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Based on my experience and testing of dozens of team communication apps by my teammates, here's our roundup of the best Slack alternatives.

The 5 best Slack alternatives for businesses in 2025

Based on the Zapier team's testing of dozens of team communication apps, here's our roundup of the best Slack alternatives.

Do you need a recurring reminder to complete a task or take a break? This integration sends a daily message in a Google Chat room or a direct message. Just pick the time you'd like to receive it.  You can also choose whether or not you want this Zap to run on weekends.

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Get daily reminders in Google Chat

This integration will effortlessly ensure that you and your team is ready for the next event. Once it's active, this Zap will automatically post a custom notification to Google Chat for each new approaching Google Calendar event.

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Post new approaching Google Calendar events to Google Chat

Need to send out the same reminder every week to your team? This Zap will post a message in Google Chat every week. Just pick a day and time you'd like to send your message! You can also adjust the frequency to a daily or monthly basis.

Send a weekly reminder message in Google Chat

With this integration, you won't forget to upload a recording after a video call. This template will automatically upload new Zoom recordings in Google Drive. Just select which Drive and folder you'd like your file to go. Learn how in our 

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Upload new Zoom recordings to Google Drive

When the time comes, you'll want to jump right into the discussion and not worry about setting up a meeting and sending out links. Zapier can do all of that for you once you activate this Zap. Every new event created on Calendly will trigger the automation, creating a Zoom meeting for each one. You can then add a step to your Zap to send the Join URL to the invitee by email or any other medium you'd like.

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Create Zoom meetings for new Calendly events

Ever wanted your Zoom meetings on a Google Calendar? This simple automation has you covered! Any new Zoom meeting will automatically be added to a Google Calendar of your choice.

Add new Zoom meetings to Google Calendar

Don't worry about forgetting to post videos to Discord again! Zapier helps you handle the busywork so you can focus on making better content. In a few clicks, use this Zap to automatically post new YouTube videos to a channel on your Discord server. 

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Send new YouTube videos in Discord channel messages

Want to send a recurring reminder or other related message to your Discord server? This integration can help! Set it up to send a daily message in a Discord channel automatically. Just specify your Discord channel, schedule  the time, and customize the message. Zapier will handle the rest!

Send daily messages to Discord channels

Want to view an RSS feed on your Discord server? Activate this Zap to share new RSS items to your Discord channel automatically. You can also customize the message to show the author, source, link to the article, or a personalized greeting.

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Post new RSS items to Discord channels

Get your teams on the same page with this integration. Set it up to automatically send new Typeform entries to a Microsoft Teams channel. Everyone will be in the loop, at all times, without any added effort from you!

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Send messages to Microsoft Teams channels for new Typeform entries

A chat message will be sent to a chosen chat in Microsoft Teams whenever you receive a new Jotform submission. This makes it easy to stay up-to-date.

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Send chat messages in Microsoft Teams for new Jotform submissions

The more meetings you have on a growing team, the harder it can be to stay on top of them. Let us help bring everyone where they need to be by sending messages automatically to a channel in Microsoft Teams whenever new events start in Google Calendar. Now, everyone will be on time and prepared for whatever's on the calendar.

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