Twist
Team Chat & Messaging · twist.com
Twist is an asynchronous team communication app that organizes conversations into threads and channels for remote and hybrid teams.
Switching to Slack saves $720 / year and covers 100% of the compared capabilities.
Find my alternative
Way less money.
Top Twist alternatives
We compared 12 products and found 11 cheaper alternatives · vs Twist Unlimited at $60/mo for 10 seats ($6/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Twist’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.
Twist costs $60/mo on the Unlimited plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 10 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 8 of them cover at least 75% of the 5 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Slack at $0/mo (Free plan), 100% less. Twist's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Zulip Self-hosted Basic plan · missing: Unlimited message history | 80% | $3.50/mo how? ⓘ | $678 / year 94% cheaper | |
Zoho Cliq Standard plan · missing: Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration | 60% | $18/mo how? ⓘ | $504 / year 70% cheaper | |
Pumble PRO plan | 100% | $29.90/mo how? ⓘ | $361.20 / year 50% cheaper | |
Chanty Business plan · missing: Threaded conversations | 80% | $40/mo how? ⓘ | $240 / year 33% cheaper | |
Microsoft Teams Teams Essentials plan · missing: Threaded conversations, Unlimited message history, Guest & external collaboration, App integrations collaboration suite — adjacent | 20% | $40/mo how? ⓘ | $240 / year 33% cheaper | |
Flock PRO plan · missing: Threaded conversations | 80% | $45/mo how? ⓘ | $180 / year 25% cheaper | |
Discord Nitro Basic plan | not yet assessed | $2.99/mo how? ⓘ | $684.12 / year 95% cheaper |
Which Twist 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
- Mattermost — $0/mo (Entry plan) · covers 80%
- Best paid drop-in
- Chanty — $40/mo (Business plan) · covers 80%
- Need channels & group messaging, threaded conversations, unlimited message history, guest & external collaboration or app integrations?
- Slack — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Twist has that the top alternatives lack.
- Unlimited message history — Search and access message history without a retention limit.Missing from Mattermost.
- Guest & external collaboration — Invite people outside your organization into a conversation.Missing from Element.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Twist vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Twist | Slack | Pumble | Mattermost | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channels & group messaging from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Threaded conversations from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited message history from Unlimited | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Guest & external collaboration from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| App integrations from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $60/mo Unlimited | $0/mo Free | $0/mo FREE | $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 Twist covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Channels & group messaging — from Free
- ✓ Threaded conversations — from Free
- ✓ Unlimited message history — from Unlimited
- ✓ Guest & external collaboration — from Free
- ✓ App integrations — from Free
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://twist.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
Frequently asked
How much does Twist cost?
Twist's Unlimited plan costs $60/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Twist alternative?
Yes. Slack has a free plan that covers 100% of the 5 capabilities we compared against Twist.
What is the cheapest Twist alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Slack is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Twist alternative with Unlimited message history?
Slack covers Unlimited message history and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Twist have a free plan?
Yes. Twist's free plan is limited to 500 seats.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.