协作工具是一角钱(a dime a dozen)，但有两个已经上升到顶峰。Slack和Microsoft Teams目前正在相互竞争，虽然其中一个比另一个有一些明显的优势，但在决定使用哪一个之前，值得看看两者。
(Slack)在几年前Microsoft Teams出现之前， (Microsoft Teams)Slack自称是领跑者，但归根结底，Slack是一种通信(communications )工具，而 Teams 是一个完整的协作(total collaboration)工具——包括通信。
是的，您可以通过添加第三方集成来扩展Slack ，但这在(Slack)Teams中本地发生，可以直接访问其他Microsoft应用程序，而无需离开Teams界面。也就是说，可能有一些理由选择Slack而不是Teams。我们查看了这两个应用程序，并考虑了Microsoft Teams与Slack的价格和功能，以帮助您确定哪一个最适合您的目的。
定价：Microsoft Teams 与 Slack
任何人都可以使用免费的Microsoft帐户访问Teams 。使用免费版，您将获得无限制的消息传递和会议、相当多的文件存储空间，并且至少目前，您可以主持多达 300 名参与者的会议。
通常，免费版的用户不能主持持续时间超过一小时的会议，而且这些会议最多只能容纳 100 人。但是，为了帮助人们在全球大流行期间保持联系，微软(Microsoft)增加了这些限制。
如果您正在寻找功能更丰富的包，请考虑这些Microsoft 365商业帐户层级，它们具有对其他工具和应用程序的不同级别的访问权限。
Slack 也提供免费和付费版本。免费版将用户限制为 10,000 条消息，最多可与第三方应用程序集成 10 条。
Slack 的付费版本从按年计费的每人每月 6.67 美元到按月计费的每人每月 15.00 美元不等。
结果是，如果您主要关心的是物有所值，那么Microsoft 365是最佳选择。您可以以低于 Slack 最便宜计划的成本获得整套Microsoft 365应用程序，包括Teams 。
特点：Microsoft Teams 与 Slack
这几乎不是一场公平的比赛。Team 与所有其他Microsoft 365应用程序的本机集成令人惊叹，并且如前所述，使Teams成为一种与(Teams)Slack完全不同的工具。
文档协作
考虑文档协作。Slack甚至没有声称提供了一种在文档上进行协作的方式。相反，Slack吹嘘文档和文件共享，(sharing, )这意味着您可以将文档附加到聊天中。其他用户必须下载共享文档才能查看它们，并且该应用程序没有提供多人协作处理单个文档的本地方式。
与Teams相比，您可以在应用程序本身中打开和协作处理几乎任何Microsoft文档。
与其他应用程序集成
问问(Ask)自己，“我的团队目前使用和需要哪些其他应用程序？” 如果答案主要是其他Microsoft程序，例如Word、Excel、OneDrive或PowerPoint，那么Teams就是最佳选择。此外，Teams还提供与 700 多个第三方应用程序的连接。
另一方面， Slack提供的连接数量是(Slack)Teams提供的第三方应用程序数量的三倍，应用程序目录目前有 2,200 个条目并且还在攀升。
如果您的目标是让团队成员之间的沟通更轻松(communication )，并且(and)您依靠许多不同的工具和服务来做到这一点，那么 Slack 应用程序集成的绝对数量可能会让您的选择变得容易。
虚拟会议
(Teams)在音频和视频会议方面，Teams也有Slack节拍。(Slack)Teams 甚至与视频会议巨头 Zoom 竞争(Teams even gives video-conferencing giant Zoom a run for its money)，尤其是现在Teams已经引入了分组讨论室。
由于会议参与者的数量受到限制，缺乏分组讨论室，并且没有录制会议或参与者举手的本机能力，Slack无法竞争。如果没有付费计划，您甚至无法在Slack会议中共享您的屏幕。(Slack)
频道
每个应用程序使用的术语可能会令人困惑，但在组织通信方面，底线是：您不能在Slack中添加子频道。渠道是Slack中进行沟通的地方，缺少子渠道意味着您工作区中的每个渠道都是顶级的，这使得组织团队的沟通变得更加困难并增加了蔓延。
Microsoft Teams允许您向任何团队添加多个频道，这有助于组织对话并使用户更容易找到他们正在寻找的信息。
快速点击：Microsoft Teams与 Slack
小说可以写关于Teams vs. Slack中的用户体验。这里有一些简单的事实。
- IT 管理员要注意：设置Teams比设置Slack更复杂。
- 如果你只是在寻找一种通信工具，Teams的其他方面可能会让应用程序感到臃肿。
- Teams 具有比Slack更好的安全性。
- 主(Main)导航发生在Teams和Slack的左侧菜单中。
- Slack通过数十个主题让用户更好地控制应用程序的外观和感觉。
- Teams 用户只能在浅色、深色或高对比度主题之间进行选择。
- 这两个应用程序都允许用户访问表情符号、GIF、提及、反应和模因。
希望以上信息能帮助您在使用Microsoft Teams(Microsoft Teams)或Slack时做出明智的选择。
但是，等等(Wait)！新玩家(New Player Enters)进入游戏(Game)
谣言比比皆是，谷歌(Google)正在开发自己的统一通信和协作工具。细节很少，但考虑到沉浸在谷歌(Google)世界中的用户数量，谷歌(Google)很快就会成为这个领域的主要竞争对手。
Microsoft Teams vs. Slack: Which Is Better?
