Communication · pricing
Slack pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Slack. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the communication tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Slack pricing is free, then $7.25/month. 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 $7.25/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Slack catalogue entry carries a starting price of $7.25/month, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Slack review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Slack 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
- Channels
- Direct messaging
- Voice & video calls
- Screen sharing
- File sharing
- Search
- Workflow builder
- Slack Connect
Integrations
- Google Drive
- Office 365
- Salesforce
- Jira
- Trello
- Asana
- GitHub
- Zoom
Security
- SOC2
- ISO27001
- HIPAA
- FedRAMP
- Enterprise Key Management
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
- On-premise deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Linux support
- Ios support
- Android support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Japanese language support
- Portuguese language support
People bring Slack in for team communication, project coordination, customer support, remote work, cross-functional collaboration. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Slack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slack (this page) | Free, then $7.25/month | - | - | |
| Free | Free to download, transaction fees on payments | - | vs Slack | |
| Messenger | Free | Free, funded by Meta's advertising business | - | vs Slack |
| KakaoTalk | Free | Free to download, paid emoticons, gifting and business messaging | - | vs Slack |
| Line | Free | Free to download, paid stickers and business messaging tiers | - | vs Slack |
| Viber | Free | Free to download, paid business messaging and out calls to landlines and mobiles | - | vs Slack |
| Disciple | £599/month | Per month, flat fee with no transaction charge | - | vs Slack |
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 Slack badges page.
Before you pay for Slack
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: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Slack runs on web, ios, android, macos, windows, linux, and is published by Slack Technologies LLC of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Slack review, and the rest of the category is under best communication tools.
Slack pricing questions
- How much does Slack cost?
- Slack starts at $7.25/month. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does Slack have a free plan?
- Yes, Slack is recorded as free, so it can be used without paying.
- Which communication tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 communication tools listed alongside Slack have a free tier: WeChat, Messenger, KakaoTalk, Line, Viber.
- What am I actually paying for with Slack?
- The record lists 35 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for team communication, project coordination, customer support.
- Does Slack charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, 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 Slack 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 Slack against before paying?
- The closest communication tools in this directory are WeChat, Messenger, KakaoTalk, Line. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Slack covering price, platforms and features.