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

SharePoint vs Slack comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

SharePoint
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
154
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (1st), Web Content Management (2nd), Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) (1st), Enterprise Intranet (1st)
Slack
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. SharePoint is designed for Enterprise Content Management and holds a mindshare of 18.4%, down 20.8% compared to last year.
Slack, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Social Software, holds 11.7% mindshare, up 9.2% since last year.
Enterprise Content Management
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

Sanil Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined collaboration through seamless integration and customization
I have been an administrator for SharePoint and have used it as an end-user for document storage. Predominantly, I've been involved in administration SharePoint helps a lot since we've moved from using it directly to using it as a backend for Teams, which makes collaboration easier. It supports…
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

"This solution has helped us with the categorization, organization, management, discovery, and delivery of program and project related information."
"The most valuable features are the Integrations, web site, and search."
"The product provides flexibility in collaboration."
"Ability to store files of any type."
"What I like about SharePoint is that they keep up with a lot of updates, and they bring out new features. I also like that the system is integrated with the Microsoft 365 suite of apps."
"It has helped us with storing all the documents, which means that people are not going to intervene. There is a way of extracting knowledge within documentation and tracking it. There are knowledge assets for where documentation is stored, indexed and searchable through SharePoint."
"Its functionality is enormous."
"The workflow feature is valuable because it enables us to cascade responsibilities."
"The product gives the best user experience."
"With respect to being a clean and efficient communications platform, I think that it does the job quite well."
"The most valuable features are video conferencing and sharing content during meetings."
"The most valuable feature is that we can easily integrate different workloads and the alerts are reliable. Also because it allows us to use it as a monitoring tool sometimes."
"The product is easy to use."
"The huddle feature that allows you to get on a call with a colleague is one of the best features of Slack."
"Slack is a very stable product."
"The product is user-friendly."
 

Cons

"Microsoft support could be better, especially for enterprise troubleshooting. They require a lot of logs and often rely on online support, which does not meet customer expectations."
"The limitations and boundaries must be extended."
"The management of the product/back-end is complex."
"The workflow engine cannot support the business needs."
"Allow more functionalities for the on-premise version. Do not force the move of content to a non-private cloud."
"The product could be improved in a lot of way. It is so frustrating to get things to work as advertised."
"I understand that some functions are lost when you store the information in a file system, so maybe that's a way SharePoint can improve."
"The product does not perform 100% when used outside of a Microsoft based browser, Chrome, Firefox, etc."
"I want a feature in the solution that will help me share documents only with the set of people that I prefer rather than all of them. I would also like the solution to have a feature similar to Microsoft SharePoint where you can group all your documents."
"The solution’s initial setup is not very easy."
"The UI could be a little bit better."
"Slack should add a feature to schedule meetings."
"We do experience issues when trying to log in on Slack."
"I would like to be able to do live streaming on Slack. Slack allows Slack huddle where you can do a group call, but it is not very well-designed. I'm not sure if it is going very well, but live streaming is one thing that I would definitely love to see. When you use Zoom, I like how you can run webinars. If we could do that through Slack, it would become an all-integrated platform. I would also like to be able to schedule meetings using Slack, similar to Zoom."
"Slack feels clustered and hence it should improve its design and UI."
"Its capabilities to provide security features could be better for corporations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The data classification and search elements are cheap."
"The cost is expensive, but worthwhile."
"It comes bundled with the Microsoft 365 pricing plans."
"The pricing is competitive."
"They are about an eight in comparison to other similar products."
"As usual, Microsoft’s licensing structures don’t really seem to fit the needs of their products. This leads to always paying for a project you will never use fully or always be adding to."
"The replacement costs for it are cheaper if you use only SharePoint."
"We have purchased add-ons to handle multiple site collections, form creation, and design."
"We use the free version that does not have a license."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"It is less expensive than one of its competitors."
"Slack is not the cheapest solution, but that's okay."
"The solution is cheap in my country."
"The pricing can range up to about twenty bucks a user. You can spend a lot of money, especially if you're talking about thousands of users. Generally speaking, Slack is less expensive than Teams. Slack doesn't include all the bells and whistles that Teams does. So you can go from a $6 license in Microsoft 365 to a $50 license per user per month, and there's a lot more you can do in the $50 license."
"It's on the more expensive side."
"The solution’s pricing is cheap."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Enterprise Content Management solutions are best for your needs.
824,053 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
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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

Would Alfresco give an organization more benefits in terms of cost, features & security as compared to Sharepoint?
Alfresco scores are high on all features of an ECM solution and tools. Back office processing, rated as 3.36 good. Business Process Application 3.55 Good to excellent. Document Management 4.12...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SharePoint?
I am not involved in the licensing, but Microsoft offers bundled pricing for Office, SharePoint, and Exchange, making it cost-effective.
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

SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010
No data available
 

Learn More

 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Toyota, Aeroports de Paris, ASBBank Ltd., Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, CambridgeshireConstabulary, D&M Group, NPL Construction Company, and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
Strava, The New York Times, Spotify, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Eventbrite, Box, Circa, Stripe
Find out what your peers are saying about SharePoint vs. Slack and other solutions. Updated: March 2020.
824,053 professionals have used our research since 2012.