Flock alternatives
Team Chat & Messaging · flock.com
Flock is a team messaging and collaboration app offering channel messaging, video conferencing, file sharing and productivity tools like to-dos, polls and reminders.
Switching to Pumble, which covers 67% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Flock alternatives
We compared 12 products and found 8 cheaper options · vs Flock PRO at $45/mo for 10 seats ($4.50/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Flock costs $45/mo on the PRO plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 8 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 2 of them cover at least 75% of the 6 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Discord Nitro plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration, Workflow automation | 50% | $9.99/mo how? ⓘ | $420.12 / year 78% cheaper | |
Zoho Cliq Standard plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration | 67% | $18/mo how? ⓘ | $324 / year 60% cheaper | |
Pumble PRO plan · missing: Guest & external collaboration, Workflow automation | 67% | $29.90/mo how? ⓘ | $181.20 / year 34% cheaper | |
Zulip Self-hosted Basic plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Workflow automation | 67% | $35/mo how? ⓘ | $120 / year 22% cheaper | |
Chanty Business plan · missing: Workflow automation | 83% | $40/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 11% cheaper | |
Microsoft Teams Teams Essentials plan · missing: Unlimited message history collaboration suite — adjacent | 83% | $40/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 11% cheaper |
Which Flock alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Pumble — $0/mo (FREE plan) · covers 67%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Chanty — $40/mo (Business plan) · covers 83%
- Best paid drop-in
- Chanty — $40/mo (Business plan) · covers 83%
- Need channels & group messaging, unlimited message history, audio/video calls & screen sharing or app integrations?
- Pumble — from $0/mo (FREE plan)
- Need guest & external collaboration?
- Slack — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need workflow automation?
- Zoho Cliq — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Flock has that the top alternatives lack.
- Unlimited message history — Search and access message history without a retention limit.Missing from Slack, Zoho Cliq, Twist.
- Audio/video calls & screen sharing — Make audio or video calls with screen sharing.Missing from Twist.
- Guest & external collaboration — Invite people outside your organization into a conversation.Missing from Pumble, Zoho Cliq.
- Workflow automation — Automate routine steps directly within chat.Missing from Pumble, Slack, Twist.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Flock vs the top alternatives, on the 6 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Flock | Pumble | Slack | Zoho Cliq | Twist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channels & group messaging from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited message history from PRO | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Audio/video calls & screen sharing from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Guest & external collaboration from PRO | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| App integrations from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workflow automation from Starter | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $45/mo PRO | $0/mo FREE | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Flock covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Channels & group messaging — from Starter
- ✓ Unlimited message history — from PRO
- ✓ Audio/video calls & screen sharing — from Starter
- ✓ Guest & external collaboration — from PRO
- ✓ App integrations — from Starter
- ✓ Workflow automation — from Starter
- ↑ Compliance exports & audit logs — only from Enterprise, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://flock.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://flock.com/pricing# (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Flock cost?
Flock's PRO plan costs $45/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Flock alternative?
Yes. Pumble has a free plan that covers 67% of the 6 capabilities we compared against Flock.
What is the cheapest Flock alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Pumble is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (FREE plan).
What is the cheapest Flock alternative with Unlimited message history?
Pumble covers Unlimited message history and costs $0/mo (FREE plan) in our scenario.
Does Flock have a free plan?
Yes. Flock's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.