Standup Jack review (2026): is it worth $1 a month per user?
Slack bot that runs daily standups by direct message
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Standup Jack report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for daily standups inside Slack
Standup Jack is a Slack bot that asks each person for a daily update by direct message and posts the team's answers. It costs $1 a user a month after a 14-day trial. It only works in Slack, and once the trial ends it stops until you pay.
Who Standup Jack is for
- Fits if your team lives in Slack and wants a written daily update
- Works for remote teams spread across time zones
Who Standup Jack is not for
- 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
Why Standup Jack gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for money$1 a user a month, under 60% of the $3 the cheaper quarter of team chat tools charge.
- CFree plan and trial14 days free, then the bot stops until you upgrade. No free plan. The listing does not say whether a card is needed.
- DFeaturesOne narrow job, standups, and it needs Slack to run at all. Custom questions, time zones and vacations are covered.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You add the bot to Slack and set it up by chatting with it.
- CPlatforms and integrationsSlack only. The FAQ says other chat systems are not supported yet.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Standup Jack's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Standup Jack's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 9 of the 75 other team communication apps we grade, and level with 19.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 58 of 75) and worst on features (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $1 a month for each person, against a middle price of $6.90 for the category: 0 of the 51 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 76 team communication apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Standup Jack’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 58 of 75, level with 17
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 75, level with 35
- DFeaturesAbove 0 of 75
- CEase of useAbove 11 of 75, level with 46
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 75, level with 8
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 66 team communication apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Standup Jack, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Standup Jack you would be making chat that a whole team counts on staying up. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 47 of the 75 other team communication apps grade higher. It costs $12 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Chat that a whole team counts on staying up.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
What this rests on. Standup Jack’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Standup Jack?
Standup Jack is a Slack bot that asks each teammate a few standup questions at a time they choose, then posts everyone's answers to a channel on weekdays. Standups, questions, times and participants are changed by messaging the bot inside Slack.
Worth knowing
- 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
- 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.
Standup Jack pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Standup Jack is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $1 per user / month after a 14-day trial.
- Starts at
- $1 per user / month after a 14-day trial
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14 days free; after that the bot hibernates until you upgrade or remove it.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Standup Jack | $1per user / month | One plan after the 14-day trial: multiple standups per team, custom questions, time zones and vacation handling. |
Read from standupjack.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Standup Jack before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Standup Jack have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Standup Jack is listed for Web.
Does Standup Jack have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Standup Jack is listed for Web.
Is Standup Jack open source?
Standup Jack is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.