Discord vs Slack vs Teams

Discord, is the new chat kid on the block. Unlike Slack and Teams, Discord is focused on large open communities. It has some unique features like Chat and while it does do Video and Screensharing it's unlikely to replace your Zoom meetings.

Discord was first released in 2015 as a chat tool for gamers. Its initial focus was on voice and games and it quickly became popular with many communities.

Unlike Slack and Team, Discord has channels that can host real-time audio. This can be like walking into a room and being part of a conversation. I don’t expect it to replace Zoom but it is nice option for creating a quick voice conversation.

The magic of discord is just how easy it is to create a community. You literally click the + and can setup your own server.
The interesting appeal of discord is that it’s much more suited for the community. Unlike Slack and Teams that are positioned as corporate products, Discord is really set up and monetized in a different way.

Slack and Teams is per user and slack limits messages on their paid tier
Discord is free for both small and large communities and they make money by letting individuals upgrade for more features.

Some of the UI in discord isn’t as refined as in Slack and it’s not really set up or marketed as an enterprise solution. What it lacks on that front it makes up in the community.

Discord makes it easy to make public communities and it offers a lot of administration and role options to customize the experience for communities as they grow.

The roots of Discord are in gaming and while it doesn’t yet feel like they are directly competing with Slack/Teams, I do see them disrupting Facebook Groups communities and starting to compete with Slack and Teams for the mindshare of larger more public communities.

In trying out Discord, I created a community to talk about entrepreneurship, technology and design. If you’re into that, I hope I’ll see you on-there. I’ve left a link above.

[jacob.hopkins]

This video was absolutely incredible! Although Discord is an incredible platform by default without any third-party additions, the variety of community-made multiplatform integrations and in-app functions are what truly blows me away. I do some backend administrative tasks for multiple servers with thousands of members and the number of things we can do without spending a penny is, yet again, next level! I'm super excited to see Discord expand further, even though you can already find thousands of communities for nearly any topic or niche. Keep it up!

[TheBigGiant_SpaceChiken]

Great video! I have a Discord server for my online language school and it works great. Every one of my teachers has his/her own voice chat channel (classroom) in which I can see how many students are present in the class and whether the teacher showed up or not to class. You can't do that in Teams, Skype or Zoom. The text channels have allowed us to upload additional material for the students that they can check out at any time they want. The only thing that is missing from Discord is the app integration you have on Slick. If they added that, Discord would blow Slack out of the water.

[fksebati]

Great video! I’m still blown away by how many people still have not heard of these three tools! Big future ahead for all three!

[lovefrom]

Thanks for the simple explanation. I am going to try Discord for my online class.

[idontwhy]

slack seems to love to make itself inconvenient. Discord, the opposite

[gregorywitcher]

Fellow Greg, your video has an error: Discord absolutely has Light Mode, but it burns

[patrickt]

You didn't talk much about bots.
Which is what sets it above the rest and leave it in its dust.
But enterprises would not want that as they are able to read all message history.
But for a public facing group its great because its users content

There is also
Element and guilded

[SimonBauer]

discord is lighter, faster and has a smoother ui + bots that can do a lot of things

[simply]

discord is best its absolutely amazing packed with features and amazing performance despite it

[possiblymisha]

To call discord the new chat kid is rather foolish. It’s been popular for quite some time now. Idk half a decade just doesn’t sit well next to the word new. But overall an alright video.

[nortnbird]

Great video Greg! Is there a limit to how many people it works well with? Let's say I have a super large community, does it still work well? Let's say 1, 000 - 10, 000?

[kenjiroumiyamoto]

Huh. So the older, more professional folk are joining Discord.

Fare warning, if you don't like playful messages from the actual website/company/app, it's not for you.

But if it is fine for you, then it's probably some of the most powerful platforms of communication in the world.

You should look up how you can send messages in several different formats. Discord lets you send messages, marked down. So when you send them, it can be italic, bold, both, indented, in coloured code blocks, or even hidden/blacked out until you willingly click on it.

[MattFlorioVlogs]

Hello Greg, you should try out Guilded out it better