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HCL Verse vs Slack Business - Enterprise comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

HCL Verse
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Email Applications (13th)
Slack Business - Enterprise
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. HCL Verse is designed for Email Applications and holds a mindshare of 2.5%, up 1.5% compared to last year.
Slack Business - Enterprise, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Social Software, holds 9.6% mindshare, down 13.0% since last year.
Email Applications Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HCL Verse2.5%
Google Workspace14.3%
Microsoft Exchange Online9.0%
Other74.2%
Email Applications
Enterprise Social Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Slack Business - Enterprise9.6%
Microsoft Teams6.9%
Atlassian Confluence6.6%
Other76.9%
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

MR
Diretor at MASTERDOM
Stable, scalable, and good interface
HCL Verse has a nice interface and it is a practical email solution. There are a diverse set of features, such as the search bar on top of the screens. The usability from the old applications to the new version has been very good. It was great that we were able to migrate applications from the older version to the new one.
Akhil Viswam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Threaded collaboration has transformed how our team tracks tickets and monitors automation updates
One suggestion I would make for improving Slack Business - Enterprise is the support of multimedia such as images and videos that we can easily share through Slack. That would be great. Additionally, another thing is AI integration; if Slack has some AI capabilities to get insights about conversations or summarization, that would be a great feature. If Slack has an AI feature that can summarize a particular Slack thread and provide a summary of that, that would be a great feature for us. I would rate it a ten if it comes with some AI features, particularly using generative AI to produce summarization and other kinds of insights from communication in a more secure, data-secure way.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We switched to Verse because of enhanced features, better design, and higher security."
"HCL Verse has a nice interface and it is a practical email solution. There are a diverse set of features, such as the search bar on top of the screens."
"This solution is the best one."
"The most valuable feature is the mail server."
"Slack is very supportive in terms of communication between my colleagues and clients."
"The huddle feature that allows you to get on a call with a colleague is one of the best features of Slack."
"The most valuable feature for me was the different channels."
"Slack is a very stable product."
"What I find valuable in Slack is that the interface is very attractive and it's easy for any new person to adapt to."
"It has become easier to use than Teams, which is the main benefit of Slack Business - Enterprise; it is simple and connected."
"The solution has a great user interface and functionalities. It has good features that we can use. We can integrate any third-party application with Slack so that it provides you with insights and updates in real-time on Slack itself."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is communication between team members."
 

Cons

"Security is very important to us, so improvements to this functionality are welcome."
"The solution could improve by allowing us to use a color that we want in the editing boxes."
"The setup was not very easy due to higher security standards."
"Slack's interface is not simple for me. It's not a user-friendly interface"
"Better ways to help people get up to date when away from a conversation for a long time, or after bursts of a particular discussion."
"When showing screens during calls, the screen sharing functionality is not as smooth as Google's offering. It appears to be designed for short calls, which limits its effectiveness for longer sessions."
"It would be better if Slack had a 'select all' option to delete all the files."
"Slack's channel and chat management could be more intuitive. Configuring chats and pinning in Teams is easier, even though Slack has these features, they are not intuitive enough to engage with."
"Some features and plugins can be pretty obscure or difficult to deploy."
"The way groups are created on slack could be improved. Once you create a group of people, you can't add additional people unless you convert it to a channel."
"Sometimes there are login issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an affordable solution but the price could be improved."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"It is an expensive tool. We pay 15 to 20 USD monthly per user."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"It is an affordable solution."
"The pricing can range up to about twenty bucks a user. You can spend a lot of money, especially if you're talking about thousands of users. Generally speaking, Slack is less expensive than Teams. Slack doesn't include all the bells and whistles that Teams does. So you can go from a $6 license in Microsoft 365 to a $50 license per user per month, and there's a lot more you can do in the $50 license."
"We use the free version that does not have a license."
"The solution is cheap in my country."
"When it comes to pricing, it is on the expensive side."
"Slack is definitely worth the money."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
19%
Construction Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Performing Arts
11%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business58
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise25
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Slack?
I am not aware of pricing, setup costs, or licensing, due to my company's partnership with Slack.
What needs improvement with Slack?
I am uncertain how Slack Business - Enterprise can be improved. Better notification controls, improved threading, and more integrations are all good features that seem relevant.
What is your primary use case for Slack?
My main use case for Slack Business - Enterprise is connecting between different teams and facilitating communication for teams. A quick, specific example of how my teams use Slack Business - Enter...
 

Also Known As

Verse, IBM Verse
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