Work · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. HN Bot – Make Team Reading Funny launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Buch▲71

   A Telegram book reader bot

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Loliful bot for Slack▲68

   Amuse yourself or your slack team with a random joke

   2016 · slack.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   SayWhat.LOL Slack Bot▲99

   Make EVERYTHING you say sound funny on slack

   2016 · me.lol · its alternatives →

4. 4
   What are conversational bots?▲102

   An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots

   2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   guilds.runfree tier, from $19/mo▲202

   The open-source Grok Bot alternative

   14d ago · guilds.run · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Shelf Joy▲126

   A Facebook bot to deliver hand-curated book suggestions

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Botbuzz▲127

   On-Demand chatbot developers

   2016 · buzz.ai · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Slack Meme Bot▲147

   Spice up your team conversations with memes

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Text/Turner▲120

   Human translation bot for Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10WT
    We Turned the HN FAQs into an FAQ-Bot▲9

    2020 · dialogbar.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Meming Bot▲83

    Create your own memes for Telegram

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Heybot!▲75

    A sleek command based Skype chat bot for your team

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Nikbot▲64

    A multilingual AI chatbot

    2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Botified▲101

    A job board for bot developers

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Nowdue for Slack▲93

    Super fast invoicing bot for small teams

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Avid Bots▲78

    Let our robots do your cleaning!

    2014 · avidbots.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Nestor V2.0▲78

    The easiest way to customize bots for Slack

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Unilever's Monkey▲73

    Unilever's fully AI-driven chatbot delivers daily jokes.

    2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    SmarterChild▲15

    An intelligent bot

    2014 · en.wikipedia.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Designing Bots▲13

    Creating Conversational Experiences

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hnguardian, a bot for the new #hackernews channel on Freenode▲33

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Solve the information overflow problem with an HN curation bot▲6

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Designing Bots▲6

    Creating Conversational Experiences

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Talk2Stranger▲5

    It's a funny Bot .

    2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →