Hoogly + Slack or Teams: Best Meta Workplace Alternative

As Facebook Workplace phases out, organisations are actively exploring more sustainable solutions for team engagement and communication.

While Slack and Microsoft Teams are already popular communication tools, they were never built to support culture, emotional wellbeing, or connection. That’s where Hoogly comes in.

Hoogly isn't here to replace Slack or Teams. It enhances them, weaving culture, trust, and belonging directly into your daily workflow, and bringing culture, trust, and belonging back into the flow of work.

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What Slack and Teams do well

Slack and Teams are excellent at:

• Real-time communication and file sharing
  
  
• Connecting departments and cross-functional teams
  
  
• Reducing internal emails
  
  
• Supporting integrations with a wide range of tools
  
  

They’re perfect for collaboration and project execution. But they fall short when it comes to:

• Understanding how employees feel
  
  
• Supporting emotional safety and inclusion
  
  
• Driving engagement beyond work tasks
  
  
• Building deep relationships between teammates
  
  

What Hoogly adds

Hoogly fills in the human gaps in your digital workplace. It helps teams:

• Build emotional connection with dynamic, vulnerability-based huddles
  
  
• Express how they're really doing through regular mood check-ins
  
  
• Celebrate personal and professional milestones automatically
  
  
• Get personalised support from Venn, an AI wellbeing coach
  
  
• Surface team insights on belonging, alignment, and psychological safety
  
  

All of this happens directly within Slack or Microsoft Teams, so your employees don't need to switch platforms.

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Why this combo works better than Facebook Workplace

Facebook Workplace helped teams stay informed, but it often felt one-way rather than truly interactive or relational.

Slack and Teams let people collaborate, but not always connect. Adding Hoogly to the mix gives your team:

• Connection + Collaboration: Work tools that feel human
  
  
• Actionable insights: AI-surfaced data that guides culture improvements
  
  
• Privacy and trust: Anonymous conversations, confidential coaching
  
  
• Lightweight adoption: No new logins or platforms to learn
  
  

Conclusion

The shutdown of Facebook Workplace presents a chance to rethink how teams communicate and stay connected.

If you already use Slack or Teams, Hoogly is the missing piece to create a workplace where people feel heard, supported, and connected.

Want to see how it works? Book a demo and try it with your team.

And if you're still unsure, check out our Top 5 alternatives to Facebook Workplace.

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