“So we’ll use Slack free.” Most communities do — and this is the detail that matters: on the free plan, messages and files older than 90 days are hidden, and Slack deletes free-workspace data older than a year. For a committee that keeps minutes, a board with decisions to cite, or any club with a memory, the free plan isn’t a discount. It’s amnesia on a schedule.
TinyHubs vs. Slack
Slack is superb. Its pricing was never meant for you.
Slack is built and priced for companies, where every seat is an employee generating value. A club, a PTA, or a volunteer campaign is the opposite shape: many members, no payroll, one volunteer paying the bill. Per-seat pricing aims at exactly the wrong variable — it charges your group for growing.
The worked math
| Group size | Slack Pro, per year* | TinyHubs, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 15 people | $1,305 | $99 (Small) |
| 20 people | $1,740 | $199 (Standard) |
| 50 people | $4,350 | $199 (Standard) |
| 100 people | $8,700 | $399 (Large) |
| 500 people | $43,500 | $399 (Large) |
*$7.25/user/month billed annually, Slack’s published Pro price as of 2026. Nonprofit discounts exist and are worth asking Slack about; they change the slope, not the shape.
What you give up, honestly
Slack has threads, huddles, and two thousand integrations. TinyHubs has none of them, on purpose — a volunteer group doesn’t need workflow software, and every one of those features is a thing the newest member has to learn. What you get instead: real file management with versions, events with RSVPs and a who-hasn’t list, anonymous votes, and forms that collect signed documents — the four things groups bolt onto Slack with add-ons, built in.
Stay on Slack if…
You’re a company. Genuinely — Slack is the best workplace chat ever made, your employer pays per seat without blinking, and you need the integrations. TinyHubs declines workplace customers by design: no SSO, no compliance exports, no admin console. That’s a promise, not a gap.
Come here if…
You were about to put a club, community, cohort, or volunteer group on Slack and the pricing page made you do the math above. You want the organized-chat feeling without the per-head meter and without your minutes evaporating at day 90.