Geekbot Reviews & Product Details

It's very easy to set up, and the templates are helpful to avoid having to start from scratch. I like that workflow members can personalize their receipt time to be more amenable and that multiple persons can manage the workflow. It was much easier than other Slack Apps I've worked with to enable other teams at the company to use the app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not very customizable. I know there is a balance to strike between ease of use and customizability, but I feel that it leans too much on the ease of use side. For example, I'd prefer to use the Connect template as a question broadcast to a Slack channel that channel members can respond to in the thread rather than as a DM. I'd also like to see one-time workflows that don't require routine scheduling, such as specific project retrospectives. It's a hassle to have to turn them off after completion. It would also be nice to organize workflows within teams so that all of the workflows for one team are contained within a folder to reduce noise when many teams use Geekbot and multiple team members create/manage different workflows. For multiple-choice questions, ranked-choice voting would be great! Finally, the ability to structure questions within flows would increase flexibility (i.e., answers to a question determine what other questions the person sees). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Geekbot makes it super easy to get quick updates from our team and get a high-level view of what's going on in the company. We use it for Monday and Friday check-ins with our team, as well as a more well rounded monthly 1:1 report that gets sent to managers. There are also tons of features we aren't using, but Geekbot has become a core part of our project management across the team, where everyone relies on it to get the information they need for the week. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This has gotten better since we've started using Geekbot, but the interface is a bit clunky, which makes updating the surveys or adding/removing participants less than intuitive. We've also had a couple issues with surveys not being sent out on time despite the schedule being set up correctly. Minimal issues though overall! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Automated messages! I don't have time to message each staff member individually to check in every day, but I can automate & send. I can also send out policy reminders & get my team's commitment to those policies daily! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it was a bit more customizable and that the interface was a bit more user friendly. It is really simple to get started, and is not overly difficult to use, but I would LOVE some more options for automated task types. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love using Geekbot to host my team's daily stand-ups. It fosters great communication within my team, helps me have a pulse on what is going on, and creates a fun atmosphere with emojis--increasing engagement from my team members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would say the least effective about this software is the reporting features. It doesn't capture the true mood of the team (with their newly released mood report), and I can't report on stuck items. I think with more work, the reporting tools can be really helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Geekbot can facilitate daily standup meetings by asking team members for their updates and tasks. This can help teams stay organized and informed about each other's progress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Geekbot allows for customization of questions and workflows, some users have found that it may not offer the same level of flexibility and customization as other dedicated tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the customization capabilities for content, frequency, and timing of standups. I use 3 different Geekbot check-ins with my team to maintain workflow and keep us engaged with each other in a human way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Geekbot started sending end-of-day reports to a channel that is visible by the whole team without warning and without me having turned on that function. It was an app update, as I learned from a later marketing email, but it caused confusion for me and the team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the following:

- The reminders on Slack

- The seamless and user-friendly interface and integration

- The prompts and the dashboard to make it seem interactive!

It's super simple, straightforward and a great way to get asynch teams to get engaged Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- You cannot link it to Jira or to other platforms that will help the PM split out tasks

- It is hard to follow up on blockers and a way to help manage the team's tasks to set priorities

- It would be helpful to get the metrics board up and running

- As PMs, I would love the opportunity to do more than just have free-text responses that do not link or click on something further. Additionally, it is hard to track the past or how long something is taking for a team member Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's so amazing that Geekbot allows for multi-time zone settings so that each of my team members no matter where they are, are able to send updates on their time. Furthermore it is amazing that Geekbot allows for reminders and is automatically scheduled to run and the fact that all you need to do is chat back to it as if you're talking to a real person is amazing a super useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do wish that there were more customization options for teams such as allowing us to rename the posts so that it does not just say "Geekbot posted" but rather allow for some customization that alerts of who actually used the Geekbot to make a post. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Geekbot is helping our cooperative to run in a hybrid way. We feel more connected since it shares with each others news, feelings, tasks, struggles and all these in a way that brings us closer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am impatiently waiting for some AI features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to quickly setup recurring feedback forms for my team and organization in Slack so that we can track and monitor engagement with each aspect of our team(s). Not only do we have engagement opportunities for day-to-day, but also for meeting feedback, engagement surveys, daily task tracking, etc. The transparency and set-and-forget that GeekBot enables is very helpful to our org. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think pricing wise it's more expensive than it's value enables, but for us it was this or spending more than figuring out custom solutions. We went this route, and try to run everything we can through GeekBot - sometimes it works well, and other times we learn and improve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.