Geekbot vs Standup Jack (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Geekbot grades higher than Standup Jack: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Geekbot grades higher on features and platforms. Standup Jack grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Geekbot
Async standups, polls and surveys in Slack and Microsoft Teams
Standup Jack
Slack bot that runs daily standups by direct message
Which one is for you
Pick Geekbot if
- Fits if your team of 10 or fewer already runs standups in Slack or Microsoft Teams
- Works for managers who want written check-ins posted to one channel instead of a daily meeting
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your team isn't on Slack or Microsoft Teams, since it only works inside those
- Tight if you pass 10 active participants or want more than 3 months of reporting history for free
- Not for you if you want anonymous reporting, the API, Geekbot AI or CSV exports for free, as all sit on Basic
- Pricey if you poll the whole company often, because polls cost $0.75 a respondent on top of standups
- Watch out: the Jira, Google Calendar and Asana integrations are listed under Enterprise, which has no published price
Pick Standup Jack if
- Fits if your team lives in Slack and wants a written daily update
- Works for remote teams spread across time zones
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you do not use Slack, as no other chat system is supported
- Tight if you want a free plan, since the bot hibernates after 14 days
- Too light for anything beyond standups, with no tasks or goals
- Watch out: setup and changes happen by chatting with the bot, not in a dashboard
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAGeekbotFair | 2.2GPAStandup JackFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BStandups are $2.50 per participant a month on the annual plan, $3 monthly, which undercuts the standup bots it lists itself against apart from Dailybot at $2.40. Polls are billed separately at $0.75 a respondent, and API access, Geekbot AI and CSV exports all need Basic. | A$1 a user a month, under 60% of the $3 the cheaper quarter of team chat tools charge. |
| Free plan and trial | CStarter is free but stops at 10 active participants and keeps 3 months of reporting history, so a growing team walks into it. There's a 30-day trial of Basic as well, card-free, if you want to see the AI and the API. | C14 days free, then the bot stops until you upgrade. No free plan. The listing does not say whether a card is needed. |
| Features | CIt covers its own job: standups in each person's local time, out-of-office pauses, polls and surveys with anonymous voting, blocker and sentiment reports, 25-plus templates, an MCP server and a CLI. But that job is a slice of team chat, not the whole thing, and it needs Slack or Teams to run at all. | DOne narrow job, standups, and it needs Slack to run at all. Custom questions, time zones and vacations are covered. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Setting it up is real work, if not hard work: connect Slack or Teams, pick from the 25-odd templates, choose participants and set the schedule before the first question goes out. | CNo rating on record. You add the bot to Slack and set it up by chatting with it. |
| Platforms and integrations | BThere's no Geekbot app to install: it runs inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, and its own web side is for setup, analytics and billing. Jira, Google Calendar and Asana are listed under Enterprise. API access comes with Basic, along with an MCP server and a CLI. | CSlack only. The FAQ says other chat systems are not supported yet. |
| Best for | async standups in Slack or Microsoft Teams | daily standups inside Slack |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Geekbot and Standup Jack. How we grade
Price against what you get
Geekbot starts at $2.50 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Standup Jack starts at $1 a month for each person and scores 1.7.
Geekbot scores higher, and starts $1.50 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other team communication apps on the chart, 8 score higher than Geekbot for less, and 12 score higher than Standup Jack for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Geekbot also covers templates and surveys.
- Standup Jack also covers workflow automation and team chat.
At a glance
| Geekbot | Standup Jack | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $2.50 per standup participant / month on the annual plan ($3 monthly) | $1 per user / month after a 14-day trial |
| Free plan | Starter plan: free for teams of up to 10 active participants, with unlimited standups, reports, polls and surveys and up to 3 months of reporting history. | None |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of the Basic plan, no credit card required | 14 days free; after that the bot hibernates until you upgrade or remove it. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Geekbot Ltd | Standup Jack |
| Price read from | geekbot.com | standupjack.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Geekbot
- Geekbot works inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, so a team needs one of them; its own web dashboard is for setup, analytics and billing.
- The free Starter plan covers up to 10 active participants and keeps up to 3 months of reporting history.
- API access, Geekbot AI, anonymous reporting, engagement summaries and CSV exports are listed under the Basic plan.
- Standups and polls are billed separately: standups per participant, polls and surveys per respondent.
Standup Jack
- Works only inside Slack; the FAQ says other chat systems are not supported yet.
- There is no free plan: after 14 days the bot stops until you upgrade.
- Set up and changes happen by chatting with the bot, not through a separate dashboard.
Key features
Geekbot
- Asynchronous standups
- The bot messages each participant in Slack or Teams with the standup questions, collects the replies and broadcasts every report in a chosen channel.
- Schedules across time zones
- Questions arrive in each person's local time, participants can set their own reporting times, and out-of-office periods pause the standup.
- Polls and surveys
- Instant polls and recurring surveys go to channels or DMs, with anonymous voting, AI-generated answer options and results shown as charts.
- Insights and analytics
- Reporting insights cover participation rates, categories of blockers and team sentiment, and a dashboard tracks reported tasks and projects over time.
- Templates
- More than 25 pre-built templates include a daily standup, a retrospective, a sales report and an employee NPS survey.
- API, MCP server and CLI
- The Basic plan includes API access, and an MCP server and a command-line tool connect Geekbot to AI agents.
Standup Jack
- Daily update prompts
- Jack messages each person at the time they picked and asks a few questions about their day.
- Team post
- On weekdays Jack posts everyone's responses to the Slack channel chosen for the standup, including private groups after an invite.
- Custom questions and schedule
- Add, change or delete questions, pick weekdays, and change the update time or standup channel by messaging Jack.
- Time zone support
- Jack reads the time zone in each person's Slack profile so a 10am prompt is not sent in the middle of the night.
- Vacation handling
- Setting a Slack status such as OOO, PTO or sick stops prompts while the person is away.
- Multiple standups per team
- Create separate standups with their own participants, questions and posting channel.
Plans
Geekbot
Starter$0
Up to 10 users. Unlimited standups, reports, polls and surveys, schedule customization, reporting insights and an analytics dashboard.
Basic$2.50
per standup participant / month, annual plan ($3 monthly)
Adds threaded reports, engagement summaries, anonymous reporting, API access, Geekbot AI and CSV exports. Polls cost $0.75 per respondent ($1 monthly).
EnterpriseCustom
Volume discounts, integration with Jira, Google Calendar and Asana, a dedicated database instance, managed cloud deployment and custom security assessments.
Standup Jack
Standup Jack$1
per user / month
One plan after the 14-day trial: multiple standups per team, custom questions, time zones and vacation handling.
Ways to pay less
Geekbot
- Annual discount
17% off standups on the annual plan
Standups cost $2.50 per participant / month on the annual plan against $3 monthly, and polls and surveys cost $0.75 per respondent against $1, a 25% saving.
Standup Jack
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Geekbot or Standup Jack?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Geekbot starts at $2.50 per standup participant / month on the annual plan ($3 monthly), and Standup Jack starts at $1 per user / month after a 14-day trial. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Geekbot or Standup Jack?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Geekbot has a free plan. Standup Jack does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.