First time hearing about Mattermost. Good thing I found this article
Mattermost website is down right now with an nginx error. Does not look promising.
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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
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Re: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
#103So many stories like this about Slack. We use Zulip ( https://zulip.org/ ) for our corporate chat, and we've never looked back. It's been good, and it's fully open source. We self-host, but paid hosting is easy to get too if you want.
Unless I'm missing something tho, zulip seems to be exactly the same? That is, it's a SaaS with no oss software, no self hostable alternative. Only difference is they haven't hiked their prices......yet. At this point anyone looking to avoid a price hike like the one described above should probably consider something they'll have more control over. I'd probably go with my own Mastodon server if I was a company that n…
go to product > self-hosting
you might notice it's 100% free software
now there is always the question how a company used Slack, e.g. just some ad-hoc fast communication channels like "general", "food", "events" or a in depth usage with a lot of in-depth usage, including video conferences, channels for every squad/project/sprint/whatever
but the relevant thing to realize is that there is subtle but very relevant difference between a "social network" focused tool and a work place communications focused tool
and Mastodon has a very clear focus on the former while Zulip has a clear focus on the later
Re: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
#104Wow, Slack does not allow business customers to export their chats. WTF. Found this: "Workspace Owners can apply for Corporate Export. This lets you export all messages (including DMs and private channels), but only if your company has legal or compliance requirements and Slack approves the request. Once approved, exports are scheduled and delivered automatically." So they have the tech built, you just aren't allowed…
Let's be honest; how many Slack messages or conversations older than 2-3 weeks still have value?
Slacks biggest value is ephemeral nature. Forces you to document in proper places.
Re: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
#105Join us now and share the software. You’ll be free.
Re: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
#106Wow, Slack does not allow business customers to export their chats. WTF. Found this: "Workspace Owners can apply for Corporate Export. This lets you export all messages (including DMs and private channels), but only if your company has legal or compliance requirements and Slack approves the request. Once approved, exports are scheduled and delivered automatically." So they have the tech built, you just aren't allowed…
Zulip wrote a fun article about this a couple of months ago: https://blog.zulip.com/2025/07/24/who-owns-your-slack-histor...
Re: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
#107Wow, Slack does not allow business customers to export their chats. WTF. Found this: "Workspace Owners can apply for Corporate Export. This lets you export all messages (including DMs and private channels), but only if your company has legal or compliance requirements and Slack approves the request. Once approved, exports are scheduled and delivered automatically." So they have the tech built, you just aren't allowed…
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Re: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
#108Wow, Slack does not allow business customers to export their chats. WTF. Found this: "Workspace Owners can apply for Corporate Export. This lets you export all messages (including DMs and private channels), but only if your company has legal or compliance requirements and Slack approves the request. Once approved, exports are scheduled and delivered automatically." So they have the tech built, you just aren't allowed…
Let's be honest; how many Slack messages or conversations older than 2-3 weeks still have value?
Slack is the first place I search for any issue at my company and I frequently take advantage of 3-4 year old threads
Re: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
#109So many stories like this about Slack. We use Zulip ( https://zulip.org/ ) for our corporate chat, and we've never looked back. It's been good, and it's fully open source. We self-host, but paid hosting is easy to get too if you want.
I love Zulip. We used it before our small firm was purchased by a large company that moved us to teams. Great software!
Re: Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
#110This when you need a slack exporter ! And a slack import eligible software !