![]() And in the paid version of Teams, you get a whopping 1TB of storage per user, which compares very favourably with the 20GB per user in the paid-for version of Slack. It’s easy to share documents in Microsoft Teams via the Microsoft 365 tools, and you can edit them directly in Teams too, which is a nice touch. And you can use screen sharing and make video conferencing calls to more than one person, both of which are only available in Slack on the paid plan. For instance, there’s no cap on the number of messages you’re able to search, whereas in Slack, you’re limited to 10,000. ![]() That free version compares well with Slack's, with some small but perhaps significant advantages. But if you’re not an Office 365 subscriber, there’s some good news: Microsoft has also made a free version of Teams to tempt people in to its ecosystem. Just as Google Chat comes free with G Suite, so Microsoft Teams comes free with Office 365. And even if you’re not yet, it’s still a good option if you love doing everything within Google's ecosystem, and doesn’t want to mess about learning how other software interfaces. But if you’re already paying for Google Workspace, it’s a no-brainer to try it out. The biggest downside compared with Slack is that there’s no free version of Google Chat. Also, unlike Slack, you can’t hold video meetings within the app, although you can do so via one click to Google Meet, which is close enough to make little real difference. Note, though, that you can’t search documents within Google Chat on the basic plan you need to upgrade to the next level up for that. And being tied in with Google Workspace also makes it easy to share documents you get 30GB of storage on the basic plan. Scheduling meetings with each other is a cinch in Google Chat, as there’s a clever AI bot that helps with that by talking to your Google Calendar. Also note that Google Chat doesn’t really have an equivalent to Slack’s public channels: the emphasis here is very much on communications in private. You can customise the kind of notifications you receive to cut down on noise, although you have more fine control over this in Slack. Like Slack, Google Chat includes both direct messaging and threaded team channels. ![]()
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