Comparison

Google Chat vs Slack

On the evidence we track, Slack leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Google Chat full profile →Slack full profile →

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Google Chat48

★Slack79

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Google Chat	SlackLeader
vioscaleAI score	48 / 100low · 4%	79 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	14	2,500
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://slack.com/blog/collaboration/security-at-slack-how-slack-protects-your-data
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Google Chat48 / 100low · 4%

Slack79 / 100medium · 51%

Pricing

Free tier

Google Chat–

Slack✓

Model

Google Chatcommercial

Slackcommercial

Price level

Google Chat–

Slacklow

Transparent

Google Chat–

Slack✓

Integrations

Count

Google Chat14

Slack2,500

Security

Disclosure policy

Google Chat–

Slack✓

Gdpr

Google Chat–

Slack✓

Trust center

Google Chat–

Slackhttps://slack.com/blog/collaboration/security-at-slack-how-slack-protects-your-data

Reliability

Status page

Google Chat–

Slack✓

Market

Availability

Google Chat–

SlackAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Google Chat4 items

Slack6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for team chat. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Team Chat
Capability	Google Chat	Slack
Capabilities
Deployment model	Cloud saas	Cloud saas
Channel based topic organization	-	✓
Threaded reply conversations	-	✓
Ad hoc voice video huddles	-	-
Cross company guest channels	-	-
Robust message search and history indexing	-	✓
Automated workflow bot builders	-	✓
Google workspace office 365 sync	-	-
Jira github engineering webhook sync	-	-
Salesforce zendesk sales support sync	-	-
SOC2 type ii	-	-
HIPAA compliance	-	-
Pricing model	-	-

Capabilities

Deployment model

Google ChatCloud saas

SlackCloud saas

Channel based topic organization

Google Chat-

Slack✓

Threaded reply conversations

Google Chat-

Slack✓

Ad hoc voice video huddles

Google Chat-

Slack-

Cross company guest channels

Google Chat-

Slack-

Robust message search and history indexing

Google Chat-

Slack✓

Automated workflow bot builders

Google Chat-

Slack✓

Google workspace office 365 sync

Google Chat-

Slack-

Jira github engineering webhook sync

Google Chat-

Slack-

Salesforce zendesk sales support sync

Google Chat-

Slack-

SOC2 type ii

Google Chat-

Slack-

HIPAA compliance

Google Chat-

Slack-

Pricing model

Google Chat-

Slack-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Google Chat

Google Workspace is a cloud-native platform combining team messaging, video conferencing, document collaboration, file storage, and business phone capabilities, with AI-powered tools and partner integrations.

Independently observed

Slack

Leader

Slack is a cloud-based system that enables teams to communicate through channels, integrate with external tools, and automate workflows while maintaining enterprise-grade security and compliance controls.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Google Chat

Pricing not documented yet.

Slack

Leader

from £5.75/moSubscriptionFree tier

From £0 (free tier) to £7/user/month (Pro). Free tier available.

FreeFree
- 90 days of message history
- Up to 10 apps from Slack App Directory
- 1:1 audio and video meetings with screen sharing
- 1:1 external messages via Slack Connect
- SAML-based single sign-on
- +9 more
Pro£7/user/month (£5.75/user/month billed annually)
- Unlimited message history
- Unlimited app integrations
- 2,600+ apps in Slack App Directory

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Google Chat	Slack
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
iOSPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Google Chat✓

Slack✓

iOS

Google Chat✗

Slack✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Google Chat✓

Slack✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (4)

GitHub
Jira
Salesforce
Zapier

Google Chat

14 total - 10 not shared

Asana
Comeen
Datadog
HubSpot
Lucidchart
PagerDuty
Polly
ServiceNow
Trello
Workday

Independently observed

Slack

Leader

15 total - 11 not shared

Atlassian
Lucid
Loom
Miro
Smartsheet
Mural
Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
Okta
ADFS
Zendesk

Independently observed

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Google Chat or Slack: which one depends on you

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