Short answer: Understand your team communication costs. Put the current file, the decision and the next owner in one channel. Basic is 9 USD per paid account a month, or 86 USD a year, with 25 GiB. The trial is 3 days. The iPhone and iPad app is coming soon. The encryption scope is on the security page.
Compare communication costs using the actual billing unit. Understand BusyVault account subscriptions, annual pricing and storage charges.
BusyVault currently bills a paid account, with a fixed monthly or annual subscription for that account. It is not a flat subscription for an unlimited number of paid users. Count all accounts that need paid access before comparing a team budget.
Compare the same billing period
Basic costs $9 monthly or $86 for a year; Pro costs $30 monthly or $288 for a year. Annual payment is charged for the year, not at the monthly equivalent. Compare these with Slack’s matching billing cycle and account count.
Include storage and the cost of switching
Add extra storage separately and evaluate the time needed to move workflows. A lower subscription number alone does not establish better value. Use the calculator to compare subscriptions, then test the functions you rely on.
What to write down before you switch
Read “Understand your team communication costs” as a buying note for one job, not as a score. Name the file you would actually send, the history you still need to search, and who pays for each account. BusyVault is the hosted app for that job. Other products stay on this page only where the comparison says who runs the server or what one upload allows. There is no star rating and no laboratory winner. Keep the quote you were sent beside any public price printed here.
Files, history and the next owner
On Understand your team communication costs, keep the file next to the sentence that approved it. Slack documents a 1 GB cap on one upload and, on the Free plan, 90 days of visible history. Those two limits are the public facts this site already cites.
BusyVault bills storage per paid account: 25 GiB on Basic and 100 GiB on Pro. Extra storage is 0.03 USD per GiB a month after you confirm the charge. Basic is 9 USD a month or 86 USD a year. Pro is 30 USD a month or 288 USD a year. One subscription does not cover the team.
The trial is 3 days and 10 GiB. Use it to upload a real file and to search for a decision, not to announce a company-wide move. If the file does not fit or the old decision cannot be found, say so in the channel before you promise the room is the archive.
Where the app runs
BusyVault runs in the browser and can be installed from Chrome or Edge on Windows, macOS and Linux. The Android app is on Google Play and uses the same account. The iPhone and iPad app is coming soon. Enterprise customers can run BusyVault on their own servers under a separate contract. There is no public installer on this site for that path. This page does not claim SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA.
A check you can finish this week
For Understand your team communication costs, finish four lines and stop. Line one is the project name. Line two is the channel name. Line three is where the current file lives. Line four is the next owner. Add one rule for meetings: what must be decided live, and what must be written down the same day.
Ask someone who was not on the call to find the file without help. If they open the right channel first, the structure works. If they search three threads and still ask which version is current, move the file to the channel and leave a pointer. Owners and administrators can export a BusyVault backup from workspace or channel settings. After a restore, check the text, the file references and who can open them. Keep the original files until that check passes. Product questions go to the address on the support page.
Ask what the unit of the bill is
A flat-sounding chat price can still be per person, per workspace, or hidden inside a suite. BusyVault’s unit is the paid account: 9 USD a month or 86 USD a year for Basic, 30 USD or 288 USD for Pro. Storage included is 25 or 100 GiB. Extra GiB are separate. Tax is separate. Write the unit on the quote you were given before you call any plan flat.
Use these checks to record what worked, what failed and what needs another tool. They are evaluation criteria, not claimed test results.
A practical acceptance checklist
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Evidence to collect
Account count
Use the same paid headcount when comparing subscriptions.
Billing period
Compare annual totals with annual totals and monthly invoices with monthly invoices.
Additional charges
Include extra storage, taxes and tools that remain necessary after the move.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Asked before
switching.
Is BusyVault a flat price for an unlimited team?
No. Basic and Pro have a subscription price per paid account. Multiply the selected plan by the number of accounts requiring paid access and add any extra storage and tax. The legacy URL does not change the billing unit.