Slack
Pro
$7.25 × 10 seats$72.50
× 12 months$870.00
Per year
$7.25 per person / mo
$870
Slack vs Zulip
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Slack
86%
match · $870/yr
Zulip
81%
match · $800/yr
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What you'd pay
Entry plan for 10 people, billed yearly where offered. Prices checked Oct 2026.
Zulip
Cloud
$6.67 × 10 seats$66.70
× 12 months$800.40
Per year
$6.67 per person / mo
$800
Slack
From $7.25Free plan
G2 4.5 · 39,319 reviewsTeams that are happy to let a vendor host their chat and want the most polished app with the most integrations.
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Zulip
From $6.67Free plan
G2 4.6 · 117 reviewsTeams that want fully open-source chat they can self-host with no feature gates, especially remote or async teams that prefer topic threads.
Side by side
 Slack | Zulip | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free; paid from $7.25/user/month (annual) | Free; Cloud from $6.67/user/month (annual) |
| G2 Rating | 4.5 (39,319 reviews) | 4.6 (117 reviews) |
| Best For | Teams that are happy to let a vendor host their chat and want the most polished app with the most integrations. | Teams that want fully open-source chat they can self-host with no feature gates, especially remote or async teams that prefer topic threads. |
Pros and cons
Slack
Pros
- Most polished chat experience and fastest onboarding
- Huge app ecosystem and Slack Connect for partners
- Clear public prices for Pro and Business+
- Data residency options for teams that need data kept in a region
Cons
- No self-hosting; your messages live in Slack's cloud
- Free plan only shows 90 days of history
- Enterprise+ costs $45/user/month billed annually and is bought through sales
Zulip
Pros
- No open core: free self-hosted edition has every feature
- Public prices on every plan except Enterprise
- Topic threads make long, async discussions easy to follow
- Supports air-gapped hosting
Cons
- Free self-hosted mobile push covers only 10 users
- Topic model takes some getting used to after Slack
- Cloud Plus needs 10 users and self-hosted Business needs 25
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