Everything team chat apps do, plus the record the chat is about.
Connect has the channels, direct messages and threads you expect. What it adds is the record: every conversation can belong to a customer, a project or a document, and a decision is one click from a task. Each feature below shows the plan it is proposed for.
Product design preview · Connect has not shipped. All features, screens and prices are proposals.
Everything on these pages — the screens, the features, the prices — is Centilio Connect as designed, not a product you can open today. Connect is in the third wave of Centilio tools: there is no app, no beta and no launch date yet, and we would rather show you the whole design and say so than publish a page that says "coming soon" and nothing else. Join the waitlist and you will hear first.
Six chapters, each one a job your team already does.
The same jobs any team group chat app handles — talk, attach, decide, find, invite, control — with the record in the middle. Celia's part is written into each chapter: what it drafts, and what you approve.
6 feature groups
Proposed at launch unless marked after launchChannels and direct messages, on web and mobile.
Talk
Read capabilities
- Channels for a team, a topic or a customer, public or private. Free
- Direct messages and small group conversations. Free
- Replies in a thread, mentions and reactions, so a side question does not bury the main one. Free
- Web and mobile from the same record, with nothing to sync. Free
- Celia: a catch-up on a busy channel — what changed since you last looked. Pro
Proposed at launch unless marked after launchThreads attached to customers, projects and documents.
Attach
Read capabilities
- Open a thread from a customer, a project or a document, and find it again from either side. Free
- Files shared in a conversation filed into Drive with the thread they came from. Free
- Project threads that follow the project in Track, when Track ships. Pro
- Celia: a summary on the record of what was said about it, written when you ask. Pro
Proposed at launch unless marked after launchMessages to tasks, meetings and decisions in one click.
Decide
Read capabilities
- Mark a message as the decision; it is pinned to the record for everyone. Free
- Turn a message into a task with an owner and a date, the thread attached. Pro
- Start a meeting from a thread through Meet, with the summary filed back, when Meet ships. Pro
- Celia: drafts the task or the meeting from the decision; a person approves before it is created. Pro
Proposed at launch unless marked after launchSearch across chat and the records it refers to.
Find
Read capabilities
- Search messages, files and the records they belong to in one box. Free
- The last 12 months searchable on Free; all of it on Pro and above. Pro
- Celia: ask "what did we quote them?" and get the answer with the message it came from. Pro
Proposed at launch unless marked after launchGuests for clients and partners, by role.
Invite
Read capabilities
- Invite a client or partner as a guest into the channels you choose. Pro
- Guest roles from Account: read, post, download — nothing beyond their channels. Pro
- Guests never counted as members on a paid plan. Pro
- Guest invitations approved by an admin before they are sent. Business
Proposed at launch unless marked after launchRetention, audit and the owner's view.
Control
Read capabilities
- Roles set once in Account and honoured in every channel. Free
- Retention rules per channel. Business
- An audit trail of invitations, role changes, exports and archives. Business
- Several teams under one business, on one bill. Business
- Legal hold, custom retention and regional residency on contract. Enterprise
No matches. Clear the search or choose another group.
Views of Connect, designed and not yet built.
Sample screens, not connected services.
What is on Free, Pro, Business and Enterprise.
Proposed plans, priced per business. Members are unlimited from Pro; guests are never counted.
| Feature | Free · US $0/mo | Pro · US $19/mo | Business · US $39/mo | Enterprise · custom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Members | Up to 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Guests (clients and partners) | — | ✓ by role | ✓ by role, admin approval | ✓ |
| Channels and direct messages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web and mobile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Threads on customers, projects and documents | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Decisions pinned to the record | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Searchable history | Last 12 months | All of it | All of it | All of it |
| Files filed into Drive | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Messages to tasks (Track) and meetings (Meet) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Celia: answers, summaries, drafted tasks | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Retention rules by channel | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit trail and export | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Several teams under one business | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Legal hold and custom retention | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Regional data residency | — | — | — | On request |
| Contract terms and a named contact | — | — | — | ✓ |
What changes when the chat knows the record.
Asking which is the best team chat app usually means asking where the work lives. This is against a channel-first chat tool in general, not a named product; named comparisons, on dated research, are on the compare pages.
| A channel-first chat tool | Centilio Connect, proposed | |
|---|---|---|
| Where a conversation lives | In a channel named after a topic | On the customer, project or document it is about |
| Where a decision goes | In the scroll, unless someone pins it | Pinned to the record, one click from a task |
| Where files go | Into the chat | Into Drive, filed with the thread |
| Who pays | Per user, in the tools we researched in 2026 | One price for the business |
| Availability | Shipped | Not shipped — wave 3 |
About the features.
Is there a mobile app?
Connect is designed for web and mobile from the same record, so a thread opened on the phone is the same thread on the desk. Neither exists yet; Connect is in the third wave.
Can I use Connect without Track or Meet?
Yes. Connect is designed to work with a Centilio Account alone. Track and Meet add tasks and meetings from a thread when they ship; until then the decision stays pinned to the record.
Where do files shared in chat go?
Into Drive, filed with the thread they came from, rather than living only inside the conversation. You find them from the chat, from the record or from Drive search.
Can a guest see everything?
No. A guest sees only the channels you invite them to, with the role you give them in Account. Internal channels, the member list and other customers stay out of view.
Does Celia read every message?
Celia answers only from what the person asking can already see, and shows the message or document each answer came from. It drafts tasks and summaries when asked; a person approves them.
Be first when Connect opens.
Connect is in the third wave. Join the waitlist and you will hear before the announcement. One login, one record, and the next tool already waiting inside: Account and Drive, the two tools Connect is designed to sit on, are live today.