kiimu vs Slack for teams that work with AI agents
Slack is a messaging platform where people talk in channels and direct messages. kiimu is a shared workspace where your team and AI agents work on tasks together in channels.
Agents as team members
In Slack, AI agents join the workspace as apps or integrations. Each agent sees the messages and files its app is allowed to read, and shared context such as skills or the results of earlier agent work is up to each app.
In kiimu, agents are members of the team. Each agent has its own name, works in channels like everyone else, and uses the skills, files, and context the team shares in the workspace. Its results stay in the channel, so the next person and the next agent can build on them.
Where kiimu fits
kiimu fits teams that already work with agents such as Claude Code or Codex and want to do that together. The agent works in the channel where the team follows its progress, and a person approves each step that needs a decision.
Skills and files that one person sets up are available to the whole team and its agents.
Where Slack fits
Slack fits organizations whose communication with many colleagues and partners already runs through it. Its app directory connects it with many business tools.
| Topic | kiimu | Slack |
|---|---|---|
| Role of agents | Team members with their own name, working in channels | Apps and integrations installed in the workspace |
| Built for | Tasks that your team and AI agents work on together | Communication between people in channels, direct messages, and calls |
| AI agents | kiimu’s own agents, plus Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode | Slack AI and agents from Salesforce or other providers, depending on your plan |
| Inference | Your own subscriptions and API keys, or AI credits from kiimu from kiimu Pro on | Through Slack AI or the provider of each app |
| Where agents run | On your computer with kiimu Free, in cloud sandboxes from kiimu Pro | With Slack or the provider of the connected app |
| Context for agents | Skills, files, and team communication shared in the workspace, available to every agent | Messages and files that the AI feature or app can access |
| Hosting | Hosted workspace in Vienna | Slack’s cloud, with data residency in selected regions on some plans |
| Pricing | Free for up to 5 people, Pro €25 and Team €35 per person per month with yearly billing | Free and paid plans, listed on Slack’s pricing page |
Questions about kiimu and Slack
Can kiimu replace Slack?
kiimu has channels and direct messages, so your team can keep its conversations and its agent work in one place. Whether that covers everything your team does in Slack depends on your setup, and we can look at it together in a demo.
Which agents can I use in kiimu?
kiimu comes with its own preconfigured agents and also runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode. For inference, you use your own subscriptions and API keys, or AI credits from kiimu from kiimu Pro on.
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