Best Team Chat & Messaging Apps

Compare team chat apps on user reviews: search quality, message history limits, integrations, notification control and per-seat pricing.

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Google Workspace is Google's cloud office suite: Gmail on a custom domain, Drive, Docs, Meet and Chat on one per-user seat, sold in four business editions.

Features

Has Public and private channels
Has Threaded replies in channels
Missing Unlimited searchable message history
Has Built-in voice and video calls
Missing External shared channels with other organizations
Has Guest accounts for outside collaborators
Has App directory with prebuilt integrations
Has No-code workflow builder
Missing Scheduled send and message reminders
Missing Per-channel notifications and quiet hours
Missing Recorded audio and video clips
Has AI summaries of channels and threads
Missing End-to-end encrypted messaging
Missing Self-hosted chat server option
Has SAML SSO for the chat workspace
Missing Compliance exports and legal holds
Has Data residency region selection
Missing Free plan for team chat

Microsoft Teams is team chat, video meetings and calling for organizations already running Microsoft 365, with a no-cost tier capped at 60-minute meetings.

Features

Has Public and private channels
Has Threaded replies in channels
Has Unlimited searchable message history
Has Built-in voice and video calls
Has External shared channels with other organizations
Has Guest accounts for outside collaborators
Has App directory with prebuilt integrations
Has No-code workflow builder
Missing Scheduled send and message reminders
Missing Per-channel notifications and quiet hours
Has Recorded audio and video clips
Missing AI summaries of channels and threads
Missing End-to-end encrypted messaging
Missing Self-hosted chat server option
Has SAML SSO for the chat workspace
Has Compliance exports and legal holds
Has Data residency region selection
Has Free plan for team chat

Slack is team chat software for companies that organize work in channels rather than email. Salesforce owns it; the free plan keeps 90 days of history.

Features

Has Public and private channels
Has Threaded replies in channels
Has Unlimited searchable message history
Has Built-in voice and video calls
Has External shared channels with other organizations
Has Guest accounts for outside collaborators
Has App directory with prebuilt integrations
Has No-code workflow builder
Missing Scheduled send and message reminders
Missing Per-channel notifications and quiet hours
Has Recorded audio and video clips
Has AI summaries of channels and threads
Missing End-to-end encrypted messaging
Missing Self-hosted chat server option
Has SAML SSO for the chat workspace
Has Compliance exports and legal holds
Has Data residency region selection
Has Free plan for team chat
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