Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

Jive vs Slack comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Jive
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
16th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (35th), Web Content Management (40th), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (7th), Knowledge Management Software (10th), Enterprise Intranet (5th)
Slack
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Jive is 3.6%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Slack is 12.3%, up from 9.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user446067 - PeerSpot reviewer
Used by our agile teams instead of email to track impediments.
Stream activity could be better organized. Activities or content you are following will either be emailed to you or you follow in a stream. This is the largest issue to overcome for new people using the solution. When using email they receive way too many and it becomes noise. If they use streams, it's yet another thing to check along with email, IM, etc.
PaulButticaz - PeerSpot reviewer
A competitive solution that improves collaboration and productivity
Slack has been around for a long time, and it's an industry leader. Of course, Salesforce owns Slack now and is starting to integrate into it. I have attended Slack conferences and met with product and support managers. They're an excellent organization. Choosing Slack depends on the organization's size, so you need to plan your deployment and make sure you put some controls and standards in place and not just turn it on. If you're a Slack shop, you will have to have something like a Zoom or Microsoft Teams platform for when you need to do video conferencing internally or externally. Many shops have both products, but they use Slack for collaboration, chat, and so on, and use Teams for video and audio conferences. At the end of the day, Slack is missing those capabilities, so either you're going to be a Slack/Zoom shop or you're going to be a Microsoft Teams shop. I rate Slack an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We are able to handle more than one hundred POs at any given time with their shipping docs and info, with only one person in charge."
"The most valuable feature for me was the different channels."
"The portal is at its best version now."
"Slack helps us keep the conversation focused and avoid multiple threads that create more confusion. I would say that has been the biggest advantage for us."
"Slack offers the ability to make customizable applications and plugins."
"Tasks and team huddles are the most valuable features of Slack."
"It's valuable for announcements and communicating between team members."
"Nowadays, we don't need to visit an HR portal. Our marketing and human resources teams directly share details about birthdays, upcoming events, and important dates in Slack. Whether it's a training event, a company-wide gathering, or a social event, all the information is shared there. This keeps us all updated."
"It offers customization options for various applications, including integrations with Zoom for video calls and a wide range of other integration plugins."
 

Cons

"The search engine could be improved and also provide some kind of indexing."
"It would be better if Slack had a 'select all' option to delete all the files."
"I would like to see a special feature for multiple people to collaborate on a document, working on it at the same time."
"We do experience issues when trying to log in on Slack."
"Slack should add a feature to schedule meetings."
"The solution needs to improve its scalability."
"I would like to see the social sharing of blogs, announcements, or other news directly from the message corner."
"The tool has stability issues that need to be improved. We are not native English speakers and Slack needs to integrate grammar checks."
"We could see improvement in Slack by having an integrated meeting tool. Currently, we rely on third-party integration tools like Zoom to schedule meetings. It would be much more convenient to schedule meetings directly within Slack without additional integrations. It needs to have calendar and CRM integrations as well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"It's on the more expensive side."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"It is an affordable solution."
"When it comes to pricing, it is on the expensive side."
"The solution is cheap in my country."
"We use the free version that does not have a license."
"The solution is expensive."
"Slack is not the cheapest solution, but that's okay."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Enterprise Social Software solutions are best for your needs.
830,455 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Comparison Review

it_user8925 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 23, 2013
Jive vs Sharepoint vs Drupal Commons
At Mediacurrent we often get requests to compare Drupal to other platforms used for intranet sites and social business platforms (like https://dev.twitter.com/ for example). This is often referred to as “Social Business Software”, which has grown in popularity in recent years. I decided to do a…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Educational Organization
85%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
2%
University
1%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Ask a question
Earn 20 points
What do you like most about Slack?
Nowadays, we don't need to visit an HR portal. Our marketing and human resources teams directly share details about birthdays, upcoming events, and important dates in Slack. Whether it's a training...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Slack?
The pricing is reasonable. While cheaper would be better, we are generally satisfied with the current pricing model.
What needs improvement with Slack?
Slack's Canvas feature could be improved in terms of its user experience. While they are trying to integrate something like Notion, it doesn't work well, which is why we still use Notion for offici...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Clearspace, Jive SBS, Jive Engage, Jive-x, Jive-n
No data available
 

Learn More

 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Eloqua, Hitachi Data Systems,T-Mobile, UBM, Thomson-Reuters, Groupon, Nike, Cisco, and others.
Strava, The New York Times, Spotify, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Eventbrite, Box, Circa, Stripe
Find out what your peers are saying about Jive vs. Slack and other solutions. Updated: December 2024.
830,455 professionals have used our research since 2012.