Pricing trends for Communication & Messaging: 2 tracked pricing changes across 8 vendors. Direction: stable.

Communication & Messaging Pricing Trends

Pricing direction: ↔ Stable

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Pricing Change Timeline

restructured Google Meet discovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknown high
The free tier no longer offers the same features. It also mentions 1080p video quality, studio lighting, and noise reduction as premium features available on certain paid plans (Google One, Workspace Business, or Enterprise). Live captions are still mentioned as a feature. Source ↗
increased Slack discovered 2026-09-03 · effective date unknown medium
The free tier still exists, but now includes basic AI features (AI conversation summaries, Slackbot, AI workflow generation, AI search, AI daily recaps, AI file summaries). The free tier also includes 1:1 external messages via Slack Connect. Source ↗

We hold one more record filed under this category that is not counted above: entries the vendor has since reversed, our own index housekeeping, and corrections to earlier entries of our own. Read the full change log.

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