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Slack Paid vs. Free

Maximize your team's productivity with paid Slack plans

Get powerful features that make work a little less work.

Features

Work is smoother with better collaboration

Teamwork, with folks outside your team

Shared channels make collaborating with outside organizations as simple as working with in-house teams.

Learn about Shared Channels

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Streamline and automate routine tasks

Routine, repetitive tasks bogging you down? Automate them with Workflow Builder so your team can focus on the important stuff.

Learn about Workflow Builder

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Security that grows with your organization

Scale-friendly enterprise-grade security to protect your information—even in the most regulated industries.

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Security certifications and features

Independently assessed for compliance to various security standards, including SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA

Single-sign-on via industry standard authentication protocols

Support for two-factor authentication

Encryption of data in transit and at rest

Integrated with best-in-class DLP, EMM, eDiscovery, and archival partners

Get more out of your existing tools

Make Slack the official home for all your tools, with unlimited integrations. Spend less time switching between apps and more time actually using them.

Learn about integrations

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Investing in teamwork pays off

Here's what some of our U.S. based users say about working in Slack.

  • 95%

    report Slack is important for their team's success

  • 80%

    believe Slack has increased transparency for their team

  • 87%

    say Slack has improved communication and collaboration

  • 62%

    say Slack has made finding information easier

A foundational part of your technology stack

Whether you're a team of 10 or 10,000, there's a plan for your organization. Level up your teamwork with benefits like tighter security, granular admin controls, and more.

See which plan is right for your organization

Compare the benefits

Free

Instant search for all your information (Limited to 10,000 messages)

Integrations with other apps (Up to 10)

Paid Plans

Instant searchable archive (Unlimited)

Teamwork with outside organizations (Shared channels and guest accounts)

Integrations with other apps (Unlimited)

Automate repetitive, time-consuming tasks (Workflow Builder)

Security and data protection (SSO, auto-provisioning and deprovisioning, and more)

Compliance (HIPAA support, eDiscovery, data exports, and more)

Compare the benefitsFreePaid Plans
Instant search for all your informationLimited to 10,000 messagesUnlimited
Teamwork with outside organizations-Work securely with other organizations using Slack Connect
Integrations with other toolsUp to 10Unlimited
Automate repetitive, time-consuming tasks-Workflow Builder
Security and data protections-SSO, auto-provisioning and deprovisioning, and more
Compliance-HIPAA support, eDiscovery, data exports, and more

Trusted the world over

Teams of every size, shape and kind have already made Slack the place where their work happens.

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“When managing three hubs nationally you can’t have a good conversation over email—it’s not quick enough. Coming together in Slack channels allows us to easily discuss day-to-day management topics. That’s invaluable.”

Benjamin SternsmithArea Vice President of Sales, Lyft Business
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“It used to take us two days to resolve a case. With the help of Quincy bot in Slack, we’re now 36% faster. If you put that annually, we saved our agents 9,000 hours.”

Omer KhanFormer Customer Success, Digital Lead
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“Agility is part of our working philosophy, and Slack enhances lean communication flows within our growing organization. It allows us to efficiently share relevant business information, but also recognition and success.”

Corentine Aronica Corporate Communications
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“Having channels means that the setup is so much easier, especially for our vendors if they’re already in Slack. I can definitely see us moving over pre-existing relationships into Slack.”

Brian Alenduff Digital Product Manager
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Commonly asked questions

Unfortunately, no. Slack is built for teams, so it's only effective if your whole team is on board. To upgrade Slack, you’ll need to upgrade your entire workspace at once.

Nope! Slack grows with your organization, so you'll never have to worry about limits on the number of people in your channels or team.

Yep, we keep all your information safe, sound, and searchable! You'll have access to every message or file from the very beginning of your Slack.

We have more information about each plan on our pricing page. You can also contact us, and we'd be happy to walk you through each plan to figure out the right one for you.

Yep! Learn more here.