34 Best Slack Apps and Bots to Add to Your Workspace in 2019

Slack has undoubtedly become the leading team collaboration tool in the past few years. Its ease of use and smooth learning curve have made it a favorite for 10+ million daily end users and still counting.

But while Slack is leading the collaboration pack, it really only does this: help teams communicate better regardless of their location.

For all your other needs, try Slack apps.

Whether you want to get your team’s feedback, be notified for each new task, or just keep the fun going in your team, chances are there’s already a Slack app that can do that for you.

But with so many to choose from, we’ve decided to give you a hand. After testing dozens of apps over two weeks, here are 34 of the best Slack apps and bots to help you meet your objectives related to business, projects, and teams from a single workspace:

NOTE: For free accounts, you can only add up to 10 Slack apps. If you want more, you’ll need to upgrade your Slack plan.

Stay productive!

Google Calendar for Team Events — customizable reminders for all team events

This shared calendar is a useful feature allowing you to keep your events and tasks organized. You’ll receive notifications prior to an event and daily or weekly summaries of all your calendar entries to a channel of your choice based on the rules you’ve set.

You’ll also be notified if an event is canceled altogether and whenever a change occurs to an event so you don’t miss its exact start date or location.

Paymo — task management and time tracking directly from Slack

Paymo is a work and project management solution that brings everyone in your team on the same page. Besides the clean and modern interface, the app also offers a strong set of features for planning, scheduling, and invoicing your work.

The Paymo for Slack app comes in handy when you want to track work time, create tasks, add files to your projects, or get notified about your Paymo tasks. All this translates into less manual work and more time to focus on your craft.

You’ll need a trial or paid Paymo account to use this integration.

Simple Poll — get your team member’s opinions the classic way or anonymously

Simple Poll is a polling app created specifically for use in Slack. To set up one, use a single /poll command according to the following pattern /poll “Question?” “Option 1” “Option 2” “Option 3”. Users can then cast their votes by simply clicking on the number of the option they want to choose.

For instance, here’s what a poll for the /poll “Which day works best for you for the Christmas party?” “15” “16” “17” “20” command would look like:

The paid version also allows you to create anonymous polls or limit the number of votes a person can give.

Pocket — focus now, save some things for later

Did a teammate just share an interesting article or video but you don’t have time for it right now? Pocket lets you save it for later when you have more time. Everything you save will be waiting for you in your Pocket account that can be accessed from your phone, tablet, or computer.

The Pocket Slack app only works with messages containing links. If there’s something else you want to check out (for instance an image that needs to be reviewed), just use Slack’s default Remind me about this and Star message features.

Harvest — track time and budgets

Harvest is an online time tracking and invoicing tool that helps you get paid based on your tracked time entries. To better manage your logged hours, their Slack app allows users to start and stop their timers, see what other team members are working on, and check stats on your time budget without having to reopen the app again. All this with a couple of easy to remember slash commands like /harvest start or /harvest budget.

You’ll need a trial or paid account to use this Slack app.

Any.do — a personal assistant to tell you what tasks you need to take care of

The Any.do Slack bot helps you manage your daily tasks in a conversational manner. There’s no need for commands here. Just type in a question you have like “What are my tasks?” and the bot will guide you to make sure you’re on track with work.

You can also use this Slack bot to add new tasks, assign existing ones to a colleague, or even send yourself reminders. All entries will then be displayed in the desktop version of Any.do, but it’s sure more fun to have a smart bot let you know of all that ??

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