Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Slack

The 20 closest team communication software alternatives to Slack, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Slack? The closest matches are larksuite.com, ClickUp and monday.com. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Slack

Slack slack.com

Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools

Boost productivity and save time with Slack‌ — ‌the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.

Wikidata: web-based instant messaging service

Top 1K · #292 English 8 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Slack

Summary by Claude

Slack is a cloud-based team messaging app where workplace teams communicate in channels and direct messages, share files, and automate workflows with integrated apps and AI assistants.

Who it’s for
Businesses and work teams
Business model
Freemium subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Slack’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

CM.comSaleSmartlyLiveChatNotiontawk.toSmartsheettelegram.orgSalesforceClickUplarksuite.com

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Slack

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Slack, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    larksuite.com Top 10K English

    Lark | Productivity Superapp for Chat, Meetings, Docs & Projects

    Lark is a productivity superapp for teams. Get chat, docs, meetings, workflow automations & AI for free all in one place.

  2. 02
    ClickUp clickup.com Top 10K

    ClickUp™ | Maximize productivity • Software, AI, and humans converge

    Our mission is to make the world more productive. To do this, we built the everything app for work - Tasks, Docs, Goals, and Chat.

  3. 03
    monday.com Top 10K English

    The AI Workspace for People & Agents | monday.com

    Get more work done with AI agents that work side by side with your people. Execute, manage, and operate together on one AI Workspace to drive business results.

  4. 04
    Salesforce salesforce.com Top 1K German

    Salesforce: Das führende CRM mit KI | Salesforce DE

    Salesforce ist das führende CRM mit KI. Es hilft Unternehmen, sich auf völlig neue Weise mit Kund:innen zu vernetzen, indem es die Daten, Apps und Agents zusammenbringt, die das Unternehmen am Laufen halten.

  5. 05
    telegram.org Top 1K

    Telegram Messenger

    Fast. Secure. Powerful.

  6. 06
    Smartsheet smartsheet.com Top 10K English

    The Execution Hub for Enterprise Work | Smartsheet

    Smartsheet is the Execution Hub where people and AI get work done together, with the governance and visibility enterprises need.

  7. 07
    DingTalk dingtalk.com Top 10K

    钉钉,AI时代工作方式

    钉钉(Ding Talk)是阿里巴巴集团打造的企业级智能移动办公平台,引领未来新一代工作方式,将陪伴每一个企业成长,是数字经济时代的企业组织协同办公和应用开发平台,是新生产力工具。

  8. 08
    tawk.to Top 10K English

    tawk.to - Free Live Chat Software for Your Website

    One free inbox for all your customer channels. Live chat, ticketing, knowledge base, AI assist, and CRM — all in one place. Trusted by 6M+ businesses.

  9. 09
    Notion notion.com Top 10K English

    The AI workspace that works for you. | Notion

    Build Custom Agents, search across all your apps, and automate busywork. The AI workspace where teams get more done, faster.

  10. 10
    LiveChat livechat.com Top 10K English

    Live Chat Software with AI by Text | LiveChat.com

    Text is live chat software for your website with an AI Agent that answers 24/7. Qualify leads and track sales from chats. Start your free 14-day trial.

  11. 11
    SaleSmartly salesmartly.com Top 10K English

    AI-Powered Omnichannel Customer Engagement Platform | SaleSmartly

    Trusted by 300,000+ businesses. Unify WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram & more in a shared inbox with AI agents, CRM & automation to capture, convert & retain customers.

  12. 12
    RingCentral ringcentral.com Top 10K English

    RingCentral: The Voice of Your Business

    Power the voice of your business with RingCentral Agentic Voice AI, including AI Receptionist (AIR), AI Virtual Assistant (AVA), & AI Conversation Expert (ACE).

  13. 13
    CM.com cm.com Top 1K English

    One platform for every customer interaction | CM.com

    Behind every customer moment is a conversation that just works. CM.com connects messaging, marketing, service and payments on one shared context.

  14. 14
    Rackspace Technology rackspace.com Top 10K English

    Rackspace Technology | Where Enterprise AI runs and outcomes scale

    As a cloud computing services pioneer, we deliver proven multicloud solutions across your apps, data, and security. Maximize the benefits of modern cloud.

  15. 15
    Messenger messenger.com Top 10K English

    Messenger

    Hang out anytime, anywhere—Messenger makes it easy and fun to stay close to your favorite people

  16. 16
    Zendesk zendesk.com Top 1K German

    KI-gestützte Serviceplattform | Zendesk

    Mehr als Ticketvermeidung: KI-Agenten lösen Anfragen durchgängig. Verbessern Sie Servicequalität, Geschwindigkeit und Skalierung. Jetzt kostenlos testen.

  17. 17
    Snowflake snowflake.com Top 10K English

    Snowflake AI Data Cloud

    Snowflake powers AI, data engineering, applications, and analytics on a trusted, scalable AI Data Cloud—eliminating silos and accelerating innovation.

  18. 18
    Calendly calendly.com Top 1K English

    Meeting Scheduling Software and AI Meeting Tools | Calendly

    Calendly connects and simplifies all of the work around meetings, from scheduling, payments, and meeting prep to notetaking, contact management, and follow-up.

  19. 19
    Nextcloud nextcloud.com Top 10K English

    Nextcloud - Open source content collaboration platform

    The most popular open source content collaboration platform for tens of millions of users at thousands of organizations across the globe

  20. 20
    LinkedIn linkedin.com Top 100 English

    LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up

    1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to slack.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Slack uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Slack is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Marketing automation
  • HubSpot TXT hubspot-developer-verification=OTE4NzYxYTgtMDUwZi00MzgzLTk2YTUtZDAwNj…
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.qualtrics.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:_s…
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust page source: cdn.cookielaw.org
Web servers
Video
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Stack changes

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