Microsoft Teams vs Ripcord vs Slack

Overview

Slack

Stacks121.7K

Followers97.7K

Votes6.0K

Microsoft Teams

Stacks2.4K

Followers1.7K

Votes144

Ripcord

Stacks11

Followers17

Votes11

Detailed Comparison

Slack	Microsoft Teams	Ripcord
Imagine all your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. That’s Slack. All your messages. All your files. And everything from Twitter, Dropbox, Google Docs, Asana, Trello, GitHub and dozens of other services. All together.	See content and chat history anytime, including team chats with Skype that are visible to the whole team. Private group chats are available for smaller group conversations.	A desktop chat client for group-centric services like Slack and Discord. It provides a traditional compact desktop interface designed for power users.
Create open channels for the projects, groups and topics that the whole team shares.;Search with context;Autocomplete makes mentioning your teammates quick and painless.;Configurable notifications for desktop, mobile push and email keep you as informed as you’d like.;Everything is perfectly in sync as you move between your desktop, iPhone, iPad, or Android device.;Powerful search & archiving means you can forget when you need to: we’ll remember for you.;Twitter, Dropbox, Google Docs, Asana, Trello, GitHub Integration;Add comments for feedback & stars for easy retrieval;Built-in internal and external sharing options ensure you can get and share any file with anyone	All your content, tools, people, and conversations are available in the team workspace;Enjoy built-in access to SharePoint, OneNote, and Skype for Business;Work on documents right in the app	Custom bookmark lists; Customizable fonts, colors, and sizes; Variable DPI and multi-monitor support; Low CPU and memory usage; Zero GPU usage; No tracking or analytics; Tabs; Multiple windows; Multiple accounts; Voice chat; Graphical emoji (including custom emoji); Tab completion for user names and emoji; Powerful batch editing
Statistics
Stacks 121.7K	Stacks 2.4K	Stacks 11
Followers 97.7K	Followers 1.7K	Followers 17
Votes 6.0K	Votes 144	Votes 11
Pros & Cons
Pros 1209 Easy to integrate with 876 Excellent interface on multiple platforms 849 Free 694 Mobile friendly 690 People really enjoy using it Cons 13 Can be distracting depending on how you use it 6 Requires some management for large teams 6 Limit messages history 5 You don't really own your messages 5 Too expensive	Pros 29 Work well with the rest of Office 365 work flow 24 Mobile friendly 19 Free 12 Well-thought Design 12 Great integrations Cons 17 Confusing UI 12 Bad performance on init and after quite a use 10 Bad Usermanagement 6 No desktop client (only fat and slow electron app) 6 Can't see all members in a video meeting	Pros 1 Works with both Discord and Slack 1 Customizable fonts, colors, and sizes 1 Traditional and compact 1 Tabs 1 Low CPU and memory usage, Zero GPU usage Cons 1 Antiquated user interface (this can be a pro or a con) 1 Illegal according to the Policy of Discord 1 Little confusing for newbies
Integrations
GitHub Bitbucket Zapier Stripe Asana GoSquared Dropbox New Relic Google Drive Zendesk	Skype	Discord

What are some alternatives to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Ripcord?

HipChat

HipChat is a hosted private chat service for your company or team. Invite colleagues to share ideas and files in persistent group chat rooms. Get your team off AIM, Google Talk, and Skype — HipChat was built for business.

Zulip

Zulip is powerful, open source team chat that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded conversations. Zulip allows busy managers and others in meetings all day to participate in their teams chats.

RocketChat

Rocket.Chat is a Web Chat Server, developed in JavaScript, using the Meteor fullstack framework. It is a great solution for communities and companies wanting to privately host their own chat service or for developers looking forward to build and evolve their own chat platforms.

Mattermost

Mattermost is modern communication from behind your firewall.

Gitter

Free chat rooms for your public repositories. A bit like IRC only smarter. Chats for private repositories as well as organisations.

Flowdock

Flowdock is a web-based team chat service that integrates with your tools to provide a window into your team's activities. With the team inbox, everyone on your team can stay up to date. Stay connected with Flowdock's iOS and Android apps.

Users can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio and files of any type. It provides instant messaging, simple, fast, secure and synced across all your devices.

Keybase Teams

Keybase is for anyone. Imagine a Slack for the whole world, except end-to-end encrypted across all your devices. Or a Team Dropbox where the server can't leak your files or be hacked.

Fleep

Leave email behind and manage all conversations with your team, partners and clients in Fleep. If some of them are not Fleep users yet, they will receive all messages as normal emails.

Let's Chat

Let's Chat is a persistent messaging application that runs on Node.js and MongoDB. It's designed to be easily deployable and fits well with small, intimate teams. It's free (MIT licensed) and ships with killer features such as LDAP/Kerberos authentication, a REST-like API and XMPP support.