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Slack: Slack raised monthly pricing across plans while shrinking the Free tier message history.

Slack has steadily increased its pricing and restricted limits over the years. The Free tier took a major hit by capping message history at 90 days by 2025, and monthly plan prices have risen significantly up to 2026. Buyers should anticipate rising costs upon renewal and evaluate whether advanced AI or enterprise features justify the premium tiers.

Based on 6 archived pricing pages, 2014-07-03 → 2026-09-03.
4
price increases
3
plans killed
2
limits tightened
+44%
biggest single hike

Monthly price by plan

Prices in the page's currency. "Custom" / contact-sales plans are not charted.

Planning & Defense

What to do about it, based on Slack's track record.

Next hike
Likely within 12-18 months around late 2027, driven by recent aggressive 21-44 percent hikes in September 2026.
Contract strategy
Lock into an annual contract immediately to freeze the newly increased monthly rates and protect against upcoming surges.
Architecture defense
Abstract chat and messaging integrations behind a custom internal notification interface to enable rapid swapping of providers.

What changed

9 of 16 changes went against the customer.

  1. 2016-08-06
    • RenamedLite renamed to Free
    • Price upStandard: $6.67 / user / month → $8 billed monthly (+20%)
    • Price upPlus: $12.50 / user / month → $15 billed monthly (+20%)
    • Limit raisedFile storage increased from unspecified limits to 10GB per team member.
    • Limit raisedFile storage increased to 20GB per team member with guaranteed uptime SLA.
  2. 2018-11-02
    • Limit cutSearchable archive restricted to the 10K most recent messages.
    • Plan killedEnterprise plan (Custom) disappeared
  3. 2020-08-02
    • New planNew Enterprise Grid plan at Contact Sales
  4. 2025-03-06
    • Limit cutMessage history was severely cut to just 90 days.
    • Plan killedStandard plan ($8 USD per active user) disappeared
    • Plan killedPlus plan ($15 USD per active user) disappeared
    • New planNew Pro plan at $7.25 USD per user / month
    • New planNew Business+ plan at $12.50 USD per user / month
  5. 2026-09-03
    • Price upPro: $7.25 USD per user / month → $8.75 / user / month, when paying monthly (+21%)
    • Price upBusiness+: $12.50 USD per user / month → $18 / user / month, when paying monthly (+44%)
    • RenamedEnterprise Grid renamed to Enterprise+

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