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Element vs Slack
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
Element
Decentralised Matrix-based chat.
At a glanceElementSlack
At a glance
- Pricing
- Element—
- Slack$8.75/seat/mo (Pro)
- Pricing model
- Element—
- SlackFreemium
- Founded
- Element—
- Slack2009
- Location
- Element—
- Slack—
- Bootstrapped
- Element—
- Slack—
- Open source
- Element—
- Slack—
- Category
- Element—
- SlackTeam Communication
- Indie alternatives
- Element0
- Slack5
- Founders
- Element—
- SlackStewart Butterfield
Key differences
Indie alternatives
Element has 0 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Slack has 5.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founder of Element
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