Moving from SpinBackup for Slack to SlackVault
SlackVault doesn't replace a security platform. It has no retention policies or SLA, and it can't restore messages into Slack. For a small team that only needs a copy of its messages, the steps are short.
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 beside SpinBackup.
- Before your subscription ends, download what you need through SpinBackup's local downloads. SlackVault's importer won't read those files, so keep them as they are.
Last checked November 7, 2026. Check SpinBackup for Slack (Spin.AI) for yourself. SlackVault is not affiliated with or endorsed by Slack.
Which one suits you
Choose SpinBackup if you are a larger organization that wants Slack backup inside one security platform with retention policies, an SLA and a choice of cloud regions.
Choose SlackVault if a $5,000 per year minimum is out of reach and you mainly need a searchable copy of your messages in a Firebase project you own.
Prices
| Plan | Price | Terms as listed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpinBackup | $3 / month | per user; minimum subscription $5,000 per year; Contact Sales | Their page |
Side by side
| What you need | SlackVault | SpinBackup for Slack (Spin.AI) |
|---|---|---|
| Saves public channel messages | Yes | Yes Their page |
| Saves private channel messages | Yes | Yes Their page |
| Saves direct messages and group DMs | Yes | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Saves thread replies | Yes: A thread that fails to save is skipped, not retried | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| 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: 1x or 3x daily Their page |
| Copy lives in storage you control | Partly: Messages in your Firebase project; file copies are not in your storage | Partly: AWS, GCP, Azure or bring your own storage Their page |
| Search across the saved history | Yes: The most recent page of messages, up to 50 per query | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Export to open file formats | Yes: JSON, CSV, HTML and Markdown | Yes: local downloads of backed-up data and metadata 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.