Slack 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
Sococo
Score10 out of 10
N/A
Sococo is a remote collaboration tool with integrations with third-party applications such as Google Docs, Atlassian JIRA, and Box.
$14.99
per month per seat
Pricing
Slack
Sococo
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Pro
$7.25*
per month per user
Business+
$12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Sococo
$14.99 or $13.99 if paid annually
per month per seat
Sococo Unlimited
$24.99
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Slack
Sococo
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
*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.
Sococo pricing plan includes a 10 seat minimum and 500 minutes per seat per month. Additional minutes price at $5 per 1,000 minutes. Sococo unlimited include a 100 seat minimum with unlimited minutes per seat per user.
Manager, Marketing Operations in Marketing at BeQuick Software, Inc. (Telecommunications, 11-50 employees)
Chose Slack
Sococo was much more of a "virtual office" with separate visual rooms where you could see people were talking or hanging out. Eventually the call quality and reliability ended up sinking Sococo for us as a company especially since it was a cost per user and we had many users …
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Software Team Lead in Engineering at Dynniq UK and Ireland (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 201-500 employees)
Chose Sococo
Sococo lacks the power of Slack for storing and searching old messages but I think Dlack is overkill in most situations. When using instant messages ad an alternative to a quick phone call who needs a record?
Skype for Business is just awful for conference calls. You can't …
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Key User Insights
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Features
Slack
Sococo
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Slack and Sococo
Feature
Slack
8.3
479 Ratings
Sococo
4.7
3 Ratings
Task Management
8.2310 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Gantt Charts
6.961 Ratings
00 Ratings
Scheduling
7.9259 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Workflow Automation
8.4284 Ratings
4.01 Ratings
Mobile Access
9.5460 Ratings
3.03 Ratings
Search
8.7463 Ratings
3.02 Ratings
Visual planning tools
8.0187 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Slack and Sococo
Feature
Slack
8.9
488 Ratings
Sococo
5.3
5 Ratings
Chat
9.8488 Ratings
5.05 Ratings
Notifications
9.1484 Ratings
5.05 Ratings
Discussions
9.6473 Ratings
6.03 Ratings
Surveys
8.1302 Ratings
00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase
7.8300 Ratings
5.02 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting
8.9110 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
8.7182 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook
8.9120 Ratings
4.01 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Slack and Sococo