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So they are worth $1,600 per user? I don't understand how that is possible at all.

by ddlutz 7y ago

asdfman123 7y ago
I do post a lot of gifs on slack.
- dillonmckay 7y ago
  We had /giphy banned b/c of inappropriate use.
johannes1234321 7y ago
It's not about current user, but potential user growth.
- flukus 7y ago
  Assuming they grow their user base to be 100 times larger than the current 10 million, are they worth $16 per user?
  - seizethecheese 7y ago
    Way more than that. They charge $7-12 per month.
    - bilbo0s 7y ago
      And they lose money on that.
      - zeroimpl 7y ago
        R&D expenses will presumably not grow at the same rate
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
  - opportune 7y ago
    1 billion users on slack? No way
nwallin 7y ago
My company is in the middle of switching from Slack to Microsoft teams. The water cooler talk is that we're paying Slack $1000-$2500 per year per user. It sounds like their business model thus far is that of p2w mobile games. Nearly all of your users are minnows, but some are whales. I don't know if any of this is true. It doesn't really sound believable that we're paying that much, tbh.
- koyote 7y ago
  Both my current company and the one prior to that did the same switch. We all preferred Slack but the cost was just ridiculous and no one could justify it. Teams came for 'free' with all the other Microsoft stuff we were already paying a licence for.
- weq 7y ago
  When i moved companies, i went from Slack to Teams also. Dont notice the difference really. Our company did it because of the same reason they use outlook.
- libraryatnight 7y ago
  We started using slack just for our dev/eng teams at work, and the interest grew to some of our customer side teams and non-technical teams, but management have been reluctant to expand Slacks licensing. Then we realized Teams is included with our MS licenses, so now we're giving the non-dev/eng side of the company that. It's only a matter of time before someone with a little sway asks "Why are we paying for this when we have Teams?" the murmurs have already begun, it just has to hit the right ears, so the days are numbered.
- ec109685 7y ago
  Slack is nowhere near 1000 a user.
  - jazzyjackson 7y ago
    Well they work out their own deals per business. Their standard rate is 180$/user/year (without pay-up-front discounts) but that doesn't include SSO or terabyte storage per user. I'd be curious to know what add-ons a corp might stretch the budget for, I can't find details for what they charge for SLA

So they are worth $1,600 per user? I don't understand how that is possible at all.

by ddlutz 7y ago

So they are worth $1,600 per user? I don't understand how that is possible at all.

asdfman123 7y ago

I do post a lot of gifs on slack.

dillonmckay 7y ago
We had /giphy banned b/c of inappropriate use.

johannes1234321 7y ago

It's not about current user, but potential user growth.

flukus 7y ago
Assuming they grow their user base to be 100 times larger than the current 10 million, are they worth $16 per user?
- seizethecheese 7y ago
  Way more than that. They charge $7-12 per month.
  - bilbo0s 7y ago
    And they lose money on that.
    - zeroimpl 7y ago
      R&D expenses will presumably not grow at the same rate
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
- opportune 7y ago
  1 billion users on slack? No way

nwallin 7y ago

My company is in the middle of switching from Slack to Microsoft teams. The water cooler talk is that we're paying Slack $1000-$2500 per year per user. It sounds like their business model thus far is that of p2w mobile games. Nearly all of your users are minnows, but some are whales. I don't know if any of this is true. It doesn't really sound believable that we're paying that much, tbh.

koyote 7y ago
Both my current company and the one prior to that did the same switch. We all preferred Slack but the cost was just ridiculous and no one could justify it. Teams came for 'free' with all the other Microsoft stuff we were already paying a licence for.
weq 7y ago
When i moved companies, i went from Slack to Teams also. Dont notice the difference really. Our company did it because of the same reason they use outlook.
libraryatnight 7y ago
We started using slack just for our dev/eng teams at work, and the interest grew to some of our customer side teams and non-technical teams, but management have been reluctant to expand Slacks licensing. Then we realized Teams is included with our MS licenses, so now we're giving the non-dev/eng side of the company that. It's only a matter of time before someone with a little sway asks "Why are we paying for this when we have Teams?" the murmurs have already begun, it just has to hit the right ears, so the days are numbered.
ec109685 7y ago
Slack is nowhere near 1000 a user.
- jazzyjackson 7y ago
  Well they work out their own deals per business. Their standard rate is 180$/user/year (without pay-up-front discounts) but that doesn't include SSO or terabyte storage per user. I'd be curious to know what add-ons a corp might stretch the budget for, I can't find details for what they charge for SLA