Setting aside legal disputes for a moment and focusing back on productivity, which of the two options is the best choice for your business? In short: it’s game on between the two companies. It’s a fierce market competition - more on that below - that goes beyond the number of users as Slack in 2020 filed a competition complaint against Microsoft in Europe alleging that Microsoft “illegally tied its Teams product into its market-dominant Office productivity suite”.
In 2019, the team collaboration software market reached $9.5 billion globally.Īnd with the COVID-19 situation leading to a major shift towards remote work, collaboration and chat tools are more important than ever.īusinesses are rushing to implement collaboration software to keep their productivity high in these uncertain times.Īs you probably already know, besides the alternatives the two clear market leaders in the sector are Slack and Microsoft Teams.