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Overview

Slack is a single workspace that connects users with the people and tools they work with everyday, no matter where they are or what they do

Freshchat is a modern messaging software built for sales and customer engagement teams to talk to prospects and customers on the website, mobile app, or social

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

8.75

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

₹

69

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

24.2K

5

4

3

2

1

17.4K

5.7K

912

127

48

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
86%
would recommend this app

4.2

178

5

4

3

2

1

81

71

16

4

6

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
72%
would recommend this app

Pros

“However, managing constant notifications can be overwhelming at times, and finding older messages in a busy channel can be tricky. While it improves team connectivity, the volume of communication can become distracting, making it essential to manage notifications effectively for a smoother experience.”
AR

Arthi R.

Engineer

“Channels help keep discussions organized by project or department, file sharing is seamless, notifications can be customized to reduce distractions, and the powerful search feature makes it easy to retrieve older conversations.”
EW

Emilia W.

Network Support Coordinator

“The intuitive interface, reliable performance, and wide range of integrations have helped streamline our daily workflows and improve productivity. While there are occasional challenges with managing large volumes of messages and notifications, the benefits far outweigh these minor drawbacks.”
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Andrea L.

Innovation Manager

Pros

“It integrates smoothly with Freshdesk, allowing support teams to manage conversations and follow-up actions without disrupting their existing workflow.”
PH

Prasad H.

Data Engineer

“Freshchat gives supervisors a clear picture of ongoing conversations, making it easier to monitor workloads and ensure customers aren’t waiting too long for responses.”
SB

Shaunak B.

Sr analyst

“We centralized all customer communication for our e-commerce operation across 6 countries on Freshchat. When it went down for 13 days, we had no fallback.”
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Mohd A.

Founder

Cons

“Notification management can also be challenging in active workspaces, leading to information overload if not carefully configured. While Slack offers powerful search capabilities, finding older conversations or specific files is not always as intuitive as it could be.”
CF

Cristiano F.

Consultant

“The lack of proper conditional logic (if/then branching) is frustrating. If you want to build complex, multi-step flows with different outcomes based on user input, the native builder just can't handle it.”
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Denis M.

Recruiter

“Notifications can become overwhelming fast if you don't take time to configure them properly, and most people don't — which leads to either constant pinging or people muting everything and missing important messages.”
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Enish S.

Business Administrator

Cons

“While the platform offers useful AI capabilities, some features occasionally fall short of evolving industry standards, and customer support responsiveness can be inconsistent at times.”
SS

Srithika S.

Senior Product Designer

“Personally, I did not find the UI/UX very intuitive, as it felt quite minimal and lacked adequate support for our team to easily access and view all the required data in one place.”
AW

Atiradh W.

Chief Technology Officer

“Considering the cost, the feature set feels quite basic and doesn't significantly improve day-to-day efficiency or simplify workflows.”
VJ

Vishnu J.

