Slack Admin Controls Inadequate and Pricing Structure Drives Forced Tier Upgrades
Slack's admin interface is insufficient for workspace management, and per-seat pricing is structured so that growing teams are pushed into higher tiers before they need full feature sets. A compounding pain for SMBs scaling their communications.
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