
The Pro offering will now cost nearly Rs 700 (US$8.75 ) per person per month. The hefty discounting will continue with the elevated pricing as well, Slack has indicated, as it continues to expand its India sales team. Largest largest Economic Times Slack counts India among its top 10 markets: country manager Rahul Sharma Read more free-user markets. India is known to be notoriously price sensitive-it’s one of the firm’s The executives and others in the industry The Ken spoke to declined to be identified as they did not want to comment publicly on Slack. But India is special-for years, Slack has pursued a deep discounting model, offering a 62% mark down on dollar prices.Ĭontinuing the discount was also inevitable, multiple executives in the software as a service (SaaS) space told The Ken.

The number of companies using Slack globally as of 2021 is just a quarter short of one million. Slack’s Pro offering and its free version are both essential channels for customer acquisition worldwide. The price rise, around 9%, was done to “reflect added value” and “ensure investment in innovation”, according to a list of FAQs the company put out. For the first time in nine years, the US-based workplace collaboration and messaging app raised the prices of its ‘Pro’ offering. In July, barely a month after officially launching in India, Slack decided to make an unorthodox move. Want to read our free stories and try our newsletters? Register or Login