Software Engineer

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  • Last review14 days ago

Key features

  • Total features106
  • @mentions
  • AI Copilot
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Activity/News Feed
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audio Calls
  • Audio Capture
  • Augmented Analytics
  • Authentication
  • Automated Responses
  • Automated Routing
  • Autoresponders
  • Brainstorming
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Call Conferencing
  • Call Recording
  • Call Routing
  • Canned Responses
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Chatbot
  • Code-free Development
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Conferencing
  • Contact Management
  • Content Delivery
  • Content Management
  • Content Sharing
  • Contextual Guidance
  • Customer Communication
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Customer History
  • Customer Support
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Employee Activity Monitoring
  • Employee Directory
  • Employee Engagement
  • Encryption
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • For Developers
  • For Sales Teams/Organizations
  • Full Text Search
  • Geotargeting
  • Group Management
  • Group Messaging
  • Intent Recognition
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Language Detection
  • Live Chat
  • Meeting Management
  • Meeting Notes
  • Member Directory
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Moderation
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Notes Management
  • Offline Form
  • One-to-One Messaging
  • Performance Metrics
  • Pre-Configured Bot
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Prioritization
  • Private Chat
  • Proactive Chat
  • Productivity Tools
  • Projections
  • Query Suggestions
  • Read Receipts
  • Real Time Synchronization
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
  • Real-time Conversations
  • Recording
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Support
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Screen Capture
  • Screen Recording
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Server Monitoring
  • Single Sign On
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Team Collaboration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Zone Tracking
  • To-Do List
  • Transcripts/Chat History
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Troubleshooting
  • Two Way Audio & Video
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Two-Way Audio & Video
  • User Management
  • Version Control
  • Video Chat
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Support
  • Visitor Management
  • Whiteboard
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features65
  • @mentions
  • AI Copilot
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Activity/News Feed
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audio Calls
  • Audio Capture
  • Augmented Analytics
  • Authentication
  • Automated Responses
  • Automated Routing
  • Autoresponders
  • Brainstorming
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Call Conferencing
  • Call Recording
  • Call Routing
  • Canned Responses
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Chatbot
  • Code-free Development
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Conferencing
  • Contact Management
  • Content Delivery
  • Content Management
  • Content Sharing
  • Contextual Guidance
  • Customer Communication
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Customer History
  • Customer Support
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Employee Activity Monitoring
  • Employee Directory
  • Employee Engagement
  • Encryption
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • For Developers
  • For Sales Teams/Organizations
  • Full Text Search
  • Geotargeting
  • Group Management
  • Group Messaging
  • Intent Recognition
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Language Detection
  • Live Chat
  • Meeting Management
  • Meeting Notes
  • Member Directory
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Moderation
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Notes Management
  • Offline Form
  • One-to-One Messaging
  • Performance Metrics
  • Pre-Configured Bot
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Prioritization
  • Private Chat
  • Proactive Chat
  • Productivity Tools
  • Projections
  • Query Suggestions
  • Read Receipts
  • Real Time Synchronization
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
  • Real-time Conversations
  • Recording
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Support
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Screen Capture
  • Screen Recording
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Server Monitoring
  • Single Sign On
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Team Collaboration
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Zone Tracking
  • To-Do List
  • Transcripts/Chat History
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Troubleshooting
  • Two Way Audio & Video
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Two-Way Audio & Video
  • User Management
  • Version Control
  • Video Chat
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Support
  • Visitor Management
  • Whiteboard
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations182
  • 5pm
  • Aha!
  • Airbrake
  • Aircall
  • Airtable
  • Amplitude
  • Any.do
  • AppSignal
  • Asana
  • Assembla
  • Automile
  • Azuqua
  • AzureDesk
  • Baremetrics
  • Beanstalk
