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Compared · prices checked 10 November 2026
Microsoft Teams vs Slack
Pick Microsoft Teams if your email runs on Microsoft 365 and you want meetings, chat and calling for work in one app. Pick Slack if the team spends its whole day in chat and wants its work talk in channels rather than WhatsApp groups. Both are priced in rupees: Teams Essentials is ₹115 a user a month paid yearly, GST extra, while Slack is free forever with 90 days of message history and Pro is ₹245.25 a user a month paying yearly.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft
Microsoft's meetings, chat and calling app for work.
Pick it when
Your email runs on Microsoft 365
For
A small business that wants meetings and team chat, with or without the rest of Microsoft 365.
What it costs
Teams Essentials ₹115 a user a month; Microsoft 365 Business Basic with Teams ₹170; Business Standard with Copilot ₹1,955; all paid yearly, GST extra
Read from microsoft.com on 10 November 2026
In India
Priced in rupees, GST extra as applicable
Founders on eChai
6 of 18 named it for “Which tool do your video meetings run on?”
Slack
Salesforce
Team messaging with channels, direct messages, huddles and integrations.
Pick it when
The team spends its whole day in chat
For
A team that wants its work talk in channels rather than WhatsApp groups.
What it costs
Pro ₹545 a user a month, shown at ₹245.25 paying yearly; Business+ ₹1,238, shown at ₹557.10 paying yearly
Read from slack.com on 10 November 2026
Free forever, with 90 days of message history
In India
Priced in rupees on the India page
Founders on eChai
5 of 48 named it for “Where does your team chat all day?”
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