Geekbot

Geekbot is an asynchronous standup, poll and survey tool for teams using Slack or Microsoft Teams. It is best suited to distributed teams that want regular check-ins and lightweight decisions without gathering everyone at once. Its combination of team reporting and questions over captured responses is useful, but participant-based charges and a small-team free tier shape its fit as a team grows.

Overview

Geekbot schedules check-ins, collects updates and shares reports that help teams follow progress and blockers. Notifications can follow each participant’s local time zone, and team members can personalize reporting times. That flexibility suits teams spread across time zones, although the process still relies on people responding to prompts.

Polls and surveys add a way to gather opinions alongside status updates. Ask Geekbot answers natural-language questions using Geekbot reports and poll or survey votes, so it draws on team activity captured in the product rather than acting as a general-purpose assistant.

Key features

Check-ins and reporting

Recurring meetings, agenda templates, decision and action-item tracking, and outcome reporting support an ongoing team workflow. Reports make updates and blockers easier to review asynchronously. Starter’s three-month reporting history may be enough for current tracking, but teams that need a longer record must move to a paid plan, where history is unlimited.

Polls and AI answers

Polls can be scheduled, allow anonymous and multiple-vote responses, and visualize results. AI-generated poll options can help frame a question, while Ask Geekbot lets a team query reports and votes in natural language. These tools are most relevant when teams will use the collected responses; they are less compelling if the primary need is a standalone survey service.

Integrations, exports and security

Geekbot integrates 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, which helps teams take reporting data elsewhere. 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

Geekbot uses freemium pricing. Starter is free for up to 10 users; teams exceeding 10 active participants need to upgrade. The Starter history limit is three months, so the free plan is a practical fit for small teams with near-term reporting needs, not a long-term archive.

Basic — Standups costs $2.50 per participant/month on annual billing, billed $ 2.5 /participant/month, or $3 per participant/month on monthly billing. Charges apply per active standup participant. This is the relevant paid tier for teams that want standups beyond Starter’s cap, but the per-participant basis means the bill rises with active participation.

Basic — Polls & Surveys costs $0.75 per respondent on annual billing, billed $ 0.75 /respondent, or $1 per respondent/month on monthly billing. It charges per unique respondent per month, with no charge in a month without polls. That makes it a lower-commitment option for intermittent polling, but the cost follows the number of people who respond.

Basic offers a free 30-day trial. Enterprise has custom pricing and includes volume discounts, enterprise ecosystem integration, enhanced data storage, managed cloud services and custom security assessments. It also adds priority support with faster responses and around-the-clock assistance, a dedicated account manager and onboarding, making it the tier for organizations that need those services rather than just standard check-ins.

Platforms

Geekbot is listed for web and API, with its core workflows running in Slack and Microsoft Teams. It is a natural fit for teams already using either collaboration platform; teams seeking a standalone desktop or mobile app should consider their platform needs before choosing it.

Who it's for

Geekbot’s stated audience includes engineering leads, product owners, CEOs and founders, operations officers, and sales and marketing managers. Its asynchronous cadence suits teams coordinating across time zones or looking to reduce reliance on synchronous status meetings. The strongest fit is a group willing to make regular written updates and use reports or polls to guide follow-up. It is less suited to teams needing more than 10 active participants on a free plan or requiring more than three months of history without paying.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Local-time scheduling and personalized reporting times accommodate teams working across time zones.
• Pros: Standups, polls and surveys share reporting context, and Ask Geekbot can answer questions from reports and votes.
• Pros: Polls can be anonymous or allow multiple votes, with scheduling and result visualizations.
• Pros: Paid plans remove the reporting-history limit, and Basic supports API access and CSV exports.
• Cons: Starter stops at 10 active participants and three months of history, limiting its usefulness as a team or archive grows.
• Cons: Standup charges scale by active participant and poll charges by unique respondent, so both workflows can add cost as participation expands.
• Cons: Ask Geekbot’s answers use Geekbot reports and poll or survey votes, not general-purpose knowledge.

Alternatives

Choose Fellow if you want a meeting-management option with a free plan and broad platform coverage; its Free plan includes five AI notes per user for a lifetime. AgreeDo is another freemium meeting option; its Basic plan allows four meetings per month, three participants per meeting and one attachment per meeting.

Decisions may suit teams looking for meeting management with a free tier that includes 100 AI credits per month per user, or a paid Basic tier at $8.00 per month per user when billed annually. Choose Parabol if open-source software matters: it says its code is scrutinized by a developer community, and its Starter plan covers two teams and 10 meetings per month with unlimited users.

4Minitz is a free, open-source, MIT-licensed self-hosted option. Magic Minutes offers a free web plan for meeting attendees to view and download minutes, upload reports, and comment on and close off actions. Standup Alice has a free option for Slack teams of one to four people, with custom questions, reminders, admin summaries and reports. BoardPAC is a paid alternative.

For broader comparisons, browse Daily Standup Software, Meeting Management Software or Survey Software.

Verdict

Geekbot is a strong choice for distributed teams already working in Slack or Microsoft Teams that want recurring asynchronous updates, polls and searchable team responses in one workflow. The main reason to choose it is the link between scheduled check-ins, reporting and questions over collected votes. Look elsewhere if your team exceeds Starter’s participant cap, needs long reporting history without a paid plan, or does not want costs tied to participation.