8.1
106
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.6
106
Not enough data
8.6
106
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
6.7
6
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
Login Options
9.2
278
Not enough data
8.6
271
Not enough data
Productivity
8.2
262
Not enough data
8.5
265
Not enough data
8.7
264
Not enough data
8.0
258
Not enough data
8.1
256
Not enough data
Customization
8.8
261
Not enough data
9.2
267
Not enough data
9.0
258
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
7.0
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Compatibility
9.0
29
Not enough data
8.9
30
Not enough data
9.1
27
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Search Queries
8.7
29
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
8.8
28
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
28
Not enough data
9.2
27
Not enough data
9.0
29
Not enough data
Automation
8.9
562
Not enough data
8.8
555
Not enough data
8.5
542
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
549
Not enough data
8.7
542
Not enough data
9.4
552
Not enough data
Project management
8.8
548
Not enough data
8.6
540
Not enough data
8.6
542
Not enough data
8.6
533
Not enough data
8.6
535
Not enough data
8.4
526
Not enough data
8.3
531
Not enough data
Workload
8.4
520
Not enough data
8.8
526
Not enough data
8.6
520
Not enough data
8.6
519
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
9.3
533
Not enough data
9.0
532
Not enough data
9.3
534
Not enough data
Cost Management
8.2
515
Not enough data
8.3
517
Not enough data
8.2
514
Not enough data
Integration
8.6
521
Not enough data
8.4
517
Not enough data
8.4
511
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.3
493
Not enough data
7.5
493
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Communication
9.5
546
Not enough data
9.3
549
Not enough data
8.9
535
Not enough data
9.0
533
Not enough data
9.2
532
Not enough data
Content & Documents
9.2
537
Not enough data
9.0
531
Not enough data
8.8
533
Not enough data
8.2
515
Not enough data
Controls
8.3
515
Not enough data
8.1
507
Not enough data
8.7
508
Not enough data
8.4
506
Not enough data
8.2
500
Not enough data
Project Management
8.5
503
Not enough data
8.4
500
Not enough data
8.5
500
Not enough data
8.7
502
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
9.1
506
Not enough data
8.7
496
Not enough data
9.0
503
Not enough data
7.9
497
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
477
Not enough data
7.2
477
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
6.8
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
Collaboration Tools
9.2
891
Not enough data
9.0
853
Not enough data
8.6
802
Not enough data
9.4
880
Not enough data
8.9
814
Not enough data
Meeting Coordination
8.9
822
Not enough data
8.7
812
Not enough data
8.9
813
Not enough data
9.2
842
Not enough data
Software Type
9.3
880
Not enough data
9.0
848
Not enough data
9.5
885
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content & Community Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Reporting Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Audio Conferencing
7.6
11
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Employee Intranet
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Slack and Zoho Connect share no categories
Unique Categories
Zoho Connect is categorized as Enterprise Social Networking (ESN), Employee Intranet, Employee Engagement, and Employee Recognition
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Slack
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zoho Connect
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
15.1%
Information Technology and Services
12.7%
Marketing and Advertising
8.6%
Internet
4.9%
Higher Education
3.4%
Other
55.2%
Information Technology and Services
13.9%
Marketing and Advertising
9.6%
Computer Software
8.7%
Accounting
7.8%
Education Management
4.3%
Other
55.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Slack
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Internet
I like the ability to stay up to date on internal conversations by subscribing to different channels. It keeps me in the know in real time, instead of waiting for a meeting to get updates. On a related note, it also declutters my email inbox, and makes...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Internet
Integrations of third-party apps are limited; in their directory they have a few apps that can be easily integrated, however, not all give the expected results.
Zoho Connect
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Stephen L.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
It's a very easy way to connect with team members and share business related wins or losses as well as personal life events. Though during football season things can get a little bit heated.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
People misunderstand how it should be used
Verified User in Internet
I like the ability to stay up to date on internal conversations by subscribing to different channels. It keeps me in the know in real time, instead of waiting for a meeting to get updates. On a related note, it also declutters my email inbox, and makes...
Stephen L.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
It's a very easy way to connect with team members and share business related wins or losses as well as personal life events. Though during football season things can get a little bit heated.
Verified User in Internet
Integrations of third-party apps are limited; in their directory they have a few apps that can be easily integrated, however, not all give the expected results.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
People misunderstand how it should be used
Alternatives
Discussions
How do I delete a channel in slack?
47 comments
CH
Since this has already been answered, my $0.02 is that you should always archive channels rather than delete them for posterity and/or auditing purposes.Read more
What does slack software do?
28 comments
RR
Slack is messaging and communication platform which allow an individual for video and audio calls and many more.Read more
Is Slack a good tool?
13 comments
BM
Slack adopts an interactive, open-conversation approach, enabling you to effortlessly connect with team members via chat or swiftly initiate huddles (audio...Read more
What does Zoho Connect do?
1 comment
DV
Zoho Connect take all organizational/community Announcements, Questions, brainstorming to a Social Media style platform and layout and so heightens employee...Read more
What is Zoho connect used for?
1 comment
DC
It is just like an Instant Messaging service. This is used in companies where all employees can connect and send messages, files etc. easily instead of...Read more
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