Cross Identity vs. Slack

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cross Identity
Score 3.5 out of 10
N/A
Cross Identity (formerly Ilantus) is presented as a comprehensive Identity & Access Management Solution, with SSO, web access management, and related features such as shared app login (multiple employees can use a single license during different sessions, and yet protect the app password from all the users).N/A
Slack
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Slack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…
$8.75
per month per user
Pricing
Cross IdentitySlack
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
Pro
$7.25*
per month per user
Business+
$12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cross IdentitySlack
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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Features
Cross IdentitySlack
Identity Management
Comparison of Identity Management features of Product A and Product B
Cross Identity
2.7
1 Ratings
100% below category average
Slack
-
Ratings
ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)2.71 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Factor Authentication1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Password Management4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Cross Identity
-
Ratings
Slack
8.2
479 Ratings
6% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings8.2310 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings7.9259 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.4284 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4460 Ratings
Search00 Ratings8.7463 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings8.0187 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Cross Identity
-
Ratings
Slack
8.8
488 Ratings
11% above category average
Chat00 Ratings9.8488 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings9.1484 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings9.5473 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings8.1302 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.7300 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Cross Identity
-
Ratings
Slack
8.7
461 Ratings
10% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings8.3229 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings8.8412 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings9.0403 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.4318 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.4305 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings8.5264 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings9.1339 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cross IdentitySlack
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(488 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(23 ratings)
Usability
1.8
(1 ratings)
9.2
(103 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(1 ratings)
9.9
(66 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
3.6
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cross IdentitySlack
Likelihood to Recommend
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
Password reset is where they perform well. The product is very economical compared to other SSO vendors But even with this price, there is a lot of improvement that is needed. The management is poised to make changes but the engineers at Cross Identity need to take their job more seriously in my opinion.
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Salesforce
If you population likes technology, then I would recommend Slack. It is more difficult to implement if not everyone is on Slack or knows how to use it. Slack was used well by some employees who loved it. Slack allowed them to plan annual events and get feedback and ideas from those involved in the event
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Pros
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
  • Huddles Run smoothly without any interferences.
  • Smooth individual calls quick and easy without any interruptions.
  • seamless notifications across multiple devices
  • The ability to easily tag a team member to urgently attend to a specific escalation.
  • Slack being user friendly and able to integrate easily with other platforms and apps.
  • How to easily open up different channels for different escalations and needs.
  • a safe direct messaging option.
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Cons
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
  • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
  • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
  • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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Likelihood to Renew
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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Usability
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
Our experience with Cross Identity has not been very good, particularly recently, we are in the middle of many issues, outages etc. The management has given us all kind of assurances but we are still waiting for the results to start show.
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Salesforce
Slack is one of the easiest platforms to use! It is very aesthetically pleasing and you can arrange the chats and other features the way you personally like it. They kept it pretty simple for people who aren’t looking to do anything more than streamlining communication, but they definitely have options for folks to build out the Workspace more.
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Reliability and Availability
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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Performance
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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Support Rating
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
Support is not appropriate. I mean the product support ad managed services both. It would be great if they can introduce a more coherent project governance structure. Advise to management, please encourage your engineers to take their job little more seriously. The product is full of bugs and have not been tested thoroughly.
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Salesforce
Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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Implementation Rating
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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Alternatives Considered
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Having had a lot of experience with Google Chat and Teams, Slack is far and away the better option. In comparison to Teams, Slack is much cleaner with a far more user friendly AI, Teams is far too clunky and feels tiresome to use, whereas it is super easy to pick up Slack and be able to configure it do exactly what you need. Whilst I don't find a massive difference between the usability and UI of Google Chat to Slack. Slack's range of features far outweighs Google Chat. The ease of external connections, workflows, file sharing, external connections for notifications (Make, Zapier etc), plus the huge range of apps you can connect to enhance your workspace is incredible. Google Chat does benefit from directly integrating into your Google Suite so you can get access to automatic status updates based on calendar activity, which would be nice for Slack to have
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
Contract terms are fine. No complaints there.
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
professional services team is not very well versed with the the product from my experience. They should possess more knowledge to fix the issues more quickly.
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Cross Identity (Formerly Ilantus)
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
  • Use of Slack has enabled us to stay aligned with sales and ensure accurate forecasting.
  • The product has reduced delays in decisions making and helps us to improve on transparency in our departments.
  • Slack has eliminated the use if emails as it allows direct messaging. This has ensured real-time communication.
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ScreenShots

Cross Identity Screenshots

Screenshot of Single Sign-OnScreenshot of User Life-cycle ManagementScreenshot of Self-Service Password ResetScreenshot of Access GovernanceScreenshot of Password SyncScreenshot of Access Certification