Collaboration tools are a dime a dozen, but two have risen to the top. Slack and Microsoft Teams are currently duking it out, and while one has some clear advantages over the other, it’s worth taking a look at both before deciding which one to use.
Slack was the self-proclaimed front runner until Microsoft Teams came around a couple years ago, but when it comes down to it, Slack is a communications tool, and Teams is a total collaboration tool—including communications.
Yes, you can extend Slack by adding on third-party integrations, but that happens natively in Teams with direct access to other Microsoft apps without ever leaving the Teams interface. That said, there might be some reasons to choose Slack over Teams. We took a look at both apps and considered price and features of Microsoft Teams vs. Slack to help you determine which one will be best for your purposes.
Pricing: Microsoft Teams vs. Slack
Anyone can access Teams with a free Microsoft account. With the free edition, you’ll get unlimited messaging and meetings, a fair bit of file storage, and, at least for now, you can host meetings for up to 300 participants.
Normally, users of the free edition can’t host meetings that last longer than a hour, and those meetings are restricted to a maximum of 100 people. However, to help people stay connected during the global pandemic, Microsoft has increased those limits.
If you’re looking for a more feature-rich package, then consider these tiers of Microsoft 365 business accounts which come with varying levels of access to other tools and apps.
Slack, too, offers both free and paid versions. The free edition limits users to 10,000 messages and up to ten integrations with third-party apps.
Slack’s paid versions range from $6.67/per person, per month when billed yearly to $15.00/per person per month when billed monthly.
The upshot is that if your main concern is getting the most value for your dollar, then Microsoft 365 is the best choice. You can get the entire suite of Microsoft 365 apps, including Teams, for less than the cost of Slack’s cheapest plan.
Features: Microsoft Teams vs. Slack
This is hardly a fair contest. Team’s native integration with all the other Microsoft 365 apps is amazing and, as mentioned, makes Teams an entirely different kind of tool than Slack.
Document Collaboration
Consider document collaboration. Slack doesn’t even claim to offer a way to collaborate on documents. Instead, Slack boasts about document and file sharing, by which they mean that you can attach documents to chats. Other users must download shared documents to view them, and the app offers no native way for multiple people to collaborate on a single document.
Contrast that with Teams where you can open and collaborate on virtually any Microsoft document within the app itself.
Integrations with Other Apps
Ask yourself, “What other apps does my team currently use and need?” If the answer is largely other Microsoft programs like Word, Excel, OneDrive, or PowerPoint, then Teams is the way to go. Moreover, Teams also offers connections to over 700 third-party apps.
Slack, on the other hand, offers connections to three times the number of third-party apps that Teams offers, with an app directory currently at 2,200 entries and climbing.
If your goal is to make communication among your team members easier and you rely on lots of different tools and services to do that, then the sheer number of Slack’s app integrations might make your choice easy.
Virtual Meetings
Teams has Slack beat when it comes to audio and video conferencing, too. Teams even gives video-conferencing giant Zoom a run for its money, especially now that Teams has introduced breakout rooms.
With a limitation on the number of meeting participants, lack of breakout rooms, and no native ability to record the meeting or for participants to raise their hand, Slack just can’t compete. You can’t even share your screen in a Slack meeting without a paid plan.
Channels
The terminology each app uses can get confusing, but when it comes to organizing communications, the bottom line is this: you can’t add subchannels in Slack. Channels are where communication happens in Slack, and the lack of subchannels means every channel in your workspace is top-level, which makes it harder to organize your team’s communications and increases sprawl.
Microsoft Teams lets you add multiple channels to any team, which helps organize conversations and makes it easier for users to find the information they’re looking for.
Quick Hits: Microsoft Teams vs. Slack
Novels could be written about user experience in Teams vs. Slack. Here are a few quick facts.
- IT admins beware: setting up Teams is more complicated than setting up Slack.
- If you’re only looking for a communications tool, the other aspects of Teams will probably make the app feel bloated.
- Teams comes with better security than Slack.
- Main navigation happens in the left menu in both Teams and Slack.
- Slack gives users more control over the look and feel of the app through dozens of themes.
- Teams users can only choose between light, dark, or high-contrast themes.
- Both apps give users access to emoji, gifs, mentions, reactions, and memes.
Hopefully, the information above will help you to make an informed choice about whether to use Microsoft Teams or Slack.
But, Wait! A New Player Enters the Game
Rumors abound that Google is working on its own unified communications and collaboration tool. Details are scarce, but given the number of users immersed in the Google universe, Google could soon be a major competitor in this space.
