Overview

Geekbot schedules standups, gathers updates and shares reports to help teams track progress and blockers without requiring everyone to meet at once. Notifications can follow each participant’s local time zone, and people can personalize their reporting times. That flexibility helps distributed teams, though the workflow still depends on members responding to prompts.

Polls and surveys extend the product beyond status updates. Teams can schedule polls, allow anonymous or multiple votes, and visualize results. Ask Geekbot answers natural-language questions using reports and poll or survey votes, making it useful for querying captured team activity rather than as a general-purpose assistant.

Key features

Check-ins and team reporting

Recurring schedules, agenda templates, action-item and decision tracking, and outcome reporting support an ongoing workflow. Reports make updates and blockers easier to review, but Starter retains only three months of reporting history; paid plans offer unlimited history, which matters to teams that need older records.

Polls and AI answers

AI-generated poll options can help teams get a poll started, while scheduling, anonymous voting, multiple-vote options and result visualizations cover different ways to gather input. Ask Geekbot can answer questions from reports and poll or survey votes, but its answers are bounded by that team data.

Integrations, exports and security

Geekbot works with Slack and Microsoft Teams. Its AI help page also lists optional Google Calendar, Jira, Asana, GitLab and GitHub integrations. Basic includes API access and CSV exports, and reports can be exported as CSV. Geekbot says it uses TLS encryption in transit and at rest, supports data removal on request, and conducts routine third-party audits and testing. It is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and says it complies with applicable GDPR, UK-GDPR, CCPA and PCI requirements.

Pricing

The free Starter plan supports up to 10 users. Teams with more than 10 active participants need to upgrade, and Starter’s three-month reporting history is shorter than the unlimited history on paid plans.

Basic separates standups from polls and surveys, with charges tied to participation rather than a single flat team fee:

Basic — Standups: $2.50 per participant per month on annual billing, or $3 per participant per month on monthly billing. It charges for each active standup participant, making it a fit for teams that want recurring check-ins and can budget per active respondent.
Basic — Polls & Surveys: $0.75 per respondent on annual billing, or $1 per respondent per month on monthly billing. It charges per unique respondent in a month, with no charge in a month without polls. That suits teams whose polling use varies, but frequent or broad participation can increase the bill.

Both Basic options include a free 30-day trial. Enterprise has custom pricing and adds volume discounts, enterprise ecosystem integration, enhanced data storage, managed cloud services and custom security assessments. It also includes priority support with faster responses and around-the-clock assistance, plus a dedicated account manager and onboarding, so it is aimed at organizations that need those services rather than a small team seeking the lowest cost.

Platforms

Geekbot is available on web and through an API, and its standup, poll and survey workflows operate in Slack and Microsoft Teams. That makes it a natural fit for teams already working in those collaboration tools; teams seeking a standalone mobile app are not served by the listed platforms.

Who it's for

Geekbot suits engineering leads, product owners, CEOs and founders, operations officers, and sales and marketing managers who need recurring updates or quick team input. It is particularly useful for distributed teams that benefit from time-zone-aware prompts. It is less compelling for teams that do not use Slack or Microsoft Teams, or that need a free tier for more than 10 active participants.

Pros and cons

Pro: Standups, polls and surveys share a reporting workflow, so teams can gather updates and decisions without switching between separate tools.
Pro: Local-time notifications and personalized reporting times accommodate distributed schedules.
Pro: Ask Geekbot can query reports and votes in natural language, while CSV exports and Basic API access offer ways to work with the data.
Con: Starter stops at 10 users and keeps only three months of history, limiting its usefulness for growing teams or long-term reporting.
Con: Basic standup charges scale with active participants, while polling charges vary with unique monthly respondents; costs require attention as participation expands.
Con: The product’s core workflows depend on Slack or Microsoft Teams, making it a poor fit for teams using neither.

Alternatives

For a standup-focused comparison, Daily Standup Software is the relevant category. Teams looking more broadly at meeting workflows can browse Meeting Management Software, while those prioritizing questionnaires can compare Survey Software.

DailyStandup is worth considering for a small team that wants a free plan capped at five members, daily AI summaries and seven-day history. Murmurd offers a free tier for up to five team members with daily check-ins, weekly priorities, basic escalations and email notifications, so it may suit teams looking for that simpler check-in setup.

Sup Bot is an option for teams whose follow-up needs fit its free plan of one active follow-up, up to 15 members and unlimited responses. Team O'clock may suit teams seeking retrospective activities, unlimited activity history and team metrics, with Growth starting at 10 monthly active members.

asyncmate is another freemium alternative. Standuply offers a free Starter plan for three users, with automation, Q&A and unlimited free To-Dos. StandupSync may suit teams wanting month-to-month Pro pricing and up to 50 members. Standup Hiro is a paid alternative with a free trial and mobile apps for Android and iOS, as well as web access.

Verdict

Choose Geekbot if your team works in Slack or Microsoft Teams and wants asynchronous standups alongside polling, reports and natural-language questions over team responses. Its main advantage is bringing those workflows together with time-zone-aware scheduling; its main drawback is that the free participant cap and participation-based paid charges can make expansion costly. Teams seeking a larger free allowance or a different workflow should compare alternatives before committing.

	BoardEffect	Geekbot
Free plan		Yes
Free trial	Yes	Yes
Platforms	Android, api, iOS, Web	api, Web
Free plan	No	Yes
Agenda templates	Yes	Yes
Decision tracking	Yes	Yes
Action-item tracking	Yes	Yes
Outcome reporting	Yes	Yes
Paid from		0.75 /user/mo
Recurring meetings		Yes

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