Compare Accelo, Slack, and Skype for Business (formerly Lync)
 Accelo 4.3 Based on 75 reviews |  Slack 4.5 Based on 14,237 reviews |  Skype for Business (formerly Lync) 4.2 Based on 7,229 reviews |
Pricing
Plus $19 user/month | Free $0 | Online Plan 2 $5.50 user/month | |
PREMIUM $39 user/month | Standard $6.67 per active user, per month (billed annually) | Office 365 Business Essentials $5.00 user/month | |
| ‐ | Plus $12.50 per active user, per month (billed annually) | Office 365 Business Premium $12.50 user/month | |
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Free Trial | Free Trial | Free Trial |
Ratings
| Meets Requirements | 8.5 (Based on 74 reviews) | 9.1 (Based on 13,172 reviews) | 8.9 (Based on 6,576 reviews) |
| Ease of Use | 7.7 (Based on 74 reviews) | 9.1 (Based on 13,215 reviews) | 8.9 (Based on 6,600 reviews) |
| Ease of Setup | 7.0 (Based on 39 reviews) | 9.0 (Based on 2,412 reviews) | 8.7 (Based on 813 reviews) |
| Ease of Admin | 7.6 (Based on 40 reviews) | 8.9 (Based on 2,297 reviews) | 8.6 (Based on 745 reviews) |
| Quality of Support | 8.9 (Based on 69 reviews) | 8.8 (Based on 8,170 reviews) | 8.4 (Based on 4,653 reviews) |
| Ease of Doing Business With | 9.2 (Based on 40 reviews) | 9.1 (Based on 1,996 reviews) | 8.8 (Based on 743 reviews) |
| Product Direction (% positive) | 8.7 (Based on 74 reviews) | 8.7 (Based on 13,068 reviews) | 7.8 (Based on 6,491 reviews) |
Reviewers' Company Size
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) | 89.3% | 46.8% | 15.1% |
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) | 10.7% | 36.1% | 29.7% |
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) | 0.0% | 17.2% | 55.2% |
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising 31.8% | Computer Software 12.8% | Information Technology and Services 11.2% | |
Information Technology and Services 20.0% | Information Technology and Services 9.5% | Financial Services 6.2% | |
Internet 7.1% | Internet 8.7% | Hospital & Health Care 5.6% | |
Computer Software 7.1% | Marketing and Advertising 8.4% | Higher Education 4.9% | |
Management Consulting 4.7% | Higher Education 6.0% | Computer Software 4.8% | |
Other 29.4% | Other 54.6% | Other 67.2% |
Reviews
| Most Helpful Favorable Review | Arianna G. Internal Consultant in Logistics and Supply Chain We have used Accelo for a small and rapidly growing accounting firm. Here is a summary of our key takeaways. Customizable. We found Accelo to be capable of accommodating the support of all of our processes. From our routing bookkeeping, to our tax season... | G2 Crowd User in Internet I like the ability to stay up to date on internal conversations by subscribing to different channels. It keeps me in the know in real time, instead of waiting for a meeting to get updates. On a related note, it also declutters my email inbox, and makes... | Filip G. Administrator in Pharmaceuticals The latest rebranding of the Microsoft Messenger is Skype for Business. Since last year there is an update available that upgrades Lync 2013 to SfB. The new user interface is a welcome improvement, though most of the functionalities have remained the same.... |
| Most Helpful Critical Review | Daniel G. User where do i begin ?? to get the real potential of the accelo tool, do you need to buy all the modules, sales, project and support, otherwise it will get very simple solution and the work doesnt flow as it have to be. | G2 Crowd User I feel it is not required in my opinion. I mean, we can use any other messaging application and get the job done. It just looks sofisticated to use it. | Tyler Y. User in E-Learning Unfortunately, a lot of the things Lync can do are obscured by the user interface. It’s attractive enough and doesn’t look cluttered at first glance, but most of my attempts to do non-basic things involve hunting through icons and menus that are... |
