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This email announces updates to Slack's free and paid subscription plans, highlighting new security features for all users and AI functionalities for paid subscribers. It uses a clear and informative structure starting with key updates, followed by specific impacts on the recipient's current free plan, and concludes with calls to action to learn more or upgrade. The tone is professional and user-focused, emphasizing improved security and productivity benefits while encouraging subscription upgrades.

Subject:

Slack’s free subscription will now include additional security features

Date sent:

June 25, 2025

from

Slack

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}</style></head><body><div class="preheader plaintext_ignore" style="font-size: 1px; display: none !important;"> Updates to Slack’s free and paid subscriptions </div><div class="plaintext_ignore" style="display: none; max-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-top: 20px;color: #434245;width: 100%;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased; -moz-osx-font-smoothing:grayscale; border: 0; text-align: center; border-collapse: collapse;" class="background_main"><tr><td style="vertical-align: top; padding: 0"><center><table id="body" class="card" style="border: 0; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 auto; background: white; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 16px;"><tr><td style="width: 546px; vertical-align: top; padding-top: 32px"><div style="max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;"><div style="margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;" class="lg_margin_left_right"><div style="margin-top: 18px;" class="slack_logo_style"><img width="117" height="42" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 32px; margin-left: 0px;" src="https://digi-storms.slack.com/x-t6364896165536-9128127066864//img/email/slack_from_salesforce_logo.png" alt="Slack logo"></div><div><div class="header-h-jumbo">New security features for your subscription</div></div><div><div class="content-intro"> We are updating our free and paid subscriptions to make your team’s workdays more pleasant and productive. All subscriptions now come with enhanced security, and paid subscriptions include powerful AI functionalities. </div></div><table style="width: 100%; " class="sm_table "><tr style="width: 100%;"><td style="width: 100%;"><span style="display: inline-block; position:relative; border-radius:4px; background-color:#611f69; width:100%; text-align:center;" class="button_link_wrapper plum"><a class="button_link sm_full_width sm_border_box plum restyle_button" href="https://slack.com/x-t6364896165536-9128127066864/blog/news/june-2025-pricing-and-packaging-announcement?t=learn_more" style="border-top:13px solid; border-bottom:13px solid; border-right:24px solid; border-left:24px solid; border-color:#611f69; border-radius:4px; background-color:#611f69; color:#ffffff; font-size:16px; line-height:18px; word-break:break-word; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; border-top:20px solid; border-bottom:20px solid; border-color:#611f69; line-height: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-transform: uppercase; box-sizing: border-box;width:100%; text-align:center; text-transform: uppercase; display: inline-block; text-align: center; font-weight: 900; text-decoration: none !important;">LEARN MORE</a></span></td></tr></table><div><div class="sub-header"> What does this mean for you? </div></div><div style="margin-bottom:36px;"><div class="team-impact-content"><p> You are a member of a workspace that is currently on a free Slack subscription. The following security features have been added to your Slack subscription: </p><p><ul style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-left: 40px; padding-left: 0;" class="bulleted_list"><li>Limit how long members are signed in to Slack with <b>session duration</b></li><li>Enforce security policies with built-in <b>native device management</b></li></ul></p><p>Along with these additional security features, free teams can continue to collaborate seamlessly – communicating with internal and external teams, sharing clips, capturing notes and managing action items – all in one place.</p><p>You can unlock AI features, unlimited message history, group huddles and more by switching to a Slack paid subscription. Visit our <a class="color-unset" href=https://slack.com/x-t6364896165536-9128127066864/pricing?t=pricing_page>subscriptions page</a> to review or change your subscription.</p></div></div><table style="width: 100%; " class="sm_table "><tr style="width: 100%;"><td style="width: 100%;"><span style="display: inline-block; position:relative; border-radius:4px; background-color:#611f69; width:100%; text-align:center;" class="button_link_wrapper plum"><a class="button_link sm_full_width sm_border_box plum restyle_button" href="https://slack.com/x-t6364896165536-9128127066864/help/articles/39264531104275?t=explore_changes" style="border-top:13px solid; border-bottom:13px solid; border-right:24px solid; border-left:24px solid; border-color:#611f69; border-radius:4px; background-color:#611f69; color:#ffffff; font-size:16px; line-height:18px; word-break:break-word; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; border-top:20px solid; border-bottom:20px solid; border-color:#611f69; line-height: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-transform: uppercase; box-sizing: border-box;width:100%; text-align:center; text-transform: uppercase; display: inline-block; text-align: center; font-weight: 900; text-decoration: none !important;">EXPLORE CHANGES</a></span></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></center></td></tr><tr><td class="email_footer" style="font-size: 15px;color: #717274;text-align: center;width: 100%;"><center><table style="margin: 20px auto 0; background-color: white; border: 0; text-align: center; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr><td style="width: 546px; vertical-align: top; padding: 0px;"><div style="max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;"><div class="footer_padding"><table><tr><td class="slack_logo_small_icon" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"><img width="117" height="42" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 32px; margin-left: 0px; object-fit: contain;" src="https://a.slack-edge.com/3e01150/img/email/slack_from_salesforce_logo.png" alt="Slack logo"></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: right;padding-top:25px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/slackhq" data-qa="X_link" class="social_icon_margin" style="margin-left: 20px;"><img class="small_icon" src="https://a.slack-edge.com/98dd7c0/marketing/img/icons/icon_black_x.png" width="25" height="25" title="X"></a><a href="https://facebook.com/slackhq" data-qa="fb_link" class="social_icon_margin" style="margin-left: 20px;"><img class="small_icon" src="https://a.slack-edge.com/98dd7c0/marketing/img/icons/icon_black_facebook.png" width="25" height="25" title="Facebook"></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/tiny-spec-inc/" data-qa="linkedin_link" class="social_icon_margin" style="margin-left: 20px;"><img class="small_icon" src="https://a.slack-edge.com/98dd7c0/marketing/img/icons/icon_black_linkedin.png" width="25" height="25" title="LinkedIn"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/slackhq" data-qa="youtube_link" class="social_icon_margin" style="margin-left: 20px;"><img class="small_icon" src="https://a.slack-edge.com/98dd7c0/marketing/img/icons/icon_black_youtube.png" width="33" height="25" title="YouTube"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/slackhq" data-qa="instagram_link" class="social_icon_margin" style="margin-left: 20px;"><img class="small_icon" src="https://a.slack-edge.com/98dd7c0/marketing/img/icons/icon_black_instagram.png" width="25" height="25" title="Instagram"></a></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:12px; opacity:0.5; color:#696969; text-align:left; line-height:15px; margin-bottom:50px; text-align: left;"><a class="footer_link" href="https://slackhq.com" data-qa="slack_blog" style="color: #696969 !important;">Our blog</a>   |   <a class="footer_link" href="https://slack.com/legal" data-qa="slack_legal" style="color: #696969 !important;">Policies</a>   |   <a href="https://slack.com/help" class="footer_link" data-qa="slack_help" style="color: #696969 !important;">Help Centre</a>   |   <a href="https://slack.com/community" class="footer_link" data-qa="slack_commmunity" style="color: #696969 !important;">Slack Community</a><br><br><div>©2025 Slack Technologies, LLC, a Salesforce company.<br>415 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105</div><br>All rights reserved.</div></div></div></td></tr></table></center></td></tr></table></body></html>