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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
- Pricing
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- $8.75/seat/mo (Pro)
- Pricing model
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- Freemium
- Founded
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- 2009
- Location
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- Bootstrapped
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- Open source
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- Category
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- Team Communication
- Indie alternatives
- 0
- 5
- Founders
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- Stewart 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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