Moving from ProBackup for Slack to SlackVault
SlackVault can't read a ProBackup backup, and it can't restore into Slack the way ProBackup does. If restoring is why you pay for it, stay there. If you're moving for budget reasons, overlap the two.
The steps
- Set up SlackVault: Slack app setup, then Firebase setup, then the browser extension. The first sync is covered in Syncing & your archive.
- Run a first sync and leave it running for a while beside ProBackup.
- Before you cancel, download whatever you want to keep through ProBackup's own export, and keep that file. SlackVault's importer won't read it.
- Once your Firebase project holds what you need, cancel on their side.
Last checked November 7, 2026. Check ProBackup for Slack for yourself. SlackVault is not affiliated with or endorsed by Slack.
Which one suits you
Choose ProBackup if you want a managed, SOC 2 audited service with daily snapshots, point-in-time restore back into Slack and one bill covering your other SaaS tools too.
Choose SlackVault if you do not have a backup budget yet and want your messages in a Firebase project you own, with no monthly fee.
Prices
| Plan | Price | Terms as listed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plus | $25 / month | billed annually; $31 billed monthly; priced by storage, the storage amount did not render in the page we read; 6 month backup history | Their page |
| Pro | $38 / month | billed annually; $47 billed monthly; 2 year backup history | Their page |
| Premium | $69 / month | billed annually; $86 billed monthly; 4 year backup history | Their page |
Side by side
| What you need | SlackVault | ProBackup for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| Saves public channel messages | Yes | Yes Their page |
| Saves private channel messages | Yes | Yes: those the connected admin can access Their page |
| Saves direct messages and group DMs | Yes | Yes Their page |
| Saves thread replies | Yes: A thread that fails to save is skipped, not retried | Yes Their page |
| Saves shared files | Yes: File details always; copies only at a public link on our storage, when switched on | Yes Their page |
| Runs on its own on a schedule | Yes: Every 15 minutes, while the browser runs | Yes: every 24 hours Their page |
| Copy lives in storage you control | Partly: Messages in your Firebase project; file copies are not in your storage | Partly: stored encrypted in their AWS region of your choice; Sync to Google Drive on Pro and above Their page |
| Search across the saved history | Yes: The most recent page of messages, up to 50 per query | Partly: Global search from the Pro plan Their page |
| Export to open file formats | Yes: JSON, CSV, HTML and Markdown | Yes: Excel export Their page |
| Works without workspace admin rights | Partly: No admin scopes, though a workspace can require approval for new apps | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Puts records back into Slack | No: No way yet to send records back into Slack | Yes Their page |
| Free plan with no time limit | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
What SlackVault does not do
- Messages, channels, members and file records go to your own Firebase project. Supabase is not supported yet.
- Files do not go to your Google Drive or your Firebase project. When file copying is switched on in our extension build, each file uploads to our file storage with its visibility set to public: the link is hard to guess, but anyone holding it can open the file without signing in. Where no storage key is set in the build, no copy is made, and your archive keeps the file’s details and Slack’s link, which works only while Slack serves that file.
- There is no way yet to send records back into Slack.
- The sync runs in a browser extension, every 15 minutes, only while that browser is running.
- SlackVault can copy only what Slack’s API still returns, so anything older than your plan’s window is out of reach unless an earlier sync already saved it.
- If saving one thread fails, the sync logs it and moves on without retrying those replies.
- Search checks the most recent page of messages, up to 50 per query, not the whole archive.
- The extension and the Android app have no store listing yet, and the source code is in a private repository.