  • Betterworks
  • BigTime
  • Bird
  • Bitbucket
  • Blitz
  • Bonusly
  • Box
  • Brand24
  • Breezy
  • BugSnag
  • CATS
  • Calamari
  • Calendly
  • CallPage
  • Callmaker
  • Cayzu
  • Chartbeat
  • CheckMarket
  • Checkfront
  • CircleCI
  • ClearSlide
  • ClickMeeting
  • ClickUp
  • ClockIt
  • Confluence
  • Continu
  • Copper
  • Databox
  • Datadog
  • Dropbox
  • Dropbox Sign
  • Egnyte
  • Envoy
  • Favro
  • Figma
  • Flow
  • FlowVella
  • Freshcaller
  • Freshdesk
  • Freshsales
  • Freshservice
  • Front
  • Geekbot
  • GetResponse
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Gmail
  • GoCo
  • GoTo Meeting
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Docs
  • Google Drive
  • Google Meet
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Workspace
  • Greenhouse
  • Groove
  • HaloPSA
  • HappyFox Chat
  • HappyFox Help Desk
  • Help Scout
  • Hive
  • Hoopla
  • Hootsuite
  • HotGloo
  • HubSpot CRM
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub
  • IFTTT
  • ITM Platform
  • Intervals
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Kixie PowerCall & SMS
  • Klaviyo
  • Kudos
  • Kyber
  • Landingi
  • Lattice
  • LeadDyno
  • Learn:Up
  • Lessonly
  • Lever
  • Librato
  • Lime Connect
  • LiveAgent
  • Localize
  • Locowise
  • Lucidchart
  • MVISION Cloud
  • Mailjet
  • MeisterTask
  • Mention
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft To Do
  • Miro
  • Nagios XI
  • Netskope One Platform
  • New Relic
  • Notion
  • Okta
  • OneDrive
  • OpsGenie
  • Ortto
  • PagerDuty
  • Papertrail
  • PayPal
  • Pingdom
  • Pipedrive
  • Pivotal Tracker
  • Polly
  • PractiTest
  • Procurify
  • ProdPad
  • ProductPlan
  • Pulseway
  • Quip
  • Qwilr
  • Rainforest QA
  • Raven Tools
  • Raygun
  • Re:amaze
  • Redbooth
  • Repuso
  • Rollbar
  • Sage HR
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • SatisMeter
  • SendPulse
  • Setmore
  • Shopify
  • Sisense
  • Slack
  • Small Improvements
  • SnapComms
  • SolarWinds Service Desk
  • Spinify
  • Stripe
  • SupportBee
  • SurveyMonkey
  • TINT
  • Talkdesk
  • TeamViewer ONE
  • Tellent Recruitee
  • Time Doctor
  • TimeCamp
  • Todoist
  • Trakstar Hire
  • Trello
  • TriNet HR Plus
  • Twine
  • Twitter/X
  • UpKeep
  • UpRaise
  • Upscope
  • Usersnap
  • VibeCatch
  • Vigil
  • WebHR
  • Webex Suite
  • Wishpond
  • WooCommerce
  • Woopra
  • XM for Strategy & Research
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zluri
  • Zoho Billing
  • Zoho Books
  • Zoho Expense
  • Zoho Inventory
  • Zoho Invoice
  • Zoho Projects
  • Zoom Workplace
  • absence.io
  • monday AI Work Platform
  • smartQ
  • truDigital
  • Total integrations17
  • 5pm
  • Aha!
  • Airbrake
  • Aircall
  • Airtable
  • Amplitude
  • Any.do
  • AppSignal
  • Asana
  • Assembla
  • Automile
  • Azuqua
  • AzureDesk
  • Baremetrics
  • Beanstalk
  • Betterworks
  • BigTime
  • Bird
  • Bitbucket
  • Blitz
  • Bonusly
  • Box
  • Brand24
  • Breezy
  • BugSnag
  • CATS
  • Calamari
  • Calendly
  • CallPage
  • Callmaker
  • Cayzu
  • Chartbeat
  • CheckMarket
  • Checkfront
  • CircleCI
  • ClearSlide
  • ClickMeeting
  • ClickUp
  • ClockIt
  • Confluence
  • Continu
  • Copper
  • Databox
  • Datadog
  • Dropbox
  • Dropbox Sign
  • Egnyte
  • Envoy
  • Favro
  • Figma
  • Flow
  • FlowVella
  • Freshcaller
  • Freshdesk
  • Freshsales
  • Freshservice
  • Front
  • Geekbot
  • GetResponse
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Gmail
  • GoCo
  • GoTo Meeting
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Docs
  • Google Drive
  • Google Meet
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Workspace
  • Greenhouse
  • Groove
  • HaloPSA
  • HappyFox Chat
  • HappyFox Help Desk
  • Help Scout
  • Hive
  • Hoopla
  • Hootsuite
  • HotGloo
  • HubSpot CRM
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub
  • IFTTT
  • ITM Platform
  • Intervals
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jenkins
  • Jira
  • Kixie PowerCall & SMS
  • Klaviyo
  • Kudos
  • Kyber
  • Landingi
  • Lattice
  • LeadDyno
  • Learn:Up
  • Lessonly
  • Lever
  • Librato
  • Lime Connect
  • LiveAgent
  • Localize
  • Locowise
  • Lucidchart
  • MVISION Cloud
  • Mailjet
  • MeisterTask
  • Mention
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft To Do
  • Miro
  • Nagios XI
  • Netskope One Platform
  • New Relic
  • Notion
  • Okta
  • OneDrive
  • OpsGenie
  • Ortto
  • PagerDuty
  • Papertrail
  • PayPal
  • Pingdom
  • Pipedrive
  • Pivotal Tracker
  • Polly
  • PractiTest
  • Procurify
  • ProdPad
  • ProductPlan
  • Pulseway
  • Quip
  • Qwilr
  • Rainforest QA
  • Raven Tools
  • Raygun
  • Re:amaze
  • Redbooth
  • Repuso
  • Rollbar
  • Sage HR
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • SatisMeter
  • SendPulse
  • Setmore
  • Shopify
  • Sisense
  • Slack
  • Small Improvements
  • SnapComms
  • SolarWinds Service Desk
  • Spinify
  • Stripe
  • SupportBee
  • SurveyMonkey
  • TINT
  • Talkdesk
  • TeamViewer ONE
  • Tellent Recruitee
  • Time Doctor
  • TimeCamp
  • Todoist
  • Trakstar Hire
  • Trello
  • TriNet HR Plus
  • Twine
  • Twitter/X
  • UpKeep
  • UpRaise
  • Upscope
  • Usersnap
  • VibeCatch
  • Vigil
  • WebHR
  • Webex Suite
  • Wishpond
  • WooCommerce
  • Woopra
  • XM for Strategy & Research
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zluri
  • Zoho Billing
  • Zoho Books
  • Zoho Expense
  • Zoho Inventory
  • Zoho Invoice
  • Zoho Projects
  • Zoom Workplace
  • absence.io
  • monday AI Work Platform
  • smartQ
  • truDigital

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