Have to second IRCCloud as being a great IRC client.
That being said, their pricing is probably no better than Slack's for this purpose ($5/user/month).
That being said, their pricing is probably no better than Slack's for this purpose ($5/user/month).
Glad you like it, this year is going to be a big one for us - we're actively looking at how we can better serve large open communities, and I would suspect that will result in some nice changes to both free accounts and the pricing of paid accounts.
If anybody is interested in making IRC suck less, we've got a designer-shaped hole that needs filling... https://www.irccloud.com/jobs