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See how the top 5 of 6 Communication Software stack up.
Explore what each does best — and why they rose to the top in 2026.
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Google MeetRecommendedBest for universally accepted virtual meetings
Best for universally accepted virtual meetings - 2
SlackRecommendedBest for real-time team communication
Best for real-time team communication - 3
SupercutRecommendedBest modern async screen recorder for teams
Best modern async screen recorder for teams - 4
tl;dvRecommendedBest for low-friction setup that records video
Best for low-friction setup that records video - 5
LoomRecommendedWas once the leader, now legacy
Was once the leader, now legacy - 6
Dialpad MeetingsWorks only if you're already in the Dialpad ecosystem
Works only if you're already in the Dialpad ecosystem
Our Evaluation Criteria
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What is Slack?
What is Slack?Slack is the default communication layer for startups and modern small businesses.
At its core, Slack is a real-time messaging platform built around channels. Teams organize conversations by topic, project, or department instead of burying everything in email threads. It is where decisions happen, launches are coordinated, bugs are reported, and customer feedback gets surfaced in real time.
While we wish the user experience with Slack was better, it's pretty much irreplaceable at this stage. The reason is Slack Connect. It lets you create shared channels with contractors, vendors, and most importantly customers. This is the piece most Slack competitors are missing. Instead of managing scattered email chains or scheduling endless Zoom calls, you can just open a shared channel and talk. We have so many Slack Connect channels, we've lost count.
Is Slack chaotic? Absolutely. Channels pile up, notifications get overwhelming, threads get missed. Many users (including us) wish there was something more user friendly. But the truth is Slack owns this market. Most people you need to connect with are already there. So the decision is made for you in terms of needing to use it.
As you scale, Slack alone is not enough. You will eventually layer in project management tools, internal knowledge base documentation systems, and help desk workflows. But in the early stage, Slack is the fastest way to create alignment and stay close to your customers.
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Supercut
Recommended
Best modern async screen recorder for teams
Best modern async screen recorder for teamsIf you're looking for the most modern screen recording software that has a focus on async team collaboration, Supercut is the clear leader in the space, no tool does it better. It's a joy to record and receive a Supercut.
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What is Supercut?
What is Supercut?Supercut is quickly becoming the accepted standard for recording asynchronous communication at companies.
People love receiving a Supercut (over getting a meeting request, or yes, even a Loom), and even support teams love receiving a Supercut screen recording when you're asking for help.
Supercut has replaced internal and external video calls by as much as 95% in our business. You can also use it to record internal processes to use for team and customer onboarding. We use it for everything.
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tl;dv
Recommended
Best for low-friction setup that records video
Best for low-friction setup that records videoTL;DV lets you and your team take meeting notes in a floating pop-up during calls, automatically adds timestamps, and instantly shares everything with participants or just your team. If you want everyone to see and collaborate on call notes as they happen, especially with Slack integration, this is a solid pick, though it currently lacks deep CRM integrations.
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What is tl;dv?
What is tl;dv?What we love most about tl;dv is that you can take all of your meeting notes directly from a floating pop-up right within the meeting you're in.
As you type the notes, tl;dv automatically timestamps your message and your entire team can also see the notes as they are being written.
No more do we need to find where to take collaborative call notes of which would otherwise not even be connected to the call recording itself.
All of the most important notes and timestamps are automatically sent to everyone on the call (or just your team), and they even have a nifty Slack integration as well.
We do wish it natively integrated with more CRMs though, but know the team is working on opening up the API to allow for it.
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Loom
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Was once the leader, now legacy
Was once the leader, now legacyWhat used to be the gold standard for screen recording, async team collaboration, and light video editing, has turned into a bloated and frustrating tool. If you're willing to actually invest in a modern screen recording solution, use Supercut instead.
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What is Loom?
What is Loom?Loom used to be the gold standard for the best screen recording software and internal collaboration, but it has been upended by Supercut recently.
After Atlassian acquired Loom back in October 2023, it just became more bloated, constantly crashing, with a constant push to upgrade to their "AI tier", which is quite basic and unremarkable features.
If it's between having tons of meetings or just recording a quick async Loom, definitely do the latter. That said, there's now way better solutions on the market that feel lightweight, fast, and powerful, like Supercut (our entire team switched off of Loom to Supercut and do not miss Loom in the slightest).
