Comparison

Slack vs Microsoft Teams

Overview

Where work happens

Slack is a team messaging platform with channels, direct messages, and a rich app ecosystem used by teams of all sizes for real-time and async workplace communication.

Microsoft Teams

Meet, chat, and collaborate all in one place

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Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform for chat, video meetings, file sharing, and app integrations, serving as the hub for teamwork in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Which should you choose?

Slack is a freemium, standalone team chat app (from $7.25/month) built around channels, threads, and Slack Connect for external collaboration, serving startups through enterprise. Microsoft Teams is bundled into Microsoft 365 (from $4/month Essentials), adding video conferencing, file co-editing, and meeting recording, but is aimed more at SMB/enterprise. Choose Slack for the best standalone chat experience and cross-company collaboration; choose Teams if you're already on Microsoft 365 and want chat, meetings, and files in one place.

TLDR

—If you want the best standalone chat app with easy cross-company collaboration, choose Slack.
—If you're already on Microsoft 365 and want chat, meetings, and files bundled together, choose Microsoft Teams.

Features

—Channels and DMs
—Threads
—Huddles (lightweight audio/video)
—Slack Connect (external collaboration)
—Workflow Builder
—App integrations
—Slack AI
—Canvas docs

—Chat messaging
—Video conferencing
—File sharing and co-editing
—Channels and teams
—Meeting recording
—Apps and bots
—Copilot in Teams
—Live captions and translation

Pricing

Slack

freemiumFree plan availableSlack offers free trials for Pro or Business+ plans.

Plan	Price	Notes
Free	Free	Free forever with 90 days of message history.
Pro	$7.25/mo	Per user per month billed annually.
Pro	$8.75/mo	Per user per month billed monthly.
Business+	$15/mo	Per user per month billed annually.
Business+	$18/mo	Per user per month billed monthly.
Enterprise+	Contact sales	Contact sales for enterprise pricing.

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Microsoft Teams

freemiumFree plan availableTeams Essentials, Microsoft 365 Business Basic, and Business Standard have free trial paths.

Plan	Price	Notes
Free	Free	Free Teams offering for basic chat and meetings.
Teams Essentials	$4/mo	Per user per month paid yearly.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic	$6/mo	Per user per month paid yearly.
Microsoft 365 Business Standard	$12.5/mo	Per user per month paid yearly.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Enterprise Teams access is sold through Microsoft enterprise licensing.