Element is 100% cheaper
than Chanty
$0/mo (Community) vs Chanty Business at $40/mo for 10 seats ($4/seat) — covering 55% of the 11 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
10 seats, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Business plan at $40/mo ($4/seat × 10 seats), the cheapest paid plan.
Community: 0 USD/monthly.
Chanty costs $40/mo on the Business plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 11 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Element covers 55% of the 11 capabilities compared against Chanty. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Element | Chanty |
|---|---|---|
| Channels & group messaging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited message history | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio/video calls & screen sharing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guest & external collaboration | ✗ | ✓ |
| App integrations | ✓ | ✓ |
| SAML single sign-on | ✗ | ✓ |
| Compliance exports & audit logs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self-hosted deployment | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dashboards & reporting | ✗ | ✓ |
| API access | ✗ | ✓ |
| SSO & SCIM provisioning | ✗ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Chanty has that Element lacks.
- Guest & external collaboration — Invite people outside your organization into a conversation.Missing from Element.
- SAML single sign-on — Sign in through your company's SAML single sign-on.Missing from Element.
- Dashboards & reporting — View dashboards and reports on project progress.Missing from Element.
- API access — Access and update project data programmatically via an API.Missing from Element.
- SSO & SCIM provisioning — Sign in through your company's SSO with SCIM provisioning.Missing from Element.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Scenario | Chanty | Element |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | $12/mo | $0/mo (Community) |
| 10 seats | $40/mo | $0/mo (Community) |
| 25 seats | $100/mo | $0/mo (Community) |
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Community | Free |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
| Sovereign | Contact sales |
| Free | Free |
| Business | $4/seat/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Element than Chanty?
100% cheaper in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing): $0/mo on Community vs $40/mo on Business. That is $480 a year.
What does Element lack compared with Chanty?
Guest & external collaboration, SAML single sign-on, Dashboards & reporting, API access, SSO & SCIM provisioning — 5 of the 11 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Chanty: 2026-09-07; Element: 2026-09-07 — on the official pricing pages.
Sources & freshness
- https://www.chanty.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://www.chanty.com/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- Element data last verified 2026-09-07