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Geekbot and Team O'clock are online tools designed to enhance collaboration and productivity, for teams doing agile development on a remote work setting.
Geekbot is a digital assistant that facilitates asynchronous standup meetings via popular collaboration platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams.
Team O'clock offers a broader set of agile management tools, including retrospective meetings, planning poker, and daily standups, with a focus on effective team collaboration and agile project management. It integrates seamlessly with tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, and Jira, to streamline workflows and enhance productivity.
Both platforms aim to address the challenges of remote and hybrid work setups by providing structured, flexible workflows that promote transparency, accountability, and collaboration among team members.
This comparison page takes a look into what each platform has to offer, breaking down their features and pricing, to help you make a well-informed decision on your next meeting tool.
Features | Team O'clock | Geekbot |
Retrospective meetings | ✅ | ✅ |
Daily standup meetings | ✅ | ✅ |
Planning Poker meeting | ✅ | ❌ |
Meeting scheduler | ✅ | ✅ |
Meeting draft mode | ✅ | ❌ |
Meeting templates | ✅ | ✅ |
Health checks | ✅ | ✅ |
Action items | ✅ | ❌ |
AI assistance | ✅ | ❌ |
Agility metrics | ✅ | ❌ |
API | ✅ | ✅ |
Gamification | Agility cards | - |
Integrations | Jira, Asana, Linear, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Basecamp | Slack, Microsoft Teams |
Both Geekbot and Team O'clock offer distinct sets of features designed to enhance collaboration and productivity, for teams practicing agile.
Geekbot is known for its simplicity and focus on streamlining daily standups, and surveys within Slack, offering a straightforward approach to asynchronous team communication.
Team O'clock extends this functionality beyond simple standups and retrospectives to include planning poker, AI assistance, agility metrics, action items management, and gamification options.
Team O'clock | Geekbot | |
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Free plan | Free for up to 5 users | Free for up to 10 users |
Paid plan | $3 per user per month | $2.5 per user per month |
Both Geekbot and Team O'clock offer a free tier for a limited number of users, and then scale up to paid plans based on the volume of users, through a simple and transparent pricing model.
However, Team O'clock offers a more holistic set of features, covering more use cases and workflows around agile ceremonies, such as planning poker, and provides a better collaboration tool for retrospectives, emulating a physical board in a digital space.
“Simple, but powerful tool for async updates” - Robert S.
Geekbot focuses primarily on facilitating asynchronous standup meetings, retrospectives, and surveys through Slack, aiming to improve team communication and project visibility without the need for synchronous meetings.
Team O'clock offers a broader range of agile management tools, including retrospective meetings, planning poker, daily standups, and AI-assisted features. It integrates with platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, and Jira to support agile ceremonies and team collaboration.
Yes, both services offer free plans. Geekbot provides a free plan for up to 10 participants, while Team O'clock offers a free plan for up to 5 monthly active members.
Both services offer integrations. Geekbot integrates seamlessly with Slack and Microsoft Teams.
Team O'clock features a wider range of integrations, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Linear, Asana, and Basecamp.
While both services can scale with team size, Team O'clock might be better suited for larger teams or enterprises due to its all-in-one set of features, covering a broader set of agile meetings workflow.
Geekbot does not feature AI capabilities in its standard offering. It focuses on streamlining team communication through asynchronous updates.
Team O'clock includes AI-assisted features, which can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of meetings, especially during retrospectives and planning poker sessions.
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