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8 Cheapest Free Team Chat Apps of 2026

By the Rankozo research desk · Updated November 10, 2026

Among the 10 tools in our best free team chat apps ranking, Pumble has the lowest verified paid starting price at $2.49 per seat per month. Prices below are quoted from each vendor's US pricing page.

1. 01

   Pumble

   Small teams that want full message history and no member cap without paying.

   Free plan for unlimited users; Pro from $2.49 per seat per month billed annually or $2.99 billed monthly

   Full entry, No. 1 overall

   Starts at

   $2.49

   Score 8.7

2. 02

   Zulip

   Technical teams and communities that want threaded chat or plan to self-host.

   Free Cloud and self-hosted plans; self-hosted Basic from $3.50 per user per month billed monthly, Cloud Standard from $6.67 billed annually

   Full entry, No. 6 overall

   Starts at

   $3.50

   Score 8.1

3. 03

   Microsoft Teams Free

   Clubs and community groups that want chat and hour-long group calls at no cost.

   Free personal edition; Microsoft Teams Essentials from $4.00 per user per month paid yearly

   Full entry, No. 4 overall

   Starts at

   $4

   Score 8.2

4. 04

   Flock

   Teams of up to 20 people who need basic chat and can live with 10,000 searchable messages.

   Free Starter plan for 1 to 20 members; PRO from $4.50 per user per month on yearly billing

   Full entry, No. 8 overall

   Starts at

   $4.50

   Score 7.6

5. 05

   Twist

   Remote teams that prefer threaded discussion and only need recent messages on the free plan.

   Free plan with 1 month of visible history; Unlimited from $6 per user per month billed yearly

   Full entry, No. 10 overall

   Starts at

   $6

   Score 7.2

6. 06

   Google Chat

   Groups that already use Gmail and want chat at no cost.

   Free with a personal Google account; Google Workspace Business Starter from $8.40 per user per month on the Flexible Plan

   Full entry, No. 3 overall

   Starts at

   $8.40

   Score 8.5

7. 07

   Slack

   Teams that rely on integrations and mostly need recent conversations.

   Free plan with 90 days of message history; Pro from $8.75 per user per month billed monthly

   Full entry, No. 2 overall

   Starts at

   $8.75

   Score 8.6

8. 08

   Zoom Workplace

   Teams that already meet on Zoom and want chat in the same app.

   Free Workplace Basic plan; Workplace Pro from $15.99 per user per month billed monthly

   Full entry, No. 5 overall

   Starts at

   $15.99

   Score 8.2

Scores and prices come from our Best Free Team Chat Apps ranking, which uses one method for every tool. Questions or corrections: editorial@rankozo.com