Nobody switches from Slack because of the chat: Slack is very good at chat. People switch because the conversation ends up being the place where decisions live, and the decision is separated from the ticket it affects, the document it refers to and the invoice it authorises. What Delorean offers is not a better chat. It is a chat that is in the same building as everything else.
| Slack | Delorean | |
|---|---|---|
| Channels and DMs | Excellent, with threads, mentions and reactions | Channels and direct messages, with attachments and edit or delete your own |
| Voice and video | Huddles and calls | Not included |
| Integrations | Thousands of apps | Not needed for the internal modules — they are already the same product |
| Search | Very good, across the whole history | Simpler |
| Connection to the work | Through integrations you configure | The document has its own thread; the ticket has its comments; nothing needs wiring |
| Cost per person | Per seat, per active user | Part of the company account |
Written from each product's public documentation. They are mature tools and this page says where they are still better. No prices here: they change on their own and the page would end up lying without anyone touching it.
As a pure chat, Slack is better and it is not close. As "where the team talks about work", Delorean has the advantage that the work is right there.
Huddles and calls, threads, an enormous app ecosystem, and search across years of history.
Each document carries its own conversation, and the chat lives with the same permissions as the tickets, the files and the money — no bots and no integrations to keep alive.
Yes, direct messages as well as channels.
Yes, and the file also has a home in the documents module instead of getting lost in a thread.
Yes, your own messages.
No. If your team lives on huddles, that is a real reason to keep Slack.
Yes, as a guest limited to their projects.
Yes, with a badge shared with the rest of the modules, so one bell covers everything.
Yes, the whole product.