Slack creates silos. Spike unifies conversations.
Tired of internal chats in Slack, external emails in another tab? Spike unifies both, so your team can collaborate, reply, and follow up without jumping between tools.
Trusted by teams at:
Feature | Spike | Slack | # | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conversational interface | ✓ | ✓ | Internal only | |
External email integration | ✓ | ✓ | Requires separate email client | |
Unified inbox (internal + external) | ✓ | ✓ | Internal conversations only | |
Works with any email address | ✓ | ✓ | Requires workspace invitation | |
Client/vendor collaboration | ✓ | ✓ | Guest access limitations | |
Calendar integration | ✓ | ✓ | Basic calendar sync | |
Built-in video meetings with anyone | ✓ | ✓ | Huddles for internal teams only | |
AI summaries across all conversations | ✓ | ✓ | Internal conversations only | |
Context preservation across stakeholders | ✓ | ✓ | Internal context isolated | |
No notification overload | ✓ | ✓ | Constant pings disrupt focus |
Yes! Spike provides team channels, direct messaging, file sharing, and all the collaborative features you love about Slack. Additionally, you receive conversational email, calendar integration, and the ability to seamlessly include external stakeholders, without requiring anyone to join a workspace.
Spike seamlessly integrates email with team communication using conversational interfaces. Client conversations, vendor discussions, and external stakeholder communication all flow naturally alongside internal team chat, eliminating the need to switch between Slack and email or exclude external collaborators.
It improves them! You keep all the conversational flow you love about Slack while gaining the ability to include clients, vendors, and external partners in natural conversations. Your team workflows become more efficient and inclusive, not disrupted.
Spike uses intelligent prioritization to surface what matters most across ALL your conversations, internal and external. Instead of managing separate notification streams from Slack, email, and calendar, you get one unified, intelligently filtered feed that respects your focus time.