Discover the 13 best Slack apps for project management that will help you to improve your employee engagement and boost your team’s productivity.

Saved Task

Why: Transform Slack messages into actionable items on ClickUp with a simple emoji reaction.

Saved Task is a Slack app designed to enhance productivity by converting Slack messages into ClickUp tasks. With this app, you can simply use an emoji reaction to turn a Slack message into an actionable item in ClickUp.

It's particularly useful if you receive a high volume of messages and need a method to filter urgent or important items.

Highlights 

• The app streamlines the process of managing tasks and replies within Slack.
• It helps you to save time and ensure that important tasks are not overlooked.
• Really easy to use. 

Pricing: There are four pricing plans, starting with a free option that includes 15 captured messages per month, and ranging up to unlimited access forever for just $25.

“After not being able to keep up with the stream of messages and requests in our Slack, I built the first version of Saved Task over a weekend. It has since then become one of my power tools to stay on top of work at Meaningful”. - Alberto Sadde, Programmer

ClickUp

Why: Receive project updates from ClickUp within Slack.

The ClickUp Slack integration combines the functionalities of both project management tools to enhance team productivity and collaboration. It allows users to transform Slack messages into ClickUp tasks and receive status updates within Slack.

This integration facilitates seamless task management and communication, enabling team members to work efficiently, even in asynchronous settings.

Highlights

• Receive Slack notifications from ClickUp Spaces, Projects, or Lists of your choice, so you don’t miss any task update. 
• Create a new task from slack using the slash command /clickup new

Pricing: The ClickUp Slack integration is available on every ClickUp plan. Starting with a free option recommended for personal use.

Loom

Why: Replace video calls with short context-rich video messages.

The Loom Slack app is designed for asynchronous video recording, ideal for remote teams across different timezones. 

It allows users to record and share video messages and screen shares, directly integrating these videos into Slack for easy access and reference.

Highlights

• Start a Loom recording just with the /loom command in Slack.
• Watch Loom videos within Slack.
• Get notifications in Slack when you are mentioned in Loom.

Pricing: Loom Slack app is available on every Loom plan. Starting at free with up to 5 mins/video.

Donut

Why: Build connections among slack teams to achieve common goals and better outcomes.

The Donut Slack App is a tool designed for remote teams to enhance team bonding and culture. It randomly pairs team members for virtual meetings, fostering a sense of community and collaboration.

Ideal for icebreakers and integrating new employees, Donut facilitates better interpersonal relationships within teams that are not co-located.

Highlights

• Useful for organizations looking to maintain team cohesion and ensure employees feel connected despite geographical separations.

Pricing: It is divided into free, standard (starts at $59/mo) and premium (starts at $119/mo) plans. It depends on the number of active users. Check the pricing here.

“The app is easy to use as a slack installation and provides prompts to set up a meeting / interaction with another co-worker. The app also gives you summaries about how many pairs met and who initiated the conversation.” - Rachel U., Product Manager.

Zoom 

Why: Easy scheduling and joining of video meetings directly in Slack.

The Zoom Slack app integration allows you to initiate or join a video conferencing directly in a Slack using the /zoom slash command.

Highlights

• Monitor meeting duration and keep track of participants joining or leaving in real-time.
• Access summaries of Zoom Meetings, including duration and participant details.
• Share easily meeting recordings from any Slack channel or direct message.

Pricing plans

• Free: Allows meetings up to 40 minutes per meeting and up to 100 attendees.
• Paid Plans: Ranging from $15.99 to $26.99/month, these plans enable meetings up to 30 hours. Features in some plans include Cloud Storage for meeting recordings, Scheduler, and Translated Captions.

Simple Poll

Why: Easy and effective way of creating polls and surveys within Slack.

The Simple Poll Slack app is renowned for being an effective tool for creating polls and surveys, used by over 680,000 teams.

It offers a quick and transparent way to gauge team preferences, track project progress, and understand team sentiment.

Highlights 

• Give your team the opportunity to participate in important decisions with their vote.

• Get feedback in minutes.

Pricing plans

• Free: Includes 100 responses, 30 polls and 10 surveys per month.
• Premium: unlimited responses, polls, and surveys from $59 USD per month.

“I like that it allows you to create native simple polls right within Slack, with a simple slash command that let's you create polls in a very convenient manner. I also like that I can choose if a poll is anonymous or not” - Mackenzie M., Production Coordinator.

HeyTaco

Why: Create a recognition-rich company culture that retains employees and reduces turnover costs

HeyTaco is a team-building software designed for Slack and Microsoft Teams. It encourages employee recognition and engagement through a fun system of giving virtual tacos as tokens of appreciation.

