Whether you love to send funny GIFs to your team each day to boost morale or use Google Calendar to schedule team meetings and events, there’s a Slack app for all of your processes.
Here, we’ve compiled 10 of the best Slack integrations (or Slack apps) for you to connect to your workspace today.
1. Google Drive
Google Drive is an excellent app for storing your documents and files. And other Google Workspace apps such as Google Docs and Google Sheets integrate seamlessly into Google Drive.
Using the Google Drive Slack integration, you’ll receive notifications whenever someone mentions you in a Google document. You can also create new Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets from right inside Slack.
2. Giphy
Nothing says “Happy Monday” like a space cat GIF. And if you love sending GIFs via Slack, there’s no easier way than with Giphy.
Using Giphy and the /giphy command, you can search for the perfect GIF inside Slack. Then, choose the GIF that speaks to you, and you’re good to go.
3. Zoom
Zoom is one of the most popular videoconferencing tools on the market. After all, Zoom is chock-full of features and simple video calling tools. If you and your team use Zoom, this is the perfect integration for you.
Using the Zoom app inside Slack, you can start new meetings, join a meeting using a meeting ID, and even start a phone call by entering a phone number.
4. Trivia - Games | Virtual Coffee
Who says work can’t be fun? Slack offers a wide range of unique and fun integrations to bring some laughter into your workspace.
One of these integrations is this trivia app. With just a few clicks, you can share a fun trivia game with your team in any channel. Plus, there are other games such as Pictionary, This or That, and Word Search.
This app also includes a virtual water cooler. The app will prompt discussions with a question, making room for friendly office banter.
5. Simple Poll
Simple Poll is a great tool with many uses. You can easily create polls for your team regarding anything from favorite pizza toppings to what day works best for next month’s meeting.
You can choose from a variety of options to customize your polls. For example, you can choose to implement recurring polls and anonymous polls where individuals are hidden when they vote.
6. IFTTT
Slack makes room for a ton of automation through its many integration options. If This Then That (IFTTT) is an automation tool to end all automation tools.
IFTTT enables you to connect other apps to Slack to automate any process you can think of. In fact, you can connect over 600 different apps together using IFTTT and Slack.
For example, you can email a message to a Slack channel, share files in Slack to Dropbox, post a reminder to Slack before a calendar event, and so much more.
7. Google Calendar
Google Calendar is used to schedule team meet-ups to keep track of personal to-dos. And now, you can integrate Google Calendar into Slack easily and quickly.
The Google Calendar app for Slack is a great option for receiving reminders about upcoming events. You can even schedule new events and delete events from right inside Slack.
If you choose to do so, you can also allow Slack to update your status automatically based on your schedule. Slack will update your status to “in a meeting” so your team always knows when you’re busy.
8. Reacji Channeler
The Reacji Chaneeler app was built by Slack’s team and is one of the app’s best-kept secrets. Reacjis, a term coined by Slack, are emojis used to react to messages.
Now, using the Reacji Channeler, you can add a specific reacji to a message to automatically send it to the channel of your choice. For example, you can use the light bulb emoji to send messages to an idea channel. Or, a calendar emoji to send messages to a meetings channel.
The opportunities are endless for this simple but mighty automation tool.
9. Evernote
Evernote is one of the best note-taking apps available. And now, you can integrate Evernote right into Slack.
Using Evernote, you can quickly take notes in Slack and then sync those notes to Evernote. You can also clip Slack conversations into Evernote, share notes to other Slack channels, and more.
10. Asana
Need to keep track of your project tasks? Integrating Asana into Slack is a great way to manage projects without needing to switch apps.
Using the Asana integration, you can turn Slack messages into tasks, take action on tasks, get Asana notifications, and create new tasks in Asana without ever leaving Slack.
Hundreds of Slack Integrations Are Waiting for You in the App Directory
These are only some of the awesome Slack integrations available in the app directory. Consider what your team needs to boost productivity and conduct a search. You’re sure to find an app to fit your needs.
