Slab
A focused, modern knowledge base that lets teams create, organize and discover knowledge across the whole organization.
By Slab Inc. · 4.0/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Teams that want a focused, fast wiki for policies, procedures and internal documentation
- Companies replacing Confluence, Notion or Google Docs wikis who value clean defaults
- Remote-first and distributed organizations that need searchable shared knowledge
- Engineering, product and operations teams that write and review in Markdown
- Startups that want a genuinely free tier for up to 10 users before committing
Ideal size: 10–500 people · Growing, remote-friendly company with an established documentation habit
Not for
- Teams looking for an all-in-one work management, docs and project suite
- Organizations that require HIPAA, FedRAMP or vendor-held ISO 27001 certification
- Buyers who need AI features on the free or lowest paid tier
- Companies that want self-hosted deployment or deep workflow customization
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About 2 weeks (self-serve)
~14 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$7,500/yr
Starts at $0 · Per-user subscription, billed monthly or annually; free forever for up to 10 users, no credit card required
Implementation Friction
1/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Free: up to 10 users; Startup and Business: unlimited users; Enterprise: at least 100 users
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind Slab, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2016 · 10 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Support levels scale by plan: Basic (Free), Standard (Startup), Priority (Business) and Dedicated (Enterprise). An uptime SLA is listed on Business and Enterprise. The vendor does not publish specific support channels or hours.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Slab sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Slab
- Siit
- SavvyCal
- Paymo
- Level
- Shortcut
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Up to 10 companies including Slab. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Slab ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Pricing lists AI Capabilities per tier: AI Autofix (Startup and above), AI Predict and AI Ask (Business), Advanced AI Ask (Enterprise). The vendor does not describe how these work or which models power them, and the free plan lists no AI capabilities.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Included in the plan
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Slab is a knowledge base and wiki for teams, positioning itself as a focused alternative to Confluence, Notion and Google Docs. It offers Unified Search across connected tools, content verification, and integrations with Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and GitHub. Pricing runs from a free tier for up to 10 users to about $12.50 per user per month billed annually on Business. Slab is SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3 certified and GDPR compliant. The company was founded in 2016 and is remote-first.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Slab cost for a mid-sized team?
Slab is free forever for up to 10 users. Paid plans are billed per user annually: the Startup plan is $6.67 per user per month and the Business plan is $12.50 per user per month, both billed annually, with monthly billing also available. Enterprise is custom-priced and starts at 100 users. A 50-user Business deployment therefore runs roughly $7,500 per year.
Is there a free plan, and what are its limits?
Yes. Slab is free forever for up to 10 users with no credit card required. The free plan includes unlimited posts and topics, real-time collaboration, templates, verification and Unified Search, with 10MB attachments, 90 days of version history and 30 days of usage analytics, plus 10 standard integrations. AI capabilities are not included on the free plan.
How long does it take to get Slab up and running?
Slab is self-serve: you can sign up with Google or an email address and start writing immediately, and the vendor states that switching migrations are handled for you. Most teams reach production value in one to two weeks, with the main effort being content migration and deciding how topics map to existing spaces.
What compliance certifications does Slab hold?
Slab states that it is certified under SOC 3 and SOC 2 Type 2, and that it is fully compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Its infrastructure runs on Google Cloud Platform, which separately holds certifications such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001. Slab does not claim HIPAA, FedRAMP or ISO 27001 certification for its own service.
Does Slab support enterprise identity and security controls?
Single sign-on is available on all paid plans. SAML-based SSO and SCIM provisioning appear on the Business plan and above, and audit logs are listed on Enterprise. Administrators can manage team-wide settings, enforce SSO and two-factor authentication, control integrations and deactivate users.
What AI features does Slab include, and do they cost extra?
The pricing page lists AI capabilities as part of plan features rather than a separate add-on: AI Autofix from the Startup plan, AI Predict and AI Ask on Business, and Advanced AI Ask on Enterprise. The vendor does not publish details on how these features work, which models they use, or how customer data is handled for model training.