Important Update
Zoom and Slack are popular webinars and meeting apps, available for mobile and desktop devices. They each have over 10M mobile device downloads and have free versions. However, if you want to choose between the two, read this Zoom vs. Slack comparison guide.
There are not many differences between these two apps, but the few that they have done stand out. The main differences you are going to experience when using them are pricing, platforms, ease of use, and overall app performance.
When it comes to pricing, both apps have free versions and paid versions.
However, Slack offers a lower price tag for the paid versions. Their standard plan starts at $6.67 USD/mo.*, a Plus plan starts at $12.50 USD/mo.*, but for the enterprise plan, you need to contact their sales team.
On the other hand, the Zoom starter Pro plan starts at £11.99/mo./host, while the Business plan starts at £15.99/mo./host, and the Enterprise plan starts at £15.99/mo./host.
From a casual glance, it may seem Slack offers a better deal, but they do limit the number of participants to 15 for all plans. That is a bit on the lower side, when you compare it to Zoom’s 100 participants limit for the pro plan, 300 for business, and 500 for Enterprise plan.
Furthermore, even with the free plan, you get to host up to 100 participants, but for 40 minutes only. That makes Zoom ideal for teaching online, as well as collaborating teams of over 15 – 100 participants.
However, Slack does offer functionalities such as integration such as syncing with Active Directory. In that regard, slack is ideal for corporate meetings with few participants, but with a need to transition between Slack and other office tools.
Both apps do support the popular computing platforms, and therefore you can run them from the Cloud (remote servers accessed from the browser/app), iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac OS. However, neither of them supports Linux OS. The workaround is to access them from the Cloud.
While for technical users both apps may be easier to use, at the time of writing this guide, most users agree that Zoom is easier to use compared to Slack. In that regard, Zoom gets higher ratings for user satisfaction.
Both Slack and Zoom offer 24/7 customer support. However, when you compare Slack’s 24/7 support (with four-hour first response time), with Zoom’s dedicated phone support for an equivalent plan, Zoom comes out on top.
When looking at Zoom vs. Slack, you tend to get more value for money when using Zoom, if you have no need for Slack’s numerous functionalities. Zoom strives to offer you a simple and easy to use the app for teaching online, webinars, and online group collaboration.
We hope you found this guide on Zoom vs. Slack, to be informative. We would like to know about your experiences with either of them. Please share them in the comments section below.
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