lynes vs Slack – is it an easy choice?

This post was written back when our service lynes was called Easy Teams.

If you Google teams vs slack, you’ll get an overwhelming number of results — at the time of writing, over 116 million.

So you might be wondering why we’re adding yet another comparison post to the list.

Here’s why: you’re about to witness history being made.

Because never before have lynes and Slack been compared.

If you’re standing between the two, this post will help make that choice easier — or as we like to say, more lynes!

With that, we’ll borrow the famous words of Michael Buffer: let’s get ready to rumble!

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Teams vs Slack: Quick facts

Slack launched in August 2013 and has been growing ever since. It revolutionized the way many teams communicate through smart chat, structured channels, and a user-friendly interface. From day one, they went bold — calling Slack an “email killer.”

lynes came later, in August 2019, and entered the market with high ambitions.

Even though lynes was the newcomer, it brought a completely different dimension compared to Slack — the key difference being telephony and PBX functionality.

To become a truly complete collaboration tool, lynes integrates that piece along with chat, channels, and smart administration.

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Teams vs Slack – Getting started

Getting started with Slack is a breeze. Anyone can set up a workspace and invite colleagues.

But first, you’ll need to decide whether to use their free plan or one of their paid tiers — and yes, the differences are significant.

With Slack’s free plan, you get 10,000 stored messages. After that, it’s one in, one out — just like the line outside Stureplan on a Friday night.

It might sound like a lot, but if you’re ten people sending fifty messages a day, you’ll hit that limit in just 21 workdays. And once you do, those messages are gone from your searchable history.

With lynes, you get two ways to get started.

You can either get help from a project manager who sets everything up based on your needs — completely free — or choose the do-it-yourself option, which is just as simple. You’ll answer a few questions that define your setup, team, and rules.

The only decision you’ll need to make is your base plan: Standard or Advanced, depending on which PBX features you need. Once you’re up and running, you can easily add new users, assign numbers, and create call groups — all directly from your mobile.

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lynes erbjuder dig två val för att komma igång, det ena inkluderar en kostnadsfri projektledare som sätter upp allt utifrån dina önskemål och de andra är ett ”gör det själv-alternativ”. Att låta projektledaren göra jobbet är såklart det smidigaste men att sätta upp det själv är även det busenkelt. Du svarar helt enkelt på frågor som sedan definierar ert team och era regler.

Det enda valet du behöver göra här är ert grundpaket. Antingen väljer du Standard eller Avancerad beroende på antalet funktioner du behöver i växeln. När du är igång lägger du enkelt till nya användare, tilldelar dem telefonnummer och svarsgrupper – allt direkt via din mobil.

Teams vs Slack – Features

A good rule of thumb for features: if you use them, they’re good. If you don’t, they’re probably useless.

Luckily, both lynes and Slack come packed with smart, user-friendly features. Let’s scratch the surface and look at a few key ones.

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Chat – communicate more efficiently

Chat is the heart of both platforms. Internal chat makes your company more efficient, reduces email overload, and keeps communication in one place.

Slack, being a chat-first app, does this exceptionally well — 12 million daily users say it all. You get 1:1 chats, group messages, and channels filled with productivity tools. You can pin messages, react with emojis, and start threads. A standout feature is Slackbot, your personal assistant that reminds you about tasks, messages, and more.

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lynes chat gives you everything you need for efficient communication — 1:1 chats, team-based channels, emojis, threaded conversations, and pinned messages.

But lynes goes one step further with a feature Slack lacks (pun intended): you can share an email directly inside the app. That means all your communication — even email — stays in one place.

If you’re new here and don’t know what a threaded conversation is: it’s where all replies about a topic are grouped together for easy follow-up and overview.

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If you’re new here and don’t know what a threaded conversation is: it’s where all replies about a topic are grouped together for easy follow-up and overview.

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Teams vs Slack – Calls, telephony, and video meetings

Now to telephony — and how the apps adapt to your business needs.

If calls are important to your team, make a list of what you need:

Make and receive internal and external calls
Handle PBX calls and transfers
Schedule and join video meetings

Slack focuses mainly on internal communication. You can make 1:1 calls and, on paid plans, call from a channel. You can also hold video meetings and share your screen — but scheduling isn’t built in, making it best for spontaneous meetings.

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lynes, on the other hand, includes a whole range of smart PBX functions for free — such as call groups and IVR menus.

That means your full phone system is built right into the app, removing the need for another tool. You can make internal and external calls, hold instant or scheduled video meetings, and join just as easily from outside your organization.

As the cherry on top, administration is built into the app. Whether you’re adding a new user or setting up a call group, you do it all directly from your phone.

In short, lynes includes everything from standard telephony to advanced PBX functionality.

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Teams vs Slack – Integrate your favorite apps

Think of a modern collaboration tool like LEGO — you add, build, and customize it to your needs.

Some functions come built-in, others you integrate.

Take the calendar, for example.

By connecting your email and calendar in lynes, you unlock smart features like sharing, replying to, and sending emails directly from the client. You can also discuss a shared email in a threaded channel conversation.

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Slack leads the market in number of integrations — over 800. That includes email and calendar, though their Gmail integration only allows you to view and comment on messages, not send or reply directly. The calendar lets you see and book meetings, and your Slack status updates automatically based on your schedule.

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lynes takes a different approach. While it doesn’t boast hundreds of integrations, it focuses on depth.

You can integrate your CRM so that incoming calls are automatically logged on customer cards, complete with recordings — without leaving the app. Everything happens behind the scenes.

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