Nonprofit Coding Education Group Faces $200k Annual Slack Price Increase Threatening Data Loss
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Summary
Hack Club, a nonprofit coding education organization, has been using Slack for 11 years and was recently informed by Slack that they must pay an additional $50,000 immediately and $200,000 annually or face workspace deactivation and deletion of all message history. The organization had previously paid $5,000/year after being transitioned from a free nonprofit plan and considers the sudden 40x price increase to be extortionate behavior from Slack.
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For nearly 11 years, Hack Club - a nonprofit that provides coding education and community to teenagers worldwide - has used Slack as the tool for communication.
We weren't freeloaders. A few years ago, when Slack transitioned us from their free nonprofit plan to a $5,000/year arrangement, we happily paid.
One could consider this extortionate behavior from Slack.
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