It aims to foster a positive workplace culture, strengthen team collaboration, and reduce staff turnover by making recognition fun and integrated into daily workflows.

Highlights

• Give virtual tacos to recognize someone’s job or attitude at work.
• Visualize leaderboards and celebrate top taco givers and receivers.
• Access to analytics for tracking team engagement. 

Pricing plans

• Free trial: You can try HeyTaco free for 30 days.
• Paid: $3.00 per every member on your team per month.

“What I appreciate most about HeyTaco is its seamless integration into our daily communication tool, Slack, which makes it incredibly easy to share positive feedback and express gratitude. This feature has been instrumental in cultivating a culture of appreciation and recognition within my team. Using emojis and hashtags, we can instantly acknowledge a job well done or thank a colleague for their assistance, which encourages a continuous positive feedback loop.” - Scott W, Mid-market.

Polly

Why: Capture instant feedback on Slack and make smarter data-driven decisions.

Polly Slack app offers features such as multi-question polls, pulse and engagement surveys, standup check-ins, automated onboarding feedback, and social games like trivia. 

With options for anonymity, reminders, scheduling, and analytics, it aims to facilitate quick and efficient feedback within teams.

Highlights

• Intuitive and easy to use.
• You can propose audience to add their own option in poll.
• Download all the results and have a spreadsheet overview.

Pricing

• Free: up to 25 monthly responses per creator.
• Team: Unlimited monthly responses for everyone in your team, from $2 per user per month.

“My favorite aspect of Polly is the Slack integration. It allows me to easily send out the initial survey invite as well as reminders in my company's chat program of choice. Results can also be displayed directly in Slack, which is great for public Pollies.” - Brianna T, Product Manager.

Trello

Why: Link your Slack and Trello workspaces.

If you are using Trello, this Slack app allows you to add new Trello cards, join cards and boards, change due dates, attach conversations, and more, directly from Slack. 

Highlights

• You can automatically get notified in Slack of changes to Trello boards and cards.
• Create cards on Trello within Slack using the command /trello create [title] or search for cards to display in Slack using /trello search [terms]

Pricing

• Free: For personal use or small projects. It allows creating up to 10 boards per Workspace.
• Standard: $6 per user per month. For small teams that need to manage work and scale collaboration.
• Premium: $12.50 per user per month. For teams that need to track and visualize multiple projects in several ways, including boards, timelines, calendars, etc.

Asana

Why: Turn your conversations in Slack into new tasks in Asana.

Asana Slack app is designed to integrate task and project management into Slack. It allows users to convert Slack messages into Asana tasks, assign tasks, and add them to projects.

Highlights

• Simple to set up and use.
• Create new tasks using the command /asana into the message box on Slack.
• Automate processes by combining Asana's rules with Slack and reduce manual work.

Pricing plans

• Personal: Free for individuals and small businesses. It allows collaboration of up to 10 teammates. 
• Stater: from $10.99, it allows collaborating with up to 500 teammates. 
• Advance: from $24.99 for enterprises that need to manage different departments, portfolios and more.

Google Drive

Why: Get notifications from Google Drive in Slack.

This app can simplify collaboration by providing notifications in Slack workspaces when someone requests access to a Drive file, comments on a file, or shares a file with you.

It also allows you to directly create new Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides from Slack.

Pricing: Free.

Evernote

Why: Increase efficiency by combining Evernote and Slack functionalities.

Integrate Evernote's note-taking and organizational capabilities directly into Slack workspaces.

You can search, find, and share Evernote notes in Slack conversations, ensuring seamless workflow and information sharing. It also allows you to save important Slack conversations and decisions to Evernote for future reference.

Status Hero Slack App

Why: Track team check-ins and progress in Slack.

Status Hero Slack app automatically collects daily stand-up meeting inputs from team members, including what they worked on, plans for the day, and any blockers.

This integration with Slack makes it easier to keep track of the team’s work without interrupting the workflow, enhancing team communication and productivity.

Highlights

• Users can check in anytime with the /checkin command in Slack.
• Updates can be broadcast to a chosen Slack channel, with blocking issues highlighted.

Pricing 

• Standard: $8.99 per user per month, includes smart async check-ins, team dashboards, blocking issue alerts, and more.
• Premium: $17.98 per user per month, includes all standard features and integration of long-term goals and OKRs, 1:1 & retro reports, and live activity feed.

“I love that Status Hero integrates with Slack and that they provide an auto-fill option for the previous day's completed tasks based on what you put in the day before.” - Elaine F., Customer Success Manager.

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