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Slack: pricing, features and alternatives

Team messaging built around channels, with huddles, canvases and workflow automation

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What is Slack?

Slack is a workplace messaging platform where teams talk in channels, start video huddles, share documents in canvases and automate routine tasks with Workflow Builder. It also includes an AI assistant called Slackbot and a marketplace of connected apps. Slack is a Salesforce company, and it has a free plan with a 90-day message history and a cap of ten apps.

Good for

  • Teams that want channel-based conversation with a large set of connected apps
  • Companies that need to message people at other organizations through Slack Connect
  • Workspaces that want to automate approvals and routine requests without code

Key features

  • Channels for team conversations with people, apps and AI assistants
  • Huddles for built-in video and audio meetings
  • Canvas for creating and sharing documents inside Slack
  • Workflow Builder for automating routine tasks
  • Slackbot AI assistant plus AI search and summaries
  • Slack Marketplace listing over 2,600 apps
  • SAML single sign-on and SCIM on Business+; legal holds on Enterprise+

Limitations to know about

  • The Free plan keeps only 90 days of message history and 10 apps
  • Group huddles and group external messages need a paid plan
  • Single sign-on needs Business+ and above
  • Slackbot beyond the Free and Pro trial is sold through Flex Credits, with no price shown on the pricing page

Slack pricing

Slack has a free plan. Pro, Business+ and Enterprise+ cost $7.25 to $45 per user a month billed annually.

PlanPriceWhat you get
FreeFree90-day message history, up to 10 apps, 1:1 huddles, basic AI features
Pro$8.75 per user/month billed monthly or $7.25 per user/month billed annuallyUnlimited message history and app integrations, group huddles, group external messages
Business+$18 per user/month billed monthly or $15 per user/month billed annuallyEverything in Pro plus advanced AI features, SAML single sign-on, SCIM, data loss prevention
Enterprise+$45 per user/month, billed annually only; contact salesEverything in Business+ plus enterprise search, granular roles, information barriers, legal holds

Free plan limits: Free plan keeps 90 days of message history, allows up to 10 app integrations, and limits huddles and Slack Connect external messages to 1:1

What a team pays: For a team of five on Pro: $36.25 a month billed annually ($435 a year), or $43.75 billed monthly.

Prices in US dollars as published on Slack's pricing page on 7 November 2026. Vendors change prices often; check theirs before you buy. Current prices

Slack alternatives

Google Chat

Direct messages and spaces inside Google Workspace, with Meet and Gemini built in

Team chatFree trial · from €6.80/user/mo

Discord

Group chat with text, voice and video, built around gaming and community servers

Team chatSee pricing

Mattermost

Self-hosted team messaging and workflow platform for security-sensitive organizations

Team chatContact sales

Pumble

Team chat with a free plan that keeps unlimited users and message history

Team chatFree plan · from $2.49/seat/mo

Rocket.Chat

Self-hostable secure messaging platform with Matrix and XMPP federation

Team chatFree plan

Element

Secure messaging and calls built on the decentralised Matrix standard

Team chatFree plan

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Frequently asked questions

Is Slack free?

Slack has a free plan. Free plan keeps 90 days of message history, allows up to 10 app integrations, and limits huddles and Slack Connect external messages to 1:1. Paid plans start at $7.25/user/mo billed annually.

How much does Slack cost?

Pro, Business+ and Enterprise+ cost $7.25 to $45 per user a month billed annually. There is also a free plan. On Pro: list prices. Slack also lists a 50% promotional price for the first 3 months on monthly Pro billing for teams that buy online within 7 days of creating the workspace. Members active in a 28-day period are billed. Prices as published on Slack's pricing page on 7 November 2026.

What is Slack used for?

Slack is a workplace messaging platform where teams talk in channels, start video huddles, share documents in canvases and automate routine tasks with Workflow Builder. People use it for teams that want channel-based conversation with a large set of connected apps, companies that need to message people at other organizations through Slack Connect and workspaces that want to automate approvals and routine requests without code.

What are the alternatives to Slack?

Tools that do a similar job include Google Chat, Discord, Mattermost, Pumble and Rocket.Chat. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.

Who makes Slack?

Slack is made by Slack Technologies (Salesforce).

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from Slack Technologies (Salesforce)'s own pages, read on the dates shown.

  1. slack.com/pricing (pricing (USD monthly and annual), plans, free plan limits) read 7 November 2026
  2. slack.com/ (features, Marketplace app count, ownership by Salesforce) read 7 November 2026

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