🆚 Google Docs vs. Slack

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google Docs is much more popular than Slack.
🌎 Google Docs is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia.
🌍 Slack is more popular in Greenland.

Google Docs

Slack

Type

Online collaboration tool

Instant messaging app

About

Google Docs is a cloud-based document solution that provides real-time collaboration and powerful tools for creating, editing and sharing documents.

Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce.

It provides real-time messaging with organized channels, searchable history, file sharing, workflow automation, and integrations with over 2,600 third-party apps.

It also includes informal live conversations called huddles, which start as audio chats within channels or direct messages and can include video and screen sharing.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

workspace.google.com

slack.com #1,026

Pricing

Free version ✔️15 GB

Basic (100 GB)$1.99/month

Standard (200 GB)$2.99/month

Premium (2TB)$9.99/month

AI Premium (2 TB)$19.99/month

Google WorkspaceBusiness Starter (30 GB)$84/user/year
Business Standard (2 TB)$168/user/year
Business Plus (5 TB)$264/user/year

Free version ✔️90 days of message history, 10 apps

Pro$8.75/month

Business+$18/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Docs online collaboration tool is 7 times more popular than Slack.

Total websites

Market share

Online Collaboration

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Docs is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, while Slack is more popular in Greenland.

United States

United Kingdom

Russia

France

Japan

India

Germany

Canada

Brazil

Vietnam

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in India in the Online Collaboration category.
🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Online Collaboration category.

🥉 Third most popular in Ireland in the Online Collaboration category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Ireland in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 6th most popular in France in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Japan in the Online Collaboration category.
⭐ 7th most popular in the United States in the Online Collaboration category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Docs is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Slack is more commonly used on software and hardware sites.

Education/Reference

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Internet Services

Blogs/Wiki

Sports

Software/Hardware

Online Shopping

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

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