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Flock

25 Reviews and Ratings

Slack

9,074 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Flock

    Score9.1 out of 10
    		N/AFlock is a collaborative business messaging application, designed to compete with Slack. The app is presented as a fast and reliable means of communication, and is available in a free edition for teams of up to twenty members.

    $0

    for teams of 1-20 members

    Slack

    Score9.1 out of 10
    		N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    FlockSlack
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $0
    for teams of 1-20 members
    Pro
    $6
    per month per user (ideal for teams of 20-100 users)
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    for organizations of 100+ members
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FlockSlack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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    Community Pulse
    FlockSlack
    Considered Both Products
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    Sasha Jacobsen
    Model in Marketing at 'Self-Employed'​ (Broadcast Media, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Flock
    I mainly prefer Asana as a task management tool, but I prefer Flock to Slack for communication. Flock bridges the gap between the two, and I find it's the best niche is for businesses or collaborators who need some integration (drive or calendar) but mostly need it for its chat …
    Incentivized
    Lee L Kennedy
    Analytics Director in Marketing at Coalmarch Productions (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Flock
    Flock is similar to Glip, with only two notable differences: the gifs are worse but the reactions are slightly better. Integrations are a little better, albeit a bit confusing. For example, there is a built in video conferencing feature where you can video chat with someone, …
    Incentivized
    Mayur Patil
    Software Test Engineer in Information Technology at Media.net (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)
    Chose Flock
    Flock standsout with it's extra ordinary features such as file sharing, pinning any file in groups, customised integration with various applications, reminders across groups, creating and managing groups, file sharing with integration, notes sharing and mainly communicate …
    Incentivized
    Billy Myers
    Office Manager in Customer Service at Stork's Plows (Retail, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Flock
    Many of the features are shared between these three programs but for us, we found the mobile application to be much easier to manage and being that we were using this a lot on the go that was a major selling point for our team and operation.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Flock
    In my opinion, Flock is not the best among the listed products in terms of extensive features that other products listed provides but has it's own place in the communication and team collboration domain. I think Flock works well for smaller teams and organizations looking for a …
    Incentivized
    Anthony Zurica
    Owner in Legal at Zurica Law (Law Practice, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Flock
    Flock as mentioned takes the best of all these apps and improves upon them. Flock's UI was exactly what we were looking for and Flock doesn't overcharge small teams for search functional or messaging. It just offers a great product at a great price combined with great …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Verified User
    Chose Slack
    Slack has the best features and interface as compared to all other similar software that I have used. Features like huddle, channels, conversations, integrations, polls, and surveys make it better than other similar tools. The mobile application of Slack is also smooth and …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Slack
    I have yet to try any of these but for my needs and our smaller team - I suggest going with the simplest tool is the right choice for us. As we expand moving to a more developed tool with deeper integrations would make sense.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    FlockSlack
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Flock and Slack
    Feature
    Flock
    7.6
    10 Ratings
    Slack
    8.2
    479 Ratings
    Task Management8.38 Ratings8.2310 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.05 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling9.38 Ratings7.9259 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.78 Ratings8.4284 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.310 Ratings9.5460 Ratings
    Search7.38 Ratings8.7463 Ratings
    Visual planning tools4.05 Ratings8.0187 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Flock and Slack
    Feature
    Flock
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    Slack
    8.9
    488 Ratings
    Chat9.710 Ratings9.8488 Ratings
    Notifications9.310 Ratings9.1484 Ratings
    Discussions8.310 Ratings9.6473 Ratings
    Surveys8.06 Ratings8.1302 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase5.05 Ratings7.8300 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting10.01 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.06 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook6.04 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Flock and Slack
    Feature
    Flock
    6.4
    9 Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    461 Ratings
    Versioning7.56 Ratings8.4229 Ratings
    Video files7.07 Ratings8.8412 Ratings
    Audio files7.07 Ratings9.1403 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.09 Ratings8.5318 Ratings
    Access control4.06 Ratings8.4305 Ratings
    Advanced security features4.06 Ratings8.4264 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive7.07 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync7.58 Ratings9.1339 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FlockSlack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    9.4
    (489 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    9.2
    (103 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (66 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)