How much more do I really need to say? Audio and video calls simply aren't Slack's strengths.ĭiscord, however, excels on the AV front. Slack just has more polish, and that gives it an edge in this category. This isn't to say that Discord is unusable. There's just more attention to detail on Slack when it comes to text chat. One of my most read articles is about how to bold on Discord because Discord doesn't do anything to help people learn how its formatting works. Slack has all kinds of little chat touches that Discord lacks. Slack, in this way, works better for quickly sharing files. Slack's free version limits users to 5 gigabytes (GB) of free storage overall, with no limit on individual file size. Discord users can't upload files larger than 8 megabytes (MB) on the free version (or 100MB if they're paid users). Slack users can upload an unlimited number of custom emoji, even on the free version Discord servers are limited to 50 custom emoji.Īnd it's not just text-this extends to other features. Slack lets you organize your sidebar using folders Discord only allows this to happen at the server level, so individual users can't customize their own sidebars. Slack offers a Mentions & reactions view, allowing you to see conversations that mention you and emoji reactions to your posts in one place Discord offers an Inbox with mentions, but no way to monitor emoji reactions. Slack lets users privately save posts for future reference Discord doesn't. But there are still a lot of small quality-of-life things that Slack does just a little bit better. Both Slack and Discord clearly have this in mind, but Slack seems just a bit more focused on keeping things organized-particularly if you're working on a large team.ĭiscord has been catching up on this lately-adding threads is a big step. And that's true, but put a bunch of people in a chat room, and things get disorganized quickly. You type something, you press enter, then your team can see it. Slack does text chat better, especially for work Let's break those down and talk about what makes sense to use in which contexts. They have different strengths and weaknesses, which reflect their designers' priorities. There is overlap.īut these apps aren't entirely interchangeable.

There are plenty of online communities that happen on Slack, and some people use Discord for business. So, I understand why people might think these apps are interchangeable-to an extent, they are.

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