Dailybot vs Steady

Dailybot

• Distributed teams replacing live standup meetings with written updates
• Teams that already work in Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat or Discord
• Engineering teams that want coding agents to report progress next to people

Steady

• Distributed teams replacing daily standups and status meetings with written updates
• Organizations coordinating several teams around shared goals
• Teams that run AI coding agents and want them reporting alongside people

Dailybot

• Dailybot is not a standalone chat app: it runs inside Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat or Discord, with a web dashboard and a Chrome extension.
• Starter is capped at 50 compiled check-in reports a month and 14 days of history, and has no AI summaries, forms or integrations.
• Paid plans bill every member whose status is active, whether or not they use Dailybot; an admin has to deactivate people to stop paying for them.
• The public API, CLI, agent skill pack, AI workflows, anonymous responses and role-based access with 2FA are limited to Advanced.

Steady

• Cost follows usage: a check-in delivered to 5 people spends 5 credits, and Goal Story updates and Echo answers cost 5 credits per recipient.
• When credits run out Steady stops deliveries until more are added, though it keeps collecting updates for 7 days.
• On iOS and Android Steady runs as a progressive web app; the native apps are for Mac and Windows only.

Dailybot

Async check-ins

Scheduled questions such as a daily standup or a retrospective reach each person in chat, across time zones, and the answers are compiled into one report with blockers flagged.

AI summaries and reports

AI summarizes standup responses and surfaces blockers on Essentials and Advanced. AI-generated reports on trends and team health are limited to Advanced.

Automations

Multi-step workflows run on a trigger such as a check-in response, form submission, schedule or webhook, then send messages, call APIs, update records or request approvals.

Forms

Define questions, share a form by link or embed it in chat, and filter, sort or export the responses. A new response can trigger an automation.

Kudos

Teammates give each other recognition in chat, tied to company values and tracked on a team leaderboard. Starter allows 20 kudos per organization each month.

CLI and agent skill pack

On Advanced, coding agents in Cursor, Claude Code or Codex use the CLI and skill pack to report progress, run check-ins and send updates alongside people.

Steady

Smart Check-ins

Teammates share plans and progress on the days their team chooses, with AI drafts and reminders, and work from connected apps is attached automatically.

Goal Stories

Each goal gets a running record of who is doing what and where things stand, and goal updates are delivered to the people following it.

Daily Digest

A personalized digest of check-ins, goal updates and activity, delivered where people work: Slack, Microsoft Teams, email or the Steady apps.

Echoes

AI agents that answer a recurring question on a schedule, such as which goals are slipping, drawing on check-ins, goals and connected tools.

Agent teammates, MCP and API

AI agents can join teams, check in and update goals like people. An MCP server connects Claude and ChatGPT, and a REST API and CLI are available.

Insights and admin controls

Insights charts teamwork trends such as progress on goals. SSO, SAML and SCIM are available, and the vendor reports SOC 2 Type 2 audits.

Dailybot

• Starter$0

  Unlimited members in 1 workspace, standup check-ins and kudos, up to 50 compiled check-in reports a month and 14 days of history.

• Essentials$2.40

  per active user / month, billed annually ($3 billed monthly)

  Unlimited check-in reports, custom questions, AI summaries and digests, participation metrics, integrations and 6 months of history, in 1 workspace.

• Advanced$5

  per active user / month, billed annually ($6.50 billed monthly)

  Multiple workspaces, the public API, AI workflows and AI-generated reports, the Dailybot CLI and agent skill pack, anonymous responses and unlimited history.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Advanced plus SLAs, priority support, data protection agreements, guided onboarding and flexible billing.

Steady

• 500 credits$25

  per month

  Smallest credit pack, with unlimited users and all features. Packs of 1,000 and 2,000 credits cost $50 and $100 a month.

• 4,000 credits$200

  per month

  Includes a 5% credit bonus, as does the 8,000-credit pack at $400 a month.

• 15,000 credits$750

  per month

  Includes a 10% credit bonus, as does the 25,000-credit pack at $1,250 a month.

• 35,000 credits$1,750

  per month

  Includes a 15% credit bonus.

• 50,000+ creditsCustom

  Custom pricing for workspaces that need 50,000 credits a month or more.

Dailybot

• Annual discount

  20% or more off with annual billing

  Essentials is $2.40 per active user / month billed annually against $3 monthly, and Advanced is $5 against $6.50, a saving of 20% and about 23%.

• Education

  50% off paid plans for education

  Accredited and nonprofit educational institutions, their student groups and school districts can apply by email for a permanent 50% discount on paid plans.

• Nonprofit

  Discounted plans for nonprofits

  Registered nonprofits and charities, such as US 501(c)(3) organizations, can apply by email for a discount code on paid plans. The amount is not published.

• Education

  6 months free with the GitHub Student Pack

  Students with a GitHub Student Developer Pack get six months of the full platform free for academic project teams of up to 10 members.

Steady

No public discounts listed.