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No \"upgrade to see messages older than 90 days\" nonsense.\nBuilt for teams who work both async and sync\u002Freal-time when it matters. runs on SOC 2 infra, compliant, secure and in-transit and at-rest encryption, runs on Cloudflare.\n\nEarly stage – would love feedback from anyone who's felt the same pain.",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":59,"motivation":67,"time_to_build":71,"stack":72,"openness":81,"stage":82,"team_size":81},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Slack's per-user pricing and 90-day message history limit","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",{"value":56,"source":51,"evidence":57},"Small teams and founders who want a Slack alternative",[58],{"id":54},{"value":60,"source":51,"evidence":61},"Free for teams up to 5; paid tier at $50\u002Fmonth or $300\u002Fyear",[62,63],{"id":54},{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"46675454","stevage","This caught my eye: > $50 \u002Fmonth > $300\u002Fyear if paid annually I've never seen such a steep discount for annual payment. 50%! 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I'm going to have to assume it's the former because…",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"46676086","NamlchakKhandro","yawn, if i can't self host then you've already locked my data in. hard passsssss",{"value":128,"source":87,"evidence":129},"Free forever promise seems unsustainable",[130,134],{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"46677483","ljm","Honest feedback: seeing the promise of 'free, forever' as a selling point on some early-adopter SaaS actually puts me off. It's a promise that is always broken. I don't buy it. I…",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},{"value":136,"source":87,"evidence":137},"Lacks integrations and external partner support that keep teams on Slack",[138,142],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"46674548","with","Slack but better UX\u002Fpricing, sure, but the real reason everyone is on Slack is network effects and integrations. External partners force you onto Slack even if you hate the…",{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"46673939","ryanSrich","I run a company that services 1,000+ clients on Slack, another 300+ on Teams, and a \u003C 100 on Email\u002FGchat I wouldn't wish Teams on my worst enemy, so in that regard, I love Slack…",{"value":147,"source":87,"evidence":148},"Landing page does not show the product",[149],{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"46682726","pentagrama","The value prop sounds solid, but on the homepage I really missed seeing the product. 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