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Kakao Work pricing
Kakao Work publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 31 August 2026, Kakao Work pricing is free, then 2400/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then 2400/month
- Model
- Per user per month
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Kakao Work plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Mini | 2400/month | 4 | +$2400/month, 4 more features |
| Standard | 6500/month | 4 | +$4100/month, 4 more features |
| Premium | 9900/month | 4 | +$3400/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers core messaging, basic video meetings, limited shared storage, suited to individuals and very small teams.
Mini
2400/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Messaging-focused plan
- Message encryption and security controls
- Annual billing rate; monthly billing is 2,900 KRW
- Excludes 10 percent VAT
Standard
6500/monthOver Mini, this tier adds:
- Mail and collaboration tools
- Larger drive capacity
- Approvals and workflow
- Annual billing rate; monthly billing is 7,900 KRW
Premium
9900/monthOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Large storage allocation
- All user and administrator features
- AI assistant features
- Annual billing rate; monthly billing is 11,900 KRW
Where Kakao Work stops being free
Free, Free
- Core messaging
- Basic video meetings
- Limited shared storage
- Suited to individuals and very small teams
Mini, 2400/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Messaging-focused plan
- Message encryption and security controls
- Annual billing rate; monthly billing is 2,900 KRW
- Excludes 10 percent VAT
What the product covers
The full Kakao Work feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- KakaoTalk-style messaging
- Organisation chart
- Video meetings
- Kakao Work Drive
- Approvals and workflow
- Bots and open API
- Admin retention controls
- Casper AI assistant
People bring Kakao Work in for a korean manufacturer moving work conversations off staff personal kakaotalk accounts and into a tenant with retention and audit controls, a korean public agency that must keep official communications on a domestically operated service with records export, a mid-sized korean firm whose warehouse and field staff will not adopt slack but already use kakaotalk daily, a korean company that wants approvals, chat and the organisation chart in one tool rather than paying separately for groupware and messaging. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Kakao Work are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Communication
Too few communication tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kakao Work (this page) | Free, then 2400/month | Per user per month | - | |
| Free | Free to download, transaction fees on payments | - | vs Kakao Work | |
| Messenger | Free | Free, funded by Meta's advertising business | - | vs Kakao Work |
| KakaoTalk | Free | Free to download, paid emoticons, gifting and business messaging | - | vs Kakao Work |
| Line | Free | Free to download, paid stickers and business messaging tiers | - | vs Kakao Work |
| Viber | Free | Free to download, paid business messaging and out calls to landlines and mobiles | - | vs Kakao Work |
| Disciple | £599/month | Per month, flat fee with no transaction charge | - | vs Kakao Work |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Kakao Work badges page.
Before you pay for Kakao Work
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and 9900/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Kakao Work runs on web, windows, macos, ios, android, and is published by Kakao Enterprise of Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The full record is on the Kakao Work review, and the rest of the category is under best communication tools.
Kakao Work pricing questions
- How much does Kakao Work cost?
- Kakao Work publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to 9900/month for Premium. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Kakao Work have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers core messaging, basic video meetings, limited shared storage. Paying starts at 2400/month for Mini.
- What is the difference between Free and Mini on Kakao Work?
- Mini costs 2400/month against Free, and adds messaging-focused plan, message encryption and security controls, annual billing rate; monthly billing is 2,900 krw, excludes 10 percent vat.
- Is the Premium plan on Kakao Work worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is large storage allocation, all user and administrator features, ai assistant features, annual billing rate; monthly billing is 11,900 krw. It costs 9900/month against 2400/month for Mini. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which communication tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 communication tools listed alongside Kakao Work have a free tier: WeChat, Messenger, KakaoTalk, Line, Viber.
- What am I actually paying for with Kakao Work?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a korean manufacturer moving work conversations off staff personal kakaotalk accounts and into a tenant with retention and audit controls, a korean public agency that must keep official communications on a domestically operated service with records export, a mid-sized korean firm whose warehouse and field staff will not adopt slack but already use kakaotalk daily.
- Does Kakao Work charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Kakao Work prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Kakao Work against before paying?
- The closest communication tools in this directory are WeChat, Messenger, KakaoTalk, Line. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Kakao Work covering price, platforms and features.