Best team chat apps
27 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings
In nearly every answer
Contested
By Salesforce
How often 10 AI models recommend Slack, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 3 buying questions where it came up.
Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average
Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.
Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer
Mature ecosystem, polished UX, and deep integrations make it the default choice.
Best-in-class channels, search, integrations, and a familiar interface for cross-functional teams.
Best-in-class user experience, deep integrations, and intuitive channel organization for modern teams.
The default team chat app; broad integrations, strong search, mature workflows.
Best-in-class UX, vast integrations, and search that actually works.
The definitive team chat app; intuitive channels, rich integrations, strong search.
Best overall polish, integrations, and channel organization for most teams.
Gold standard for team chat with best integrations and UX.
Best-in-class search, integrations, and channels for fast-moving teams.
Best overall UX, integrations, and workflow automation
Good for internal teams already living in chat; huddles and calls are convenient.
Convenient huddles and calls for teams already centered on Slack collaboration.
Huddles offer fast, lightweight video and screen sharing directly inside team workflows.
Excellent huddles and async video clips for team communication.
Directly addresses chat-thread knowledge with canvases and AI search.
Searchable knowledge lives where teams already communicate; Slack integrations surface docs.
Ideal for teams already living in Slack; zero-friction docs beside conversations.
Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Slack highlighted.
27 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings
In nearly every answer
Contested
32 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings
In nearly every answer
Contested
38 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings
In nearly every answer
Contested
Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count
| Question | Claude Haiku 5.5 | GPT-6 Luna | Gemini 4 Argon | Qwen 3.8 Flash | DeepSeek V4 Pro | GLM-5.3 | Kimi K3 | MiniMax M3 | Mistral Large 4 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best team chat apps | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Best video conferencing software | 17 | 42 | 42 | 17 | 33 | 25 | ||||
| Best team knowledge base tools | 33 | 50 | 17 | 8 |
Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording
| Question | List request | Buyer asking for advice | Search query | Worth paying for? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best team chat apps | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Best video conferencing software | 10 | 13 | 30 | 17 |
| Best team knowledge base tools | 13 | 23 | 7 |
Against the products named most often on the same questions
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