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The logo of Instant Messaging Service Slack is shown on the display of a smartphone on April 22, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)

The chat platform is raising its monthly price and changing the way it works.

The changes were announced on the company's website today.

Here’s what’s changing:

  • If you pay for the “Pro” plan by the month, the price will increase from $8 per user per month to $8.75 per user per month.
  • If you pay for the “Pro” plan by the year, the price will increase from $6.67 per user per month to $7.25 per user per month.
  • If you’re on the free plan, they’re changing the way/duration messages are saved. Previously, free Slacks would show the last 10,000 messages and 5 GB worth of uploads. Moving forward it’ll be based on time rather than amount, with Slack showing the last 90 days of messages/uploads regardless of how much or how little is sent.

There is a price change chart for other countries that can be found here.

Teams on the Business+ plan, which costs $12.50 or $15 per user per month, do not seem to be affected by the pricing changes.

The pricing change will take effect on September 1st, 2022, according to the company. You can lock in the price for another year by renewing before September, according to the company.

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