A free, open-source DailyBot alternative for Slack
Verdict: DailyBot charges $3 per active user a month once you pass its free plan's 50 reports (checked 2026-09-29), while Morgenruf runs the same Slack standup free at any size, so pick DailyBot only if you need Teams, Discord or its forms.
Add to Slack installs Morgenruf on the free hosted instance CloudDrove runs. Self-hosting is the same MIT code.
Your morning, on one screen.
Morgenruf is a free, open-source (MIT) DailyBot alternative for Slack. Like DailyBot, it sends each person standup questions by DM and posts one summary to a channel. Unlike DailyBot (free for 50 compiled reports a month, then $3 per active user per month, checked 2026-09-29), it has no report cap or seat price, can run on your own servers, and adds coffee chats.
Last reviewed September 29, 2026
What you are actually comparing
DailyBot is a hosted check-in and standup assistant that works across Slack, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams and Discord, with AI reports, forms, kudos and workflow automation on top. Morgenruf does the standup, plus coffee chats and recognition, for nothing per seat: free on the hosted instance CloudDrove runs, or on your own infrastructure with the same MIT code.
The decision usually comes down to two things: which chat apps your company uses, and whether you want a bill that grows with every active user. The same question applies to Geekbot and Standup & Prosper, which the comparison pages work through.
How do Morgenruf and DailyBot compare?
| Morgenruf | DailyBot | |
|---|---|---|
| Async standups by DM, one channel summary | Yes | Yes |
| Kudos and recognition | Yes | Yes |
| Coffee chat introductions | Yes | No |
| Forms and surveys | No | Yes |
| Chat apps | Slack; Google Chat in beta | Slack, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, Discord |
| Free plan | Yes, any team size, no report cap | Unlimited members, 50 compiled check-in reports a month, 14 days of history |
| Price above the free plan | None | $3 or $6.50 per active user monthly, $2.40 or $5 billed annually |
| A 30 person team on the entry paid plan, per year | $0 hosted | $864 to $1,080 |
| Runs on your own servers | Yes | No |
| Source you can read | MIT, the whole app | Closed; some side tools are MIT |
DailyBot plans and prices checked 2026-09-29 on DailyBot's pricing page, chat apps and features on its homepage. If something here is out of date, please open an issue.
Where DailyBot wins
- More chat apps. Slack, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams and Discord. If part of the company lives outside Slack, that settles it.
- Forms, surveys and workflows. DailyBot does more than the morning check-in: forms, mood tracking, workflow automation and an AI assistant.
- Nothing to run. No server, no database, no upgrade evenings.
- A free plan with no member limit. The cap is on usage instead: 50 compiled check-in reports a month across the organisation, and 14 days of history.
Where is Morgenruf different from DailyBot?
No usage cap and no seat price
DailyBot's free Starter plan allows 50 compiled check-in reports a month for the whole organisation. Above that, Essentials is $3 per active user a month, or $2.40 billed annually, and Advanced is $6.50, or $5 billed annually (checked 2026-09-29 on DailyBot's pricing page). DailyBot counts an active user by seat status, not by whether they used it that month. On the Morgenruf hosted instance there is no report cap and no seat price at any size.
History you keep
The free DailyBot plan keeps 14 days of history. Morgenruf keeps every answer, and self-hosted it keeps them in your own Postgres for as long as your backups do.
Coffee chats in the same app
DailyBot has kudos; Morgenruf has kudos too, and adds coffee chats that pair people and book the meeting, all in one database, which is what makes the cross-signal questions possible.
The whole app is open source
DailyBot publishes some side tools under MIT, but the product itself is closed. Morgenruf is MIT end to end: the bot, the dashboard and the Helm chart.
A standup that is quietly dying says so here before anyone notices in the channel.
What does DailyBot cost for 10, 30 or 100 people?
Worked out from DailyBot's published Essentials price on 2026-09-29, per year, for teams that have outgrown the free plan's report cap. Advanced costs a little over twice as much.
| Team size | DailyBot Essentials, monthly | DailyBot Essentials, annual | Morgenruf, hosted | Morgenruf, self-hosted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 people | $360 | $288 | $0 | $60 to $240 |
| 30 people | $1,080 | $864 | $0 | $60 to $240 |
| 100 people | $3,600 | $2,880 | $0 | $60 to $240 |
Moving across from DailyBot
There is no importer. Run both for a week with the same questions in the same channel, and turn DailyBot off once the new summary looks right.
- Write down each DailyBot check-in: its channel, questions, schedule, participants and timezone.
- Install Morgenruf: Add to Slack for the free hosted instance, or run it with Docker or on Kubernetes and create the Slack app.
- Recreate each standup. Thirty question templates are there if you want to change the questions while you are at it.
- Mark anyone on leave, so the first week's completion figure means something.
- Watch a week of mornings side by side, then switch DailyBot off.
Morgenruf and DailyBot
Is DailyBot free?
It has a free Starter plan with unlimited members, capped at 50 compiled check-in reports a month and 14 days of history. Paid plans are $3 or $6.50 per active user a month, or $2.40 or $5 billed annually (checked 2026-09-29).
Is Morgenruf free compared with DailyBot?
Yes, with no seat price and no report cap. The hosted instance is free. Self-hosted, you pay for the server and database, roughly $5 to $20 a month regardless of headcount.
Does Morgenruf work in Microsoft Teams or Discord?
No. Slack is first class, Google Chat is in beta, and Teams is in progress. If you need Teams or Discord today, DailyBot is the better fit.
Can I import my DailyBot history?
No. Run both in parallel for a week and switch over once the summaries look right.