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As of 4 November 2026, 14 team chat are named by companies instead of Slack: Microsoft Teams by 14,547 companies, WhatsApp by 1,762, Discord by 569.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Slack, companies in postings
5,079
Most used alternative
Microsoft Teams · 14,547
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Microsoft Teams
Alternatives ranked
14
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01 — Ranked by evidence

Team chat companies choose instead of Slack

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs Slackpostings, 90 dCompare
1
14,547286%48,701Slack vs Microsoft Teams →
2
1,76235%3,789Slack vs WhatsApp →
3
DiscordDiscord
56911%919Slack vs Discord →
4
WeChatTencent
2335%491Slack vs WeChat →
5
TelegramTelegram
1984%357Slack vs Telegram →
6
1713%339soon
7
1132%291soon
8
772%300soon
9
571%169soon
10
511%92soon
11
LarkByteDance
431%67soon
12
mIRCmIRC
311%82soon
13
ViberRakuten
210%59soon
14
iMessageApple
200%25soon
22,972 companies name a team chat in their postings.

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14 team chat are named by companies instead of Slack: Microsoft Teams by 14,547 companies, WhatsApp by 1,762, Discord by 569, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/slack/alternatives)
How we know

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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
FAQ

Slack alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to Slack?

Microsoft Teams: 14,547 companies name it in their own job postings, against 5,079 for Slack.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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