Slack s cheapest plan is getting a price hike but there s a silver lining TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Slack s cheapest plan is getting a price hike but there s a silver lining By Joel Khalili published 19 July 2022 Slack set to increase subscription prices worldwide (Image credit: Slack) Audio player loading… Slack has revealed it will raise the price of subscriptions for its popular collaboration platform for the first time. In a blog post (opens in new tab), the company explained that pricing will increase across the globe for organizations on its Pro plan, starting September 01, 2022. Affected customers will see their monthly subscriptions rise in price from $8/£5.25 to $8.75/£7 per user, while annual subscriptions will be charged at the equivalent of $7.25/£5.75 per month. The price of Business+ and Enterprise plans will not be affected by the update. Slack price Perhaps sensing that a price rise is unlikely to go down well in the current economic climate, Slack has moved to head off complaints with a detailed justification for the policy change. Broadly, the company argues that the quality of its product has improved markedly since it went live in 2014, evolving from a simple messaging app into an "indispensable digital HQ for hundreds of thousands of customers". The blog post makes no mention of rampant inflation, which is expected to reach almost 10% in the US and UK this year, but this is likely to have factored into the decision too. With inflation comes a reduction in spending appetite, an increase in the cost of borrowing, demands for salary increase and other factors likely to dent the bottom line. "A lot has changed in Slack – and the world – since we launched. Over the years, we've released so many innovations and expanded our offerings, including flexible tools to allow connection in more ways, robust security features, app integrations, workflows and much more," wrote the firm.Read more> Slack update will bring some spontaneity to your work schedule > Our list of the best project management software around > Why Slack isn't afraid of Teams or any other competitor "To reflect all of that added value and ensure that we can keep investing in innovation, today we are announcing our first price increase." Alongside the pricing update, Slack is also making changes to its free plan that will come into effect on the same date in September. Most significantly, the current 10,000-message and 5GB cloud storage limit will be replaced with full access to the past 90 days' worth of messages and files. This way, users won't have to play a guessing game as to the availability of old content, Slack says. Users on the free plan will also gain access to some of the latest functionality introduced to the platform, including Clips, a feature designed to promote asynchronous working by replacing traditional video calls. The move to bolster the free offering is likely designed to take some of the sting out of the price increase, by giving businesses unable to stomach the change a more viable alternative to their existing plan.Boost your remote working setup with the best business webcams and best headsets for conference calls Joel KhaliliNews and Features EditorJoel Khalili is the News and Features Editor at TechRadar Pro, covering cybersecurity, data privacy, cloud, AI, blockchain, internet infrastructure, 5G, data storage and computing. He's responsible for curating our news content, as well as commissioning and producing features on the technologies that are transforming the way the world does business. See more Software news Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to theTechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1The iPhone 14 Pro is made of the wrong stuff; the Pixel 7 proves that to me2Stop saying Mario doesn't have an accent in The Super Mario Bros. Movie3Google Pixel Tablet is what Apple should've done ages ago4RTX 4090 too expensive? Nvidia resurrects another old favorite5More than one million credit card details leaked online1The iPhone 14 Pro is made of the wrong stuff; the Pixel 7 proves that to me2iPhone 15 tipped to come with an upgraded 5G chip3Google Pixel Tablet is what Apple should've done ages ago4If this feature succeeds for Modern Warfare 2, Microsoft can't ignore it5Apple October launches: the new devices we might see this month Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)