Flock
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 Slack saves $540 / year and covers 100% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Flock alternatives
We compared 12 products and found 11 cheaper alternatives · vs Flock PRO at $45/mo for 10 seats ($4.50/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Flock’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Flock costs $45/mo on the PRO plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 11 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 3 of them cover at least 75% of the 7 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Slack at $0/mo (Free plan), 100% less. Flock's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Discord Nitro Basic plan · missing: Channels & group messaging, Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration, App integrations, Workflow automation, Compliance exports & audit logs | 14% | $2.99/mo how? ⓘ | $504.12 / year 93% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Zulip Self-hosted Basic plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Workflow automation | 71% | $3.50/mo how? ⓘ | $498 / year 92% cheaper | |
Zoho Cliq Standard plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration, Compliance exports & audit logs | 57% | $18/mo how? ⓘ | $324 / year 60% cheaper | |
Pumble PRO plan · missing: Workflow automation, Compliance exports & audit logs | 71% | $29.90/mo how? ⓘ | $181.20 / year 34% cheaper | |
Chanty Business plan · missing: Workflow automation | 86% | $40/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 11% cheaper | |
Microsoft Teams Teams Essentials plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration, App integrations, Workflow automation, Compliance exports & audit logs collaboration suite — adjacent | 29% | $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 full coverage
- Slack — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Slack — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Rocket.Chat — $0/mo (Starter plan) · covers 86%
- Best paid drop-in
- Chanty — $40/mo (Business plan) · covers 86%
- Need channels & group messaging, unlimited message history, audio/video calls & screen sharing, guest & external collaboration, app integrations, workflow automation or compliance exports & audit logs?
- Slack — 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 Rocket.Chat, Mattermost.
- Audio/video calls & screen sharing — Make audio or video calls with screen sharing.Missing from Mattermost.
- Guest & external collaboration — Invite people outside your organization into a conversation.Missing from Element.
- Workflow automation — Automate routine steps directly within chat.Missing from Element.
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 7 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Flock | Slack | Rocket.Chat | Mattermost | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 from Enterprise | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $45/mo PRO | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Starter | $0/mo Entry | $0/mo Community |
✓ 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 — from Enterprise
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://flock.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://flock.com/pricing# (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
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. Slack has a free plan that covers 100% of the 7 capabilities we compared against Flock.
What is the cheapest Flock alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Slack is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Flock alternative with Unlimited message history?
Slack 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 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.