Life & fun · 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 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. Nestor v2 – A Programmable Slack Bot Platform launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Nestor V2.0▲78

   The easiest way to customize bots for Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Solid Bot for Slack▲128

   Easily manage your meetings from Slack

   2016 · getsolid.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Api.ai for Slack▲420

   Build a smart conversational Slack bot in 5 minutes.

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   guilds.runfree tier, from $19/mo▲202

   The open-source Grok Bot alternative

   13d ago · guilds.run · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Text/Turner▲120

   Human translation bot for Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Geekbot▲84

   Asynchronous standup meetings in Slack

   2015 · geekbot.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Slack Metabot▲86

   Whoa, a Slack command-line client inside Slack.

   2016 · slack-metabot.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Ito▲66

   Hypervoice communications assistant / bot for Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cody bot for Slack▲76

   Finally brings visual discussions to Slack (by Codesign.io)

   2016 · codesign.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Slack▲128

    A platform for team communication

    2014 · slack.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Large▲140

    On-demand Slack bot that can get you anything for the office

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hutoma AI▲170

    A marketplace to create and monetize deep learning chatbots

    2017 · hutoma.ai · its alternatives →

13. 13BB
    Blockspring Bot for Slack. First useful bot for work▲7

    2015 · blockspring.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Callie▲8

    A countdown bot for Slack

    2017 · callie-corgi.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Slack▲93

    Platform for team communication

    2015 · slack.com · its alternatives →

16. 16BA
    Building a Python Slack Bot▲6

    2019 · wayscript.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Stacktodo▲82

    A collection of bots, apps & web services for Slack

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18EO
    Employee onboarding through Slack – Slack bot▲9

    2017 · chiefonboarding.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Nikbot▲64

    A multilingual AI chatbot

    2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Nowdue for Slack▲93

    Super fast invoicing bot for small teams

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Multivacfree▲5

    Extensible ChatOps bot framework for Slack

    2016 · multivac.chat · its alternatives →

22. 22MA
    MyBot, a chatbot playground for AI enthusiasts▲5

    2017 · mybot.be · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Lazlo▲5

    An event-driven chatops automation framework for Slack

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Botkit▲15

    Node.js module for easily building Slack bots

    2015 · 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 →