A StandupBot alternative with an actual free plan
StandupBot runs async standups by DM with AI summaries, in flat tiers from $19 a month and no free plan. asyncmate runs the same habit in Slack, free for up to 10 people who answer and $2.50 a head after that. Which bill is lower depends on your size and on who counts, and this page does that math honestly, both ways.
No credit card, and no 14-day clock on the free plan.
A team of 6, after the trial
StandupBot Small
$19/ mo
their smallest tier, up to 20 active
- The 14-day trial ends here
- No free plan below it
- The same $19 at 3 people or 19
asyncmate Free
$0/ mo
up to 10 people who answer
- No trial clock, free is the plan
- Polls, reminders and kudos on top
- Pro with the AI digest: $15 for these 6
$19 is StandupBot's floor at any team size. Ours is a free plan until 11 people answer, and $2.50 a head after it.
StandupBot pricing and asyncmate pricing, line by line
Two honest billing models: their flat tier buys a known invoice, ours follows participation up and down. The rows that decide it are the floor and who fills the limit.
| asyncmate | StandupBot | |
|---|---|---|
| Standups, billed monthly | $2.50 / person who answers | Flat tiers: $19, $49 or $129 / mo by team size |
| Smallest possible bill | $0, free up to 10 people who answer | $19 / mo, their smallest tier |
| Who fills the limit | Only people who answer; watchers and channel members never count | Anyone who participates or follows a standup, per their billing FAQ |
| Free plan | Up to 10 people who answer, 90-day reporting history | None; every tier starts as a 14-day trial |
| AI summaries | On Pro: an AI summary on top of every digest | Included, a headline feature of the product |
| Where it runs | Slack end to end: DM, modal, digest in a channel | Slack and Microsoft Teams |
Only people who answer a check-in or log hours are billed. How our billing count works
6 people answering
Their Small tier is also their minimum, with no free plan after the trial. Our free plan runs this team at $0 without the AI digest; the $15 / mo is Pro with it.
24 on the standup: 16 answer, 8 follow
Their FAQ counts followers as active users, so 24 outgrows the $19 tier's cap of 20. Reading a digest never bills anyone here.
Honestly: for roughly 15 to 50 people who all answer, StandupBot's flat tier is the lower sticker; 30 answering is $75 / mo here against their $49. The comparison is the floor, who fills the cap, and the jumps, not a blanket saving.
Flat tiers, read closely
A flat tier is a genuinely good deal when everyone in it answers. The fine print is who occupies a slot, and what happens at the boundaries.
Small
$19/ mo
up to 20 active
Medium
$49/ mo
up to 50 active
Large
$129/ mo
50+, no cap
Who occupies a slot
Their billing FAQ counts anyone who participates or follows a standup as an active user. Stakeholders who only read fill the same 20 slots as the people writing updates. Here, watchers are never billed: the digest posts to a channel anyone can read, and only people who answer count.
What the boundaries cost
Active user number 21 moves the bill from $19 to $49; number 51 moves it to $129. On per-person billing there are no boundaries to watch: each new person who answers adds $2.50, whoever else is in the room.
Where StandupBot may still fit you better
A fair comparison cuts both ways. StandupBot is the closest product shape to asyncmate on this list: async standups by DM with AI summaries on top, and it runs on Microsoft Teams as well as Slack, with a public changelog that ships steadily. Its flat tiers are genuinely cheaper for teams of roughly 15 to 50 where everyone answers, one invoice at one number, and follow-only stakeholders are a first-class idea in the product. If your team lives on Teams, or a mid-size team all writes updates daily and you want a flat bill, StandupBot is a solid choice and this page will not pretend otherwise.
Moving a standup off StandupBot
Install alongside StandupBot
Both bots can sit in one Slack workspace, each DMing its own participants. Nothing about your current standup changes while you look around.
Retype one standup
Questions, schedule, participants, digest channel; a few minutes of setup. Your StandupBot archive stays with them, so keep the subscription until you have exported what you need.
Run them in parallel
Compare a week of digests and AI summaries side by side, then turn one off. If your whole mid-size team answers daily and the flat invoice suits you, staying is a defensible call; the numbers above are the honest math either way.
StandupBot alternative FAQ
- Is asyncmate cheaper than StandupBot?
- It depends on the team, and often it is not. asyncmate is free for up to 10 people who answer and $2.50 each above that; StandupBot has no free plan and starts at $19 a month for up to 20 active users. A team of 6 pays $15 / mo here with the AI digest, or nothing without it, against their $19. From about 15 to 50 people who all answer, their flat tier is the lower sticker; the catch is that their count includes followers, and growth crosses two price jumps.
- Does StandupBot have a free plan?
- No. Their pricing page says so directly: every tier starts with a 14-day trial, and the smallest paid plan is $19 a month for up to 20 active users. asyncmate keeps a real free plan: up to 10 people who answer, with polls, reminders and kudos (20 a month) on top, and no trial clock on any of it.
- Who counts as an active user on StandupBot?
- Their billing FAQ answers it: anyone who participates or follows a meeting counts toward the active-user total. A stakeholder who only reads the standup takes the same tier slot as someone who writes one. asyncmate never bills watchers: digests post to a channel anyone can read, and only people who answer a check-in or log hours count.
- Does asyncmate have AI summaries like StandupBot?
- Yes, on the Pro plan: every digest gets an AI summary on top, naming what shipped, who is blocked and what needs a decision, with a per-workspace daily cap so the cost cannot run away. StandupBot lists AI summaries as a core feature as well, so on this point the two are close; the difference is how the rest of the bill is counted.
- When is StandupBot actually cheaper than asyncmate?
- When roughly 15 to 50 people all genuinely answer, their $49 tier beats $2.50 a head: 30 answering is $75 / mo here against their $49. The math flips back when part of the room only follows, since followers fill their tiers but never bill here, and at the edges: below 11 answering we are free, and each of their tier boundaries is a jump, $19 to $49 at active user 21 and $49 to $129 at 51.
- Does asyncmate run on Microsoft Teams like StandupBot?
- No, asyncmate is Slack only today. StandupBot added Microsoft Teams support in April 2026 per its changelog, so a Teams shop is better served there. Inside Slack, asyncmate covers more ground than standups alone: general check-ins, polls, anonymous surveys, hours logging and kudos, with polls and reminders free at any team size.
Run your first async standup free, with up to 10 people
No credit card and no trial clock on the free plan. Pro adds the AI digest when you want it, with a 14-day trial you can cancel from the billing page.
StandupBot pricing as of August 7, 2026, from standupbot.com/pricing. Flat monthly tiers by active-user count; yearly billing is about 17% lower. Their FAQ counts anyone who participates or follows toward the tier. StandupBot is a trademark of its owner; asyncmate is not affiliated with or endorsed by StandupBot. Spotted something out of date? Email support@asyncmate.com and we will correct it.