Slack standup bots compared
Free plan limits and prices for eleven standup bots, read from each vendor's own pricing page, and which one fits which team.
Add to Slack installs Morgenruf on the free hosted instance CloudDrove runs. Self-hosting is the same MIT code.
Morgenruf is a free, open-source (MIT) Slack standup bot. This page compares it with ten other standup bots on free plan limits and paid price, each checked on the vendor's own pricing page on 2026-09-27. For standups only, Standup & Prosper has the largest free hosted plan; Morgenruf is the option you can also run yourself.
Last reviewed September 26, 2026
Free plans and prices, side by side
Eleven Slack standup bots, including Morgenruf, which is the one this site is about. Each row comes from that vendor's own pricing page, read on 2026-09-27. Prices are per month unless the row says otherwise. If a row is wrong, say so and it will be fixed.
| Bot | Free plan | Paid price | Chat apps | Source and hosting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Morgenruf | Free at any team size on the hosted instance | None | Slack; Google Chat in beta | MIT, self-host with Docker or Helm |
 Standup & Prosper | Free forever: unlimited standups and team members | $1 or $4 per standup user a month | Slack | Closed |
 Geekbot | Up to 10 users, unlimited standups | $3 per participant a month, $2.50 billed annually | Slack, Microsoft Teams | Closed |
 DailyBot | Unlimited members, 50 compiled reports a month, 14 days of history | $3 or $6.50 per active user a month ($2.40 or $5 annually) | Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord | Closed |
 Range | Up to 12 users, 30 days of check-in history | $8 per team member a month | Slack, Microsoft Teams | Closed |
 Troopr | Up to 10 seats and 3 scheduled routines | $8 per seat a month, $6 annually | Slack, Microsoft Teams | Closed; self-hosted on Enterprise |
 Team O'clock | Up to 5 active members, 14 days of history | $3 per active member a month, 10 member minimum | Slack, Microsoft Teams | Closed |
 Kollabe | Slack standups not included | $29 per space a month, flat | Slack, Microsoft Teams | Closed |
 Polly | Standups not included | From $19 a month billed annually, 500 responses a month | Slack, Teams, Google Chat and more | Closed |
 Steady (was Status Hero) | None; 100 credits per user added | Credit based, from $25 a month | Slack, Microsoft Teams | Closed |
 poddaily | Free, self-hosted | None | Slack | MIT, self-host (Postgres and Redis) |
Logos belong to their owners and are shown only to identify each product. Standuply is not in this table; its prices, checked 2026-09-29, are on the Standuply comparison.
Which one to pick
Most teams do not need to compare eleven tools. They need the one that fits how they work.
- Standups only, Slack only, and you want it free with nothing to run: Standup & Prosper. Its free plan has no cap on standups or people, which is the largest free hosted plan in this table. It is the honest first answer for that team.
- Ten people or fewer, or you need Microsoft Teams, polls and surveys: Geekbot. It is the most established product here, and free up to ten users.
- Your company is on Google Chat or Discord as well as Slack: DailyBot covers the most chat apps.
- Standups are one part of Jira work in Slack: Troopr.
- You want check-ins tied to goals and meeting agendas: Range.
- You also run retros and planning poker: Team O'clock or Kollabe.
- Standup answers must stay on your own servers, or you want coffee chats and peer recognition in the same app, at any team size for free: Morgenruf. It is MIT licensed, runs on Docker or Kubernetes, and is also free on a hosted instance if you would rather not run it. poddaily is the other active open-source option, smaller and standups only.
What "free" means in each case
A free plan usually runs out in one of four ways. Knowing which one applies tells you when the bill starts.
- A user cap. Geekbot and Troopr stop at 10, Range at 12, Team O'clock at 5. The eleventh person turns the whole team into a paid plan.
- A history limit. DailyBot keeps 14 days on its free plan, Team O'clock 14, Range 30. Fine for the daily habit, not for looking back at a quarter.
- A usage cap. DailyBot allows 50 compiled check-in reports a month across the whole organisation.
- Standups not included. Polly and Kollabe have free plans, but Slack standups are on their paid plans.
Standup & Prosper and Morgenruf have no user cap. The difference is that Standup & Prosper is hosted only and closed source, while Morgenruf can also run on your own infrastructure, where you keep every answer for as long as you like.
What a 30 person team pays in a year
At list price, paying monthly, for standups only: Geekbot $1,080, DailyBot Essentials $1,080, Range $2,880, Troopr $2,880, Team O'clock $1,080. Standup & Prosper and Morgenruf: $0 on their free plans. Where annual billing is offered, it lowers these by 17 to 25 percent.
What happened to Status Hero
Status Hero is now called Steady. statushero.com redirects to runsteady.com, and the product is sold on credits rather than seats, with no free plan.
About this page
Morgenruf is built by Anmol Nagpal and sponsored by CloudDrove, so this page is not neutral, and it says so. The rows are written from each vendor's own pages, and the recommendations above name another tool first wherever another tool fits better. For a closer look at one of them, see the Geekbot, DailyBot, Standuply and Standup & Prosper comparisons.
Slack standup bots
What is the best free Slack standup bot?
For standups only on Slack with nothing to run, Standup & Prosper: its free plan has no limit on standups or people. For ten people or fewer who need Teams or polls, Geekbot. To keep answers on your own servers, or to add coffee chats and kudos, Morgenruf, which is free at any size and MIT licensed.
Is there an open-source Slack standup bot?
Yes. Morgenruf (MIT, Docker or Helm, with a free hosted instance too) and poddaily (MIT, self-hosted) are both maintained. Older projects such as 18F's standup-slack-bot are archived.
Which standup bots have no user limit on the free plan?
Standup & Prosper and Morgenruf, as of 2026-09-27. DailyBot has no member limit but caps compiled reports at 50 a month and keeps 14 days of history.
Is Geekbot free?
For teams of up to 10 users. Above that it costs $3 per participant a month, or $2.50 billed annually (checked 2026-09-27).
What happened to Status Hero?
It was renamed Steady. It now charges for credits rather than seats and has no free plan.