From the beginning of September, both the monthly and annual Pro plans will increase in price, while free users will see changes to message retention policies. Credit: Slack Popular enterprise messaging platform Slack has announced it will be increasing the price of its Pro plan for the first time, while also making significant changes to its Free plan. From September 1, monthly Pro subscriptions will increase 9%, from $8 to $8.75 per user, per month, and annual Pro subscriptions will increase 8%, from $6.67 to $7.25 per user, per month. Customers wanting to remain on the existing annual Pro price of $6.67 a month for another year can do so by renewing an existing annual plan before September 1, or by upgrading a monthly Pro plan to an annual plan before the same date. Companies currently on Slack’s $12.50 per month Business Plus, or custom enterprise plans will not be affected by the price increases. What’s changing for Free users? Changes to Slack’s free offering will also come into effect from September 1. Currently, users of the free plan have a 10,000-message limit and 5GB of file storage. Moving forward, free users will instead have full access to their message history and file storage for the past 90 days. There will also be expanded access to premium features such as ‘Clips’, a video and audio messaging tool that lets users send short recordings to colleagues via direct messages or into channels. Free teams can also now set a custom retention period for their messages and files. In a blog post outlining the changes, Slack said that the price increases reflect the value that has been added to the platform since it was first launched in 2014 and helps to “ensure that [Slack] can keep investing in innovation.” Related content feature Windows 11 Insider Previews: What’s in the latest build? Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 11 as they roll out to Windows Insiders. Now updated for Build 22635.3566 for the Beta Channel, released on April 26, 2024. By Preston Gralla Apr 26, 2024 251 mins Small and Medium Business Microsoft Windows 11 news Dropbox adds end-to-end encryption for team folders Dropbox this week unveiled a range of features, including security updates and key management, and the ability to co-edit Microsoft 365 documents from within the file-sharing app. By Matthew Finnegan Apr 26, 2024 3 mins Cloud Storage Collaboration Software Productivity Software feature Android versions: A living history from 1.0 to 15 Explore Android's ongoing evolution with this visual timeline of versions, starting B.C. (Before Cupcake) and going all the way to 2024's Android 15 (beta) release. By JR Raphael Apr 26, 2024 23 mins Small and Medium Business Smartphones Android news analysis The unspoken obnoxiousness of Google's Gemini improvements Google's Gemini chatbot is seeing all sorts of upgrades on Android this week, but those advancements reveal a darker underlying reality. By JR Raphael Apr 26, 2024 12 mins Google Assistant Google Android Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe