Geekbot vs Standuply (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Standuply grades higher than Geekbot: 3.0 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Standuply grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
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
Standuply
Standup, retro and poll bot for Slack and Microsoft Teams
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 Standuply if
- Fits if a team wants standups without a meeting, inside Slack
- Works for teams that want retros and planning poker in the same bot
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you are over 3 people on Starter, as Starter covers 3 users
- Skip it if you don't use Slack or Teams, since it is a bot that runs inside them
- Watch out: planning poker, 360 feedback and multi-admin need Business
- Watch out: a downgrade applies at the next billing term, with no refund or credit for the current one
- Watch out: plans above 500 employees go through sales
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAGeekbotFair | 3.0GPAStanduplyVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | ATeam is $1.5 per user a month billed annually for up to 5 users, $2.25 for 6 to 30. That is under 60% of the $3.50 that marks the cheaper quarter, though Business runs $3.5 to $4.25. |
| 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. | BStarter is free for 3 users with customisable questions, surveys and manual standups, and a 30-day trial needs no card. A tiny team could live there. |
| 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. | CStandups, retros, planning poker, 360 feedback, polls and links to Jira, Trello and GitHub. Poker, 360 feedback and multiple admins need Business. |
| 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. | BNo store rating on record, but it runs inside the Slack or Teams account you already have, so there is little to set up. |
| 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. | BA bot for Slack and Teams with a web dashboard, plus Jira, Trello, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Asana links. No desktop or phone app of its own is listed. |
| Best for | async standups in Slack or Microsoft Teams | async standups and retros in Slack or Teams |
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 Standuply. 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. Standuply starts at $1.50 a month for each person and scores 2.7.
Standuply scores higher and starts $1 a month lower. Of the other team communication apps on the chart, 5 score higher than Geekbot for less, and none scores higher than Standuply 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.
- Standuply also covers workflow automation and team chat.
At a glance
| Geekbot | Standuply | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $2.50 per standup participant / month on the annual plan ($3 monthly) | $1.5 per user / month, billed annually ($2 billed monthly) |
| 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. | Starter plan: free for 3 users, with 3 respondents for automation, customizable questions, surveys, manual standups and unlimited to-dos. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of the Basic plan, no credit card required | 30-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Geekbot Ltd | Standuply |
| Price read from | geekbot.com | standuply.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 12, 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.
Standuply
- It is a bot that runs inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, so it needs one of them; the web dashboard covers reports and billing.
- The free Starter plan covers 3 users; planning poker, 360 feedback and multi-admin need Business.
- Per-user prices rise by tier, and plans above 500 employees are sold through sales.
- Per the FAQ, a downgrade applies at the next billing term, with no refund or credit for the current one.
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.
Standuply
- Asynchronous standups
- Standup reports run on a schedule or on demand, from templates or your own questions, and answers can include voice or video messages.
- Retrospectives and backlog refinement
- Retro notes and backlog checks are gathered through scheduled team surveys instead of a live meeting.
- Planning poker and 360 feedback
- Estimates and 360-degree feedback are collected from selected people and stored together; both are listed on the Business plan.
- Task tracker connections
- Jira, Trello, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Asana connect to the bot, which can build Agile charts such as burndown from that data.
- Polls and surveys
- One-time polls run from a slash command in Slack, and recurring surveys can use conditional questions or be anonymous.
- Per-user or flat pricing
- Teams choose either a price per active user or a flat monthly fee for unlimited users, up to 500 employees on published tiers.
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.
Standuply
Starter$0
Free for 3 users: customizable questions, video and voice messages, surveys and channel polls.
Team$1.5
per user / month, billed annually ($2 billed monthly)
Price for up to 5 users; $2.25 for 6 to 30 users. Flat fee: $149 a month up to 200 employees. Adds web reports and analytics.
Business$3.5
per user / month, billed annually ($4 billed monthly)
Price for up to 5 users; $4.25 for 6 to 30 users. Flat fee: $249 a month up to 200 employees. Adds planning poker and 360 feedback.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom pricing with SSO, SIEM, a 99.99% uptime SLA, dedicated customer success and centralized account management.
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.
Standuply
- Annual discount
Annual billing lowers the monthly rate
Team is $1.5 per user a month billed annually against $2 billed monthly, and Business $3.5 against $4, for up to 5 users.
- Nonprofit
Special plans for non-profits and schools
The pricing FAQ says non-profit and educational organizations have special plans, available by contacting support.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Geekbot or Standuply?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Geekbot starts at $2.50 per standup participant / month on the annual plan ($3 monthly), and Standuply starts at $1.5 per user / month, billed annually ($2 billed monthly). 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 Standuply?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Geekbot and Standuply have a free plan.
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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.