# Swit review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Team chat with built-in task and project management Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Swit combines team chat channels with task and project management in one workspace. Messages can be turned into tasks, task cards can be shared into channels, and several workspaces can be managed under one organization. Optional plug-ins add AI features, automation, approvals, goals and guests. - **Category:** Team Communication - **Made by:** Swit Technologies Inc. - **Website:** https://www.swit.io - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you are small, since Startup is 25 seats at $450 a year. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Swit has a free plan, and paid plans start at $1.50 per user / month, billed yearly, for 25 fixed seats ($450 a year). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited seats, up to 2 workspaces, 5 GB of storage per organization, 25 MB attachments and 1 year of message history. - **Free trial:** 30-day free trial on paid plans, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Hub only. Up to 5 integrations, unlimited channels, projects and chats, basic project features. | | Startup | $1.50 per user / month, billed yearly ($1.80 billed monthly) | Sold as 25 fixed seats, $450 a year. 5 GB per user, unlimited history and integrations, full projects. | | Growth | $6 per user / month, billed yearly ($11 billed monthly) | Up to 100 seats, up to 5 workspaces and 20 GB of storage per user. | | Business | $11 per user / month, billed yearly ($21 billed monthly) | Unlimited seats, up to 10 workspaces, 100 GB per user and SAML-based SSO. | | Business Pro | Custom | Sold through sales, billed yearly. Adds 1 TB per user, two-factor authentication, audit logs and download control. | | Enterprise | Custom | Sold through sales, billed yearly. 10 TB per user, EKM, IP-based access control and data residency. | Read from https://www.swit.io/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Swit before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save up to 47% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows yearly rates against monthly ones, such as $11 per user on Business billed yearly versus $21 billed monthly. Source: https://www.swit.io/pricing ## Key features - **Channels and chat:** Unlimited channels and chats on every plan, with posts shareable across workspaces inside an organization. - **Tasks and projects:** Task cards carry checklists, subtasks, assignees and priorities, and a project dashboard shows progress and workload. - **Messages to tasks:** On the Hub plan, a channel message can become a task, and a task card can be dragged into a chat channel. - **AI plug-in:** Chat, Taskify, Summarize, Write, Rephrase and Translate are sold as a plug-in available on all paid plans. - **Plug-ins for work processes:** Automation, Approvals, Goals and Guests are add-ons, priced separately on the pricing page. ## Good for - Small teams that want chat and task tracking in one place - Teams of up to 25 that fit the Startup plan's fixed-seat price - Organizations needing several workspaces under one account ## Worth knowing - Startup is sold as 25 fixed seats; Growth caps at 100 seats. - Plug-ins cost extra: Automation $99 for 100K actions a month, and Approvals, Goals and Guests $5 per user a month each. - Swit is cloud only; the vendor says there is no on-premises version. - SAML-based SSO starts at Business; two-factor authentication and audit logs are listed from Business Pro. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Swit puts chat channels and task boards in one app, with messages that turn into tasks. The cheap Startup plan is sold as 25 fixed seats at $450 a year, plug-ins cost extra and it is cloud only. If you are a team of five, that floor or the $6 Growth plan is what you will really pay. - **Value for money: C.** Startup is $1.50 a seat but sold as 25 seats, $450 a year, so one person pays that. Growth is $6 a seat, near the middle of the category. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free plan with unlimited seats, but only the chat hub, 5 integrations, 5 GB and 1 year of history. A 30-day trial of paid plans needs no card. - **Features: C.** Chat, tasks and projects, with a task plug-in. Automation, approvals, goals and guests are paid add-ons. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Workspaces, projects and plug-ins all need setting up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android. Only one integration is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Swit's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among team communication apps - Swit's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 9 of the 75 other team communication apps we grade, and level with 19. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 9 of 75) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $1.50 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.90 for the category: 1 of the 51 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/team-chat ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Swit you would be making chat that a whole team counts on staying up. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 47 of the 75 other team communication apps grade higher. It costs $18 a year. - You could make: Tasks, kanban boards and goals: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Chat that a whole team counts on staying up. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Drive **Tags:** Team chat, Tasks, Kanban boards, AI features, Workflow automation, Goals ## Alternatives - [Slack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slack): Channel-based team messaging with huddles, workflows and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/slack-vs-swit) - [Microsoft Teams](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-teams): Chat, video meetings and calling tied into Microsoft 365. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-teams-vs-swit) - [Twist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/twist): Async team messaging organized into threads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/swit-vs-twist) - [Lark](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lark): All-in-one suite of chat, meetings, docs, email and workflows. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lark-vs-swit) - [Mattermost](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mattermost): Self-hosted team messaging with playbooks, calls and boards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mattermost-vs-swit) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.swit.io - https://www.swit.io/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/swit Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).