24 Best Slack Communities for Founders, Marketers, and Product Managers
Work happens on Slack, yea, but so does professional socializing! Check out the best Slack groups for marketers, developers, founders, and product people who want to network, share ideas, solve problems, and mingle with like-minded individuals.
Slack communities are super popular tools for founders, marketers, developers, and product managers.
They can be very niche-focused and offer an easy way to quickly ask questions or get feedback without unnecessary context switching, like on Facebook or LinkedIn. This helps to remove distractions.
You are in the right place if you’re looking for a list of the best Slack communities to join.
Let’s begin!
Online Geniuses
This is the #1 most popular public Slack community for marketers. So if you have to choose just one, go for this one.
It’s completely free and has more than 18K+ members. There’s always stuff going on here.
What you need to know:
- Audience: VPs, CMOs, freelancers, consultants, and agency owners. Basically, anyone who’s in the digital marketing ecosystem
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: It’s 100% free, but if you pay $25, you can skip the vetting process and get instant access
Barry W. Enderwick - Former Director of Global Marketing, NetflixOnline Geniuses is an actual community of smart and supportive marketing experts sharing information across all aspects of the discipline. It should be the go-to source for anyone wanting to up their game and stay on top of the latest in marketing.
GrowthMentor
By joining the GrowthMentor Slack community, you get access to an active community of 1.9k+ founders, marketers, and product people from around the world who are down to networking, helping each other out, and sharing feedback.
On top of the access to the general community, you can join City Squads where you can mingle with like-minded folks around you and meet with people in person during local events.
That’s not all. You can schedule 1:1 calls with one of the 500+ mentors on the platform and learn from a library of 100+ hours of video content.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Founders, marketers, sales, and product people. In general, anyone interested or involved in business growth
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: Starting from $33 per month
Anton Blagov - Head of Marketing at Bigle LegalI really see the value in the GrowthMentor community because instead of being isolated, you’re actually connected to a community of like-minded people and are able to share your experiences and get real-time feedback on stuff you’re working on.
Unicorn Think Tank
This Slack community was created by Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré, a passionate B2B SaaS consultant that’s a big fan of fostering communities. They were responsible for the community at GrowthHackers.com, Zest.is, Inbound.org (when it still existed), and Product Hunt.
And because of their experience, even though this Slack community is small at just 500 members, the channel engagement is awesome.
I like that this private community is still kind of a secret.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Anyone in SaaS, founders, marketers, and product people. Lots of consultants and freelancers in there too
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: It’s 100% free, but you have to get invited by someone (or politely ask Nichole to let you in)
Backlinks
This Slack community is all about helping you score backlinks.
The general idea is that if you’re looking for guest posters or you’re looking to guest post, you post in the #guestposts Slack channel, and then the rest happens on DM.
Honestly, there’s not that much engagement in this Slack community. I’ve never once noticed an admin post anything or try and get the group engaged.
But if you’re a brand new website in a niche that’s super hard to score links for, then maybe you’d find an online community of like-minded people and do the whole “you scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours” thing.
What you need to know:
- Audience: People that want to build links (the easy “no work required” kind of way)
- Activity Level: Low
- Cost to join: It’s 100% free
Link Building HQ
This is one of the best link-building Slack communities trusted by over 1000 companies.
It is an invite-only community of link builders, guest bloggers, and SEOs.
You can exchange backlinks and guest posts, build a professional network with other members, learn SEO, find link-building jobs, and more. You can join the waitlist by filling out the form on their website.
What you need to know:
- Audience – Link Builders, SEOs, Guest Bloggers
- Activity Level – High
- Cost to join – Free
Demand Curve
This is one of the most curated marketing Slack communities around the world. You will find there a Slack channel for any growth-related topic.
Don’t be surprised if you don’t get in.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Growth marketers, heads of growth
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: Free, but you have to apply
CRO Hacks
This Slack community is focused on conversion rate optimization.
There are 7K+ members on the #general, but the engagement and quality of discussion are on the lower end of the spectrum.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Digital marketers, CROs
- Activity Level: Low
- Cost to join: Free, but you have to apply
Traffic Think Tank
For $119/month, you’ll get access to Traffic Think Tank.
Founded by SEO technology experts Matthew Barby, Nick Eubanks, and Ian Howells, it includes hundreds of hours of exclusive video content, and they often feature private webinars.
They’ve got around 1K+ active users.
What you need to know:
- Audience: SEOs
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: $119 per month
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Efficient Growth Community
The Efficient Growth Community is a community built up of 3,000+ brands, agencies, and tech leaders from companies like SeatGeek, Adobe, Rockerbox, Meta, Glossier, Roku, and more. Expand your network, share expert insights, exchange vendor recommendations, and new job opportunities — all in service of efficient growth.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Growth marketing leaders, marketing consultants, product managers, data scientists, investors, C-suite marketers, tech partners, freelancers, and entrepreneurs
- Activity Level: Moderate
- Cost to join: Free
Creative Tribes
I paid to join this one, a $27 one-time fee.
Very little engagement in the Slack group, around 85% of the activity is the founder posting articles.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Solopreneurs
- Activity Level: Low
- Cost to join: $27 one-time fee
No Code Founders
No Code Founders is a Slack community for technologists, founders, and no-code makers.
You get access with $19/month, and you can learn everything you need to start a profitable internet company and a community of people to help you get there.
Bonus: By signing up, you can access exclusive webinars, networking events, 1:1s, and private Slack channels like #freelance, and #pros.
