Slack

Slack is the team chat app where many businesses run their day: channels for each team or project, direct messages, huddles (quick audio and video calls) and shared channels with clients. Its AI is built in. It summarises busy channels and long threads so you can catch up in seconds, writes a daily recap of what happened across your teams, summarises files people share, takes notes in huddles (Slack's audio calls), and translates messages. AI search lets you type a question like "what did we agree with the printer about delivery?" and get an answer built from your team's messages and files.

Slackbot is now a personal AI agent. It knows your workspace and can help you prep for a meeting, analyse a report or draft a project brief in your tone. You can also build Slack workflows from a single prompt, and add other AI agents, like Claude or Salesforce's Agentforce, into channels.

It used to be a paid add-on. Now the AI is included in Slack's paid plans: Pro gets the basics, and Business+ ($15 per user a month, billed yearly) gets the full set. Slackbot has usage limits, and enterprise search across other apps needs Enterprise+. There's an official Slack MCP server, so Claude can read and post in your workspace.

• Remote teams
• Startups
• Agencies
• Managers
• Operations teams

Teams that want one place to talk, and that lose time catching up on channels and hunting for old decisions.

• Channel and thread summaries

  Catch up on a busy channel or a long thread in one click.

• AI search

  Ask a question in the search bar and get an answer built from your team's messages and files.

• Daily recaps

  A daily digest of what happened across the channels you pick.

• Slackbot agent

  A personal AI agent that knows your workspace, preps meetings and drafts briefs in your tone.

• Huddle notes

  Notes, transcripts and action items from Slack audio and video calls.

• AI workflows

  Describe a workflow in a sentence and Slack builds it with Workflow Builder.

• Free

  $0

  Small teams trying Slack.

  • 90 days of message history
  • Up to 10 apps
  • 1:1 huddles

• Pro

  $7.25/user/mo billed yearly ($8.75 monthly)

  Small teams that want basic AI.

  • Unlimited history and apps
  • Basic AI, including summaries and huddle notes
  • Group huddles
  • Shared channels with other companies
• Our pick

  Business+

  $15/user/mo billed yearly ($18 monthly)

  Teams that want the full AI set.

  • Advanced AI: Slackbot agent, AI search, recaps and file summaries
  • AI workflow generation
  • SSO and user provisioning

• Enterprise+

  $45/user/mo billed yearly

  Large companies with many tools.

  • Enterprise search across connected apps
  • Enterprise-grade AI and security
  • Data loss prevention

Prices in USD unless noted, checked 3 November 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm on their site before you buy.

Ways Slack can slot into your week.

1. 1

   Catch up after a day off

   Summarise each busy channel instead of scrolling through hundreds of messages.

2. 2

   Find an old decision

   Ask AI search "what price did we quote the client in March?" and get the answer with links to the messages.

3. 3

   Start each day with a recap

   Get a daily digest of the channels that matter so you only open the ones that need you.

4. 4

   Prep for a meeting

   Ask Slackbot to pull together everything said about a client before your call.

Slack is the hub for team chat, and its AI works on what's already there. Connect Google Drive, Asana or Notion so files and tasks show up in Slack, and add Claude through the Slack MCP server or Claude's Slack app.

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