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Slack vs Yammer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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

Slack
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
74
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Yammer
Ranking in Enterprise Social Software
4th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Enterprise Social Software category, the mindshare of Slack is 12.6%, up from 10.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Yammer is 6.1%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Social Software
 

Featured Reviews

PaulButticaz - PeerSpot reviewer
A competitive solution that improves collaboration and productivity
Slack has been around for a long time, and it's an industry leader. Of course, Salesforce owns Slack now and is starting to integrate into it. I have attended Slack conferences and met with product and support managers. They're an excellent organization. Choosing Slack depends on the organization's size, so you need to plan your deployment and make sure you put some controls and standards in place and not just turn it on. If you're a Slack shop, you will have to have something like a Zoom or Microsoft Teams platform for when you need to do video conferencing internally or externally. Many shops have both products, but they use Slack for collaboration, chat, and so on, and use Teams for video and audio conferences. At the end of the day, Slack is missing those capabilities, so either you're going to be a Slack/Zoom shop or you're going to be a Microsoft Teams shop. I rate Slack an eight out of ten.
Rishi Pande - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud-based platform supports seamless collaboration but needs branding flexibility
I have transitioned to using Yammer in the cloud for about six to seven years People share their files and ideas and attend meetings in a collaborative manner. They work on specific sales-related documents. Yammer allows collaboration anywhere, anytime, on any device. Its adaptability and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It offers customization options for various applications, including integrations with Zoom for video calls and a wide range of other integration plugins."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the search functionality, which I can use to search for full text."
"When we work with a platform like Slack, we can have one source without merging different document versions."
"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."
"Slack's categorization of content and the availability of channels are highly valuable, as they keep communications organized."
"In terms of setup, approaching its menu is simple."
"The product is user-friendly."
"We use thread-based communication. So that if a new person comes to look into a problem for a particular task, they can easily go and look into the particular thread it is discussed in."
"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its integration with all the services of Office 365."
"Groups is the most valuable feature in Yammer."
"The most valuable feature of Yammer is its interface."
"Yammer is useful since it is a product you can easily integrate into our system since Microsoft supports it."
"Yammer brings in the most relevant posts to the users."
"People share their files and ideas and attend meetings in a collaborative manner."
"It was a stable solution...It was a highly scalable solution considering it was used in a very big company."
"We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer."
 

Cons

"The solution should have less frequent updates."
"For me, the only thing I can say is that every time somebody sent me an attachment, the attachment was listed somewhere, and then I had to open the conversation and go to the individual to open it. So there is no handy repository or an easy way to quickly look at attachments. For me, that was a bit difficult."
"The solution needs to improve its scalability."
"In Slack, there are areas for accessibility improvements."
"I would like to be able to do live streaming on Slack. Slack allows Slack huddle where you can do a group call, but it is not very well-designed. I'm not sure if it is going very well, but live streaming is one thing that I would definitely love to see. When you use Zoom, I like how you can run webinars. If we could do that through Slack, it would become an all-integrated platform. I would also like to be able to schedule meetings using Slack, similar to Zoom."
"Sometimes Slack behaves unexpectedly and shuts down without notification or support communication."
"It could be more stable than one of its competitors."
"Slack could add additional and better integrations."
"We tried to integrate into SharePoint, but it was not really efficient."
"Yammer should be able to integrate with Microsoft products, such as Outlook."
"Yammer has very limited features."
"Sometimes, we lose access to the solution for unknown reasons."
"The permissions are a little bit over-complicated."
"The solution must be able to stream by itself, without integration, the same way that you are able to do it on Facebook Live, Instagram, etc. Streaming must be embedded into it."
"Users need to be in the Acting Directory to exploit the features."
"Yammer should include more integrations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution’s pricing is cheap."
"The solution is cheap in my country."
"I would rate the tool's pricing a four out of ten."
"It's on the more expensive side."
"We use the free version that does not have a license."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"The solution is expensive."
"It is an affordable solution."
"I think that there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."
"The pricing is not bad."
"Compared to other products like Amazon, Yammer's pricing is fine."
"We get it as part of our Office 365 subscriptions, so I don't think we pay any additional cost for Yammer. It's included in the Office 365 subscriptions."
"Yammer is a pretty cheap solution, and it's included in multiple subscriptions."
"I don't know about the pricing. Now that Microsoft has bought Yammer, it should be a part of our subscriptions for Office 365."
"Its cost is included in the license bundle for Microsoft."
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Comparison Review

it_user8913 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 22, 2013
Yammer vs. SP Social in 2013
There are several discussions on SharePoint’s social strategy going on at the moment. I had some great discussions with my MVP mate Adis during Summit last week. Since #SPC12 almost every SharePoint addicted developer, it-pro, power user has reviewed Yammer. If you don’t know what Yammer is, here a…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
77%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
4%
University
2%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Slack?
Nowadays, we don't need to visit an HR portal. Our marketing and human resources teams directly share details about birthdays, upcoming events, and important dates in Slack. Whether it's a training...
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?
Sometimes Slack behaves unexpectedly and shuts down without notification or support communication. There is a need to add a call group feature to facilitate scheduling and conducting meetings withi...
What do you like most about Yammer?
We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer.
What needs improvement with Yammer?
Yammer should offer flexibility to allow branding without writing any code. It should also provide seamless integration with other products, utilizing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
What is your primary use case for Yammer?
I have transitioned to using Yammer in the cloud for about six to seven years.
 

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