Geekbot Alternatives: 5 Standup Tools Compared (2026)

Keep Geekbot if standups in Slack or Microsoft Teams for up to 10 users are all you need, because that is free. Switch if you need Google Chat or Discord, planning poker and full retros, a different price model, or a way to act on blockers instead of only reading reports.

By The Quely Team, Quely editorial team

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Which Geekbot alternative fits your team?

Last checked: October 29, 2026.

Here are five alternatives and who each one suits:

  • DailyBot: teams on Google Chat or Discord, or teams that want a free plan with unlimited members.
  • Standup Alice: small teams that want one of the lowest paid prices, including on Webex.
  • Standuply: Scrum teams that want standups, retros and planning poker in one bot.
  • Steady (formerly Status Hero): teams that want check-ins combined with goals and activity from Jira and GitHub.
  • Quely: product teams that want standup updates to sit next to the work items, discussions and decisions they refer to.

Geekbot alternatives at a glance

Tool Free plan Paid price (checked Oct 29, 2026) Platforms Best for
Geekbot Up to 10 users, 3 months of report history $3 per user per month, or $2.50 paid yearly Slack, Microsoft Teams Simple standups and polls
DailyBot Unlimited members, 14 days of history, 50 reports a month Essentials $2.40, Advanced $5 per active user per month, paid yearly Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord Teams outside Slack and Teams
Standup Alice Up to 3 users, 3 fixed questions Pro $1.99 per user per month Slack, Teams, Webex, Google Chat Low-cost standups
Standuply Up to 3 users A January 2024 help article lists plans from $1.50 per user per month. The live pricing page did not load when we checked. Slack, Teams Standups plus retros and planning poker
Steady (formerly Status Hero) 100 free credits per user added Credit plans from $25 per month Slack, Teams, web, mobile Check-ins plus goals
Quely Free pilot access Paid plans will be shared before they start Web app. Not a Slack or Teams bot. Standups next to the work they describe

Prices change often. Check each vendor's pricing page before you decide.

What Geekbot does well

Geekbot asks each person their standup questions in Slack or Teams, at a time based on their own time zone. It then posts the answers in a channel. You can change the questions and the schedule. Geekbot also runs polls and surveys, and it groups open answers into themes with AI.

Its free Starter plan covers up to 10 users with 3 months of report history. Standups cost $3 per user per month, or $2.50 paid yearly. Polls and surveys are billed separately.

Why teams look for a Geekbot alternative

  1. Platform. Geekbot works in Slack and Teams only.
  2. Team size. The free plan stops at 10 users.
  3. Other Scrum rituals. Geekbot has a retro template, but some teams want full retros and planning poker in the same tool.
  4. Blockers get reported but not solved. A standup can say "blocked" without saying why, and nobody follows up.

DailyBot

DailyBot runs check-ins in Slack, Teams, Google Chat and Discord. It also has mood tracking, kudos and workflows. It connects to Jira, GitHub and Linear. AI reports and the Jira connector need the Advanced plan.

Choose DailyBot if you work in Google Chat or Discord, or you have more than 10 people and want a free plan.

Skip it if you need long history on the free plan. It keeps 14 days.

Standup Alice

Standup Alice runs daily or weekly standups with custom questions. It sends summaries to channels and email. It works in Slack, Teams, Webex and Google Chat.

Choose Standup Alice if you want a low, confirmed price per user, or you work in Webex.

Skip it if you need polls, retros or integrations with Jira and GitHub. Standup Alice focuses on standups.

Standuply

Standuply runs standups by text, voice or video. It also runs async retros, planning poker, backlog grooming and polls. It connects to Jira, GitHub, Trello and Asana.

Choose Standuply if you want most Scrum rituals in one Slack or Teams bot.

Skip it if you want simple, clear pricing. Its live pricing page did not show prices when we checked.

Steady (formerly Status Hero)

Status Hero is now called Steady. It combines check-ins with goals, AI briefs and blocker alerts. It pulls activity from Jira, GitHub, Zoom and Google Calendar.

Choose Steady if you want check-ins tied to goals and tool activity.

Skip it if you want a simple price per user. Steady uses credits.

Quely

Quely is not a standup bot. It is for teams that already post updates but still have to chase the reason behind a blocker.

In our sprint workflow video, a product manager sets up async standups as a thread inside the sprint's Space. The team posts its updates there. The product manager explains the next step: ask Orbit, Quely's AI, "Is there any blocker? Is there anything I need to help the team with?" The product manager uses the answer to spot reviews, approvals or other items that need help. The sprint's work items, retro document and discussions are in the same Space, so the product manager can open the related item without switching tools.

An Orbit answer with its source records.
An Orbit answer with its source records. Captured Quely interface with illustrative example content.

Choose Quely if your standups work, but blockers stay open because the reason lives in another tool.

Skip it if you only need scheduled questions in Slack or Teams. A standup bot does that well.

Quely offers a free pilot. You start with one sprint, release or initiative. Book a walkthrough to set it up.

How to choose in one week

  1. Write down why you want to leave Geekbot: platform, price, rituals or blockers.
  2. Pick the one or two tools in the table that fix that reason.
  3. Run them with one team for five working days.
  4. Check whether people answered, whether someone read the answers, and whether each blocker got an owner.

How we compared

The Quely team wrote this comparison. We used each vendor's public pricing and product pages, checked on October 29, 2026. We did not run hands-on tests of the other products. Features and prices vary by plan, so confirm them with each vendor.

Frequently asked questions

Is Geekbot free?

Yes, for up to 10 users. The free Starter plan includes standups, polls and surveys, with 3 months of report history.

What is the cheapest Geekbot alternative?

Standup Alice Pro costs $1.99 per user per month. Standuply's January 2024 help article lists plans from $1.50, but its live pricing page did not show prices when we checked. DailyBot has a free plan with unlimited members, but it keeps only 14 days of history.

Which Geekbot alternatives work in Microsoft Teams?

DailyBot, Standup Alice, Standuply and Steady all support Microsoft Teams.

Is Quely a standup bot?

No. Quely is not a Slack or Teams standup bot. Teams can post standup updates in a Quely Space and ask Orbit about blockers, next to the work items and discussions they refer to.

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