They’ve got around 16K+ members.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Founders, freelancers, agencies, marketers, product people, intrapreneurs, developers, makers, and no-code enthusiasts
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: $19/mo
Vlad Larin - CEO at ZeroqodeOne of the few founder communities that actually work!
StartupSauce
An awesome community to join if you are running a SaaS business and want to meet like-minded people.
StartupSauce has around 100+ members, but discussions are engaging as the selection process is strict. To join the StartupSauce community, you need to be a founder, co-founder, or CEO who runs a SaaS business outside Silicon Valley that generates at least $5K MRR.
What I like about this community is that they don’t allow direct competitors to join. So don’t be shy, you can openly and honestly discuss your challenges and share ideas with other professionals in the field.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Founders, co-Founders, or CEOs
- Activity Level: High
- Cost to join: $ 39/mo (paid annually)
Indie Worldwide
If you are a bootstrapped startup founder, this is your place. Indie Worldwide is a private Slack community with over 2K members.
Engagement in this group is super high, and you can get valuable support on your business, share knowledge and new ideas, and join online video chats where you can make friends, meet co-founders, and find new clients.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Indie hackers, founders, and makers
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: $ 49/mo
Othership
This one is a comprehensive community for founders as it covers discussions with subject matter experts in legal, UX, development, marketing, and fundraising.
They organize local events for networking and weekly virtual networking events. What is very exciting is that professionals from Product Hunt and Buzzbar are members and answer any questions on technology and marketing.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Freelancers, entrepreneurs, and remote workers
- Activity Level: Medium
- Cost to join: They offer 3 different packages with different access to resources each
Slack communities for product people
Product School
This is an awesome international product community.
Loads of engagement and the members are keen to connect, share resources, and network.
I think that because product managers are very misunderstood by developers, marketers, and C-suite, hanging out together like this is exciting for many of them.
It’s charming to see super long threads of people giving advice and helping fellow product managers with their specific situations.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Product managers (+132K members)
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: 100% free
Product-Led Growth
This Slack community was created by Wes Bush, the founder of the Product-Led Institute.
If you know what #PLG stands for, you’ll probably want to mingle in this exclusive Slack channel.
What are you waiting for?
What you need to know:
- Audience: Product-led growth people (11K+ members)
- Activity Level: Medium
- Cost to join: 100% free, but you have to apply or be invited
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Mind the Product
Mind the Product is the largest global community of product managers.
It is amazing how big this community is if you consider that the public Slack workspace has more than 62K members!
The network is very active, with great discussions on best practices, tools, and tips on product management.
People interested in product development should not miss this one. With 277 Slack channels, there’s a place to discuss everything related to product management, including finding available positions.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Product managers
- Activity Level: Extremely high
- Cost to join: Free
Product HQ
A great community platform for product managers to learn how to break into product management and excel on the job!
You can connect with experienced subject matter experts and get real-time support from professionals from over 600+ of the world’s best startups and companies, including Google, Facebook, Netflix, LinkedIn, Twitter, Slack, Snapchat, Airbnb, Pinterest, etc.
They organize in-person local events worldwide, and it’s a good source for job seekers looking to break into a product role.
They have 7K+ members and 40+ active channels.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Product managers and founders
- Activity Level: High
- Cost to join: One-time fee of $25
Product Tribes
Product Tribes is an invite-only Slack community of experienced designers, developers, and product managers.
What I found interesting is that you can connect with product professionals from big companies like IBM, PayPal, PwC, and Hewlett-Packard.
They have 10K+ members! I believe it’s a community full of Slack channels worth exploring.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Product managers, designers, and developers
- Activity Level: High
- Cost to join: Free but you need to receive an invite
Product Coalition
A product management publication on Medium with over 1M+ readers and a Slack community with 7K+ members created by Jay Stansell.
It’s an invite-only community that includes many great product professionals actively participating in it.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Product managers, designers, developers, and entrepreneurs
- Activity Level: High
- Cost to join: Free
Slack communities for developers
DevOps Chat
A 26K+ members community with 30 Slack channels covering AWS, config management, Chef, ChatOps, Docker, Puppet, security, jobs, and monitoring.
It’s not a very active community, but you’ll get advice if you ask a question to solve your challenge.
As it’s free, you should give it a try!
What you need to know:
- Audience: DevOps professionals and developers
- Activity Level: Medium
- Cost to join: 100% free
Android United
A Slack community for Android developers with 22+ Slack channels on topics like NDK, tools, architecture, libraries, testing, hiring, Android wear, and more.
They have 3K+ people from all over the world.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Android developers
- Activity Level: N/A
- Cost to join: Free
iOS Developers
The iOS Developers community is a group of 36K+ people interested in iOS app development.
What you need to know:
- Audience: iOS developers
- Activity Level: High
- Cost to join: Free
Real Python
Real Python is one of the most valuable resources for Python developers. Members discuss topics on career development and coding questions.
It’s a great place to hang out if you are looking for an equivalent of a virtual water cooler.
What you need to know:
- Audience: Python developers
- Activity Level: High
- Cost to join: €29.99/mo
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Is anything better than Slack?
Slack groups are popular but don’t forget there are other platforms to explore.
Give Facebook Groups, Reddit, and Discord a try – each has its own unique vibe and discussion style. Take a look and see which one aligns with your needs.
What are the benefits of joining a Slack community?
Joining a Slack community can be a smart move!
Slack communities give you access to a network of people with similar interests or work in the same field. You can chat with them in real time, share knowledge, and collaborate on projects.
Also, it’s a great way to keep up with events, job openings, and other opportunities. It’s like joining a club, but for work!
