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The Showdown

Slack (Desktop App)vscrabchat

Why pay monthly fees for Slack (Desktop App) when you can self-host crabchat for free? Let's look at the facts.

Slack (Desktop App)

The Expensive Option

  • Closed Source (Black box)
  • Expensive monthly fees per user
  • Data stored on their servers
WINNER

crabchat

The Freedom Choice

  • 100% Open Source Code
  • Free forever (Self-hosted)
  • You own your data completely
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Calculate Your "SaaS Tax"

SaaS pricing is designed to scale with your success. See how much wealth transfers from your bank account to Slack (Desktop App)'s shareholders.

10 people
150100200+
$

*Estimated standard pricing for Slack (Desktop App). Adjust if needed.

Estimated Annual Waste
$1,050
Monthly Burn Rate$87.5
5-Year Projection$5,250
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
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Calculations based on 10 users at $8.75/mo.

Detailed Breakdown

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~500MB+
~50MB
1
Electron
Tauri (Rust)
2
Proprietary
GPL-3.0