Geekbot vs Yac (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Geekbot and Yac share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on which platforms you need.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
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
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 Yac if
- Fits if you want to replace some meetings with short recorded messages
- Works for teams on Macs and phones that use Slack
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you use Windows, as no Windows or browser version is listed
- Tight if you stay free, since you cannot invite teammates and see only 100 messages
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $5 against $3 on yearly billing
- Watch out: the homepage says a new version is coming, and some pages carry a 2021 copyright
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAGeekbotFair | 2.4GPAYacFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | B$3 a user a month billed yearly, at the edge of the cheaper quarter, $5 if billed monthly. |
| 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. | CFree for personal use with unlimited voice messages, but no teammates and only the last 100 messages. |
| 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. | CVoice, screen and camera messages, channels and transcription search. Private groups, full history and the Slack link are paid. |
| 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. A team has to be invited and the habit built before it helps. |
| 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. | BMac, iPhone and Android, with Slack and Zapier. No Windows or web version appears on the pages read. |
| Best for | async standups in Slack or Microsoft Teams | voice and screen messages instead of meetings |
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 Yac. 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. Yac starts at $3 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Geekbot starts $0.50 a month lower. Of the other team communication apps on the chart, 8 score higher than Geekbot for less, and 9 score higher than Yac 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, surveys and reports.
- Yac also covers transcription, screen recording and team chat.
At a glance
| Geekbot | Yac | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $2.50 per standup participant / month on the annual plan ($3 monthly) | $3 per user / month, billed yearly ($5 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. | Unlimited voice messages, screen and camera recording, public sharing links, a Yac.com profile and channels, with the last 100 messages visible. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of the Basic plan, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
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| iOS | ||
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| Made by | Geekbot Ltd | Yac Inc. |
| Price read from | geekbot.com | yac.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.
Yac
- Free accounts see only the last 100 messages and cannot invite teammates.
- The homepage says a new version of Yac is coming soon, with a waitlist.
- The Mac, iOS and Android apps are listed; no Windows or browser version appears on the pages read.
- The pricing and footer pages show a 2021 copyright line, so some pages may be older than the rest.
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.
Yac
- Voice messages
- Record a message and share it in a channel or with one person, so teammates can reply when it suits them.
- Screen and camera recording
- Record your screen or camera to give feedback or report a bug. Included on the free plan.
- Channels and private groups
- Channels and personal connections are free; private groups and team management are on the paid plan.
- Transcription search
- Search the text of past voice messages. This needs the Teams plan.
- Public sharing links
- Share a recording through a link that can be opened outside the team.
- Slack and Zapier
- The Teams plan lists a Slack and Zapier integration; the page invites customers to ask about Asana and Jira.
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.
Yac
Free$0
For personal use. Inviting teammates or creating multiple teams needs a paid plan; message history is limited to the last 100.
Yac for Teams$3
per user / month, billed yearly ($5 billed monthly)
Unlimited message history, transcription search, team management, private groups and the Slack and Zapier integration.
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.
Yac
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Geekbot or Yac?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Geekbot starts at $2.50 per standup participant / month on the annual plan ($3 monthly), and Yac starts at $3 per user / month, billed yearly ($5 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 Yac?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Geekbot and Yac have a free plan.
Which platforms do Geekbot and Yac run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Geekbot lists a web app and only Yac lists macOS, iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.