🆚 Sketch vs. Slack

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Vector graphics editor
Instant messaging app

About

Sketch is a design and collaboration platform centered on a native macOS editor with complementary tools that enable teams to review, share, and collaborate through any modern web browser.

It provides vector-based UI design tools, reusable symbols and shared libraries, responsive layout features, real-time browser-based commenting and inspection, version history, design system management, CSS and platform-specific code export, and thousands of plugins through its extension ecosystem.

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

Eindhoven, Netherlands
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌Free 30-day trial
Subscription
Standard$144/editor/year
Business$288/editor/year
Enterprise$528/editor/year
Private Cloud$888/editor/year
Mac-only offline app license$120
Free version ✔️90 days of message history, 10 apps
Pro$8.75/month
Business+$18/month

Categories

Vector Graphics Editors › Rank #3
Online Collaboration › Rank #3
Online Collaboration › Rank #9
Instant Messaging › Rank #13

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Sketch vector graphics editor is 2.8 times more popular than Slack.
Total websites

Market share

Online Collaboration

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Sketch is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Slack is more popular in Japan, Ireland, and Saint Helena.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
Netherlands
France
Canada
Spain
Switzerland
India

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Sketch is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and Internet services, while Slack is more commonly used on software and hardware, and technical information sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Marketing/Merchandising
Software/Hardware
Education/Reference
Travel
Blogs/Wiki
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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See also

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