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Best Slack alternatives

Slack's pricing scales fast with team size, and the free tier limits message history. Many teams want something cheaper or less noisy.

Team Communication Slack from $7.25/user/mo 6 alternatives
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Microsoft Teams Free tier

All-in-one communication platform with chat, video meetings, and Office 365 integration.

Free basic chat and video meetings · Paid from $4/user/mo Organizations already using Microsoft 365
Video Meetings Office 365 Integration Channels File Sharing
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Discord Free

Voice, video, and text communication platform originally built for gaming, now used by communities and teams.

Free Communities, startups, and teams that want free voice + text
Voice Channels Screen Sharing Bots Community Servers
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Mattermost Free Open Source

Open-source, self-hosted team messaging platform for organizations that need data sovereignty.

Free (self-hosted) Teams that need self-hosted, privacy-first messaging
Self-Hosted Channels Playbooks Compliance
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Rocket.Chat Free Open Source

Open-source communication platform with team chat, video, and omnichannel customer engagement.

Free (self-hosted) Teams that want self-hosted chat with customer-facing features
Self-Hosted Omnichannel Federation Video Calls
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Element Free Open Source

Decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging built on the Matrix protocol.

Free Privacy-focused teams and cross-organization communication
End-to-End Encryption Matrix Protocol Bridges Self-Hosted
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Google Chat

Team messaging built into Google Workspace with Spaces, threads, and deep Google app integration.

Paid from $6/user/mo Teams already using Google Workspace
Spaces Threads Google Workspace Bots
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Slack vs Rocket.Chat
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Slack vs Element
Element is the free option; Slack charges $7.25/user/mo but may offer more polish. Here is how they compare.
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Slack vs Google Chat
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Microsoft Teams
All-in-one communication platform with chat, video meetings, and Office 365 integration.
$4/user/mo Free
Discord
Voice, video, and text communication platform originally built for gaming, now used by communities and teams.
Free Free
Mattermost
Open-source, self-hosted team messaging platform for organizations that need data sovereignty.
Free (self-hosted) Free
Rocket.Chat
Open-source communication platform with team chat, video, and omnichannel customer engagement.
Free (self-hosted) Free
Element
Decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging built on the Matrix protocol.
Free Free
Google Chat
Team messaging built into Google Workspace with Spaces, threads, and deep Google app integration.
$6/user/mo

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