Salesforce Cuts Slack Price for US Government, Following Google

The Slack Technologies Inc. application is displayed in the App Store on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. on Monday, April 29, 2019. Slack's filing last week confirms its plans to avoid a traditional public offering and instead list its shares directly on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SK.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Salesforce Inc. will offer its Slack application to the federal government at a discounted rate, the latest software company to cut prices as the Trump administration aims to slash technology costs.

The team collaboration software will be available to federal agencies at as much as a 90% discount through November, the General Services Administration said Monday in a statement. This replaces lower, fragmented discounts negotiated on an agency-by-agency basis, GSA said.