If you're completely unwilling to spend money on a tool in this category, then your best bet is the free 5 minute limit Loom tier, but if you want to actually use the best solution on the market and not have restrictions, constant upsells, and just a great product, invest in a quality tool like Supercut that you and your entire team will actually enjoy using.
On the other hand, if you're looking for more of an impressive screen recording and video editing tool for things like product feature launch GIFs and videos, look no further than our friends over at Screen Studio.
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Dialpad Meetings
Works only if you're already in the Dialpad ecosystem
Works only if you're already in the Dialpad ecosystemDialpad Meetings runs video calls with a clean interface but getting people to actually use it is a pain since it feels unfamiliar and lacks the plug-and-play integrations everyone expects from Google Meet or Zoom. Unless you're willing to put up with extra workarounds and confusion, especially for CRM integration, you're better off sticking with the standard options, Dialpad Meetings just creates more friction than it's worth for most teams.
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What is Dialpad Meetings?
What is Dialpad Meetings?I was actually one of a few people back in the day that tried to make the pivot from Google Meet and Zoom to Dialpad Meetings (formerly UberConference) happen.
The thing is, at the time, there was just too much friction trying to get people to use and accept Dialpad Meetings, because it's just different from what they are used to using (thank you inertia /sarcasm).
Pros & Cons
Pros & ConsPros
Pros- You can have it automatically join your calls in Dialpad Meetings, but Google Meet and Zoom as well, it's super flexible in that way.
- They are likely to be a bit more advanced than even that of Dialpad Meetings, since they are solely focused on just the meeting AI side of things, whereas Dialpad Meetings needs to also support the entire infrastructure of a meeting platform.
- If you ever do choose to leave Dialpad Meetings and move back to Zoom/Google Meet, your historical lock-in is on a 3rd party tool (Fireflies), instead of the meeting platform itself. So with Fireflies, you can jump between Dialpad Meetings to Google Meet to Zoom, no problems!
Cons
Cons- You're now going to be paying for a second meeting recorder to join the call, and the integration will be linking your CRM and notes from what Fireflies comes up with, not Dialpad Meetings.
- It'd definitely a bit less clean. Also, Fireflies will join the call as a fake person, that's how they record the call.
So all-in-all, we know this isn't the most ideal thing to hear. Without Dialpad Meetings having a proper API though (or a native CRM integration), that's all we can really do here.
If the above is you, all I can say is we hear you... It's overwhelming, confusing, and we were going down this exact same rabbit hole 6+ years ago.
Key Features
Key FeaturesUser Interface (UI)
User Interface (UI)Dialpad Meetings is quite clean, we've always appreciated the simplicity it brings with it. I appreciate them coming at it with a more modern approach, but with that, comes more difficult user-adoption (unless you just copy Google Meet and Zoom identically).
User Interface (UX)
User Interface (UX)This is where we've ran into the most struggles with Dialpad Meetings. It's just not familiar with most people when joining. They don't know where the screensharing icon is, along with everything else. It's just different from what people are used to. While this is normally fine and we don't want to be too negative on Dialpad Meetings for this point, the truth of the matter is they are just battling inertia (familiarity), and people just hate change when it comes to something they also dislike (Meetings) 😅
API & Integration
API & IntegrationDialpad Meetings doesn't have an API that we can connect into, so there's no current way to create custom integrations outside of what they list on their site (native integrations).
So say you want to create a meeting activity within your CRM (assuming you picked one of the Best CRM options on our list), you can't do that without a meeting recorder tool that can join your meeting, like Fireflies. So the only way to really do this is to hand off the integration side of things to a meeting recorder tool that has deep integrations with CRMs.
What I did back in the day to get this working actually, was relying on Fireflies to join the call and be the native integration with the CRM. They do have a dedicated landing page for their integration with Dialpad Meetings, although it is still has the URL "uberconference". 😅
There are positives and negatives that come with this approach though.
Final Verdict
Final VerdictAt the end of the day, we ultimately just decided to use Google Meet alongside Granola, as the native integration they have between eachother, alongside no longer having to fight the inertia (of people not wanting to try a "new" meeting tool), is where we ultimately found ourselves.
It's also more likely that tools will integrate natively with Google Meet and Zoom, especially because for some reason Dialpad Meetings is choosing to highly restrict their API for internal use only. 🤷
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