Briggs AnalyticsHow to sell your company's Slack data (and who buys it)
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Why buyers want SlackWho buys itWhat makes it worth moreHow it worksWhat gets removedSwitching apps? Read this firstWhy buyers want Slack
Slack is where the real work shows up: a customer emails in, the team talks it through, someone makes the call. AI companies pay for that trail because it shows how people actually do their jobs.
Who buys it
- Scale AI lists Slack, Teams and Google Chat histories, and anonymizes inside your systems.
- Mode lists chat and collaboration tools, and has your team sign in to an approved export, so no passwords change hands.
- Polyshares lists Slack with email, Drive and CRM history.
- Grepped lists Slack, Teams, Gmail and Outlook messages.
What makes it worth more
- Years in the same workspace. A team that moved Slack to WhatsApp to Discord breaks the trail every time.
- A remote team. Remote teams write everything down.
- Paid plan history. Free plans lose anything older than a year.
- The rest of the trail. Slack plus email, files and your CRM is worth more than Slack alone.
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See what my data is worth →How it works
- Check you own it. Shared channels with clients and client-owned data may be left out.
- Get an estimate and compare buyers.
- Agree the scope: which channels, which years, what's excluded.
- Your admin approves an export, the buyer or its partner de-identifies it, and you get paid.
What gets removed
Names, emails, phone numbers and account numbers are swapped out before any AI company sees the data, and the swap is consistent, so "Tony" becomes "Employee 6" everywhere. Don't try to clean it yourself first. Deleting things by hand usually breaks the story the buyer is paying for. What de-identification means.
Switching apps? Read this first
Export your full Slack history before you cancel or downgrade. Once a paid workspace drops to free, older history can disappear, and it might be worth more than the subscription you're saving. What Slack history is worth.
Briggs Analytics is independent. Some buyers named on this page may pay Briggs Analytics a referral fee, and owners never pay us anything. Every figure comes from the buyer's own page or the source linked next to it, checked October 21, 2026. Buyers change their terms often, so confirm on their page before you sign. Disclosures
In short
- You license a de-identified copy. You keep your workspace.
- Scale, Mode, Polyshares and Grepped all name Slack in what they buy.
- Years in the same workspace and a remote team are worth the most.
- Export before you switch apps or drop to the free plan.
Questions owners ask.
Can I sell my company's Slack messages?
You can license a de-identified copy if your company owns the workspace and the content. Client-owned data and shared channels may be excluded.
Do buyers see employees' names?
No. Names and contact details are swapped for consistent placeholders before any AI company sees the data.
Is Slack data worth anything on the free plan?
Less. Slack deletes messages and files older than one year on free workspaces, so the history buyers pay for may already be gone.
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