Slack vs Microsoft Teams: what each costs your team
Per-user list prices from Slack's and Microsoft's own pricing pages, checked . Enter your team size to see the yearly bill for each option.
The short answer
- Teams is cheaper on list price: Teams Essentials is $4.00 per user per month (annual subscription), Slack Pro $8.75 (billed monthly).
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic at $7.00 includes Teams plus business email and web Office apps, so compare it with Slack plus whatever email you pay for.
- Slack Business+ is $15.00 per user yearly or $18.00 monthly.
- If your company already has Microsoft 365, Teams costs nothing extra.
Yearly cost for your team
| Plan | Per month | Per year | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Teams Essentials · Teams only | $100.00 | $1,200.00 | billed yearly |
| Microsoft 365 Business Basic · Teams + email + web Office | $175.00 | $2,100.00 | billed yearly |
| Slack Pro | $218.75 | $2,625.00 | billed monthly |
| Slack Business+ | $375.00 | $4,500.00 | billed yearly |
| Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot · Teams + desktop Office + Copilot | $587.50 | $7,050.00 | billed yearly |
List prices before tax and discounts. Where a plan isn't sold on the billing you picked, the basis column says which price we used.
Plan prices
Slack Salesforce
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | — | |
| Pro | $8.75/mo per user | — | Billed monthly; the yearly price was not shown to our checker |
| Business+ | $18.00/mo per user | $15.00/mo per user | |
| Enterprise+ | Contact sales | — |
Source: Slack pricing (Salesforce) and Slack pricing announcement. Prices checked , US list prices before tax.
Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 for business Microsoft
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams Essentials | — | $4.00/mo per user | Teams only: meetings, chat, 10 GB cloud storage per user |
| Microsoft 365 Business Basic | — | $7.00/mo per user | Teams plus web and mobile Office apps, business email |
| Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot | — | $23.50/mo per user | Adds desktop Office apps and Copilot |
| Microsoft 365 Business Premium with Copilot | — | $32.00/mo per user | Adds advanced security and device management |
- Prices are for an annual subscription paid yearly. Microsoft also sells monthly-commitment subscriptions at a higher price, which we did not verify.
Source: Microsoft 365 business plans and Teams comparison pages (US). Prices checked , US list prices before tax.
Microsoft's July 2026 price change
Microsoft raised the list prices of its business suites on Jul 1, 2026, announced on Dec 4, 2025 in its Microsoft 365 blog. Microsoft's partner notice says the new prices "will apply to new and renewing customers starting July 1, 2026", so existing customers move to them at their next renewal. Prices per user per month, paid yearly:
| Plan | Before | From Jul 1, 2026 | Change | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 Business Basic | $6.00 | $7.00 | +$1.00 (16.7%) | Microsoft's page, Jun 5, 2026; Oct 8, 2026 |
| Microsoft 365 Business Standard | $12.50 | $14.00 | +$1.50 (12%) | Microsoft's page, Jun 28, 2026; Oct 21, 2026 |
| Microsoft 365 Business Premium | $22.00 | $22.00 | no change | Microsoft's page, Jun 28, 2026; Oct 21, 2026 |
Before and after prices read on archived copies of Microsoft's own plan pages. Versions without Teams rose by the same dollar amounts, per Microsoft's announcement.
Compare like with like
Teams Essentials is the closest match to Slack's paid plans: chat and meetings, nothing else. Microsoft 365 business plans bundle Teams with email, Office apps and storage, so the fair comparison is Slack plus your email and office suite. A team on Slack Pro and Google Workspace Business Starter, for example, pays for two subscriptions per person; see collaboration software prices for Workspace, Zoom and Notion.
Before you switch
- Count real users. Both bill per active seat; remove people who left before you compare. The unused license calculator shows what idle seats cost.
- Check your renewal date. Annual subscriptions don't refund mid-term; plan the change for renewal.
- Add up the whole stack. The SaaS stack calculator shows the cost per employee of every tool together.
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Questions and answers
Did Microsoft 365 business prices go up in 2026?
Yes. From Jul 1, 2026, Business Basic went from $6.00 to $7.00 and Business Standard from $12.50 to $14.00 per user per month (paid yearly); Business Premium stayed the same. Existing customers pay the new price from their next renewal. The prices on this page are the new ones.
Is Microsoft Teams cheaper than Slack?
On list price, yes. Teams Essentials is $4.00 per user per month on an annual subscription and Microsoft 365 Business Basic, which adds business email and web Office apps, is $7.00. Slack Pro is $8.75 per user per month on monthly billing. For 25 people that's $1,200.00 or $2,100.00 a year on Microsoft versus $2,625.00 on Slack Pro.
Is Teams free with Microsoft 365?
Teams is included in Microsoft 365 business plans such as Business Basic, Standard and Premium in the US. If your company already pays for one of those, adding Slack is an extra cost for a tool you partly own already.
Does Slack have a free plan?
Yes. Slack Free has no per-user price but limits message history and features; see Slack's pricing page for the current limits.
Why would a team pay more for Slack?
Teams often choose Slack for its integrations, workflow tools and how it handles channels with outside partners. Whether that's worth the difference is a judgment for your team; the calculator gives you the price side of the decision.