Pilotless vs Standuply
TL;DR: Standuply is a broad Agile automation bot for Slack and Microsoft Teams: standups, retros, backlog refinement, planning poker, surveys and charts [1]. Pilotless does one narrow thing. It's a free GitHub App that writes a weekly digest from repo activity and lists stalled PRs and unassigned issues. Pick Standuply if you run Scrum ceremonies and want them in chat. Pick Pilotless if you want a weekly view of what's stuck in GitHub, with nothing for anyone to fill in.
Facts about Standuply were checked on standuply.com on 2026-10-21. Sources are at the bottom.
At a glance
| Pilotless | Standuply | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | GitHub App that writes a weekly status digest | "Standup Bot for Slack & Microsoft Teams" with Agile process automation [1] |
| Update source | GitHub activity | Team answers via text, voice or video, plus task-tracker data [1] |
| Where you read it | One GitHub issue, updated weekly | Slack or Teams; reports history on the web (Team plan) [2] |
| Lists stalled PRs | Yes (open PRs with no activity for 7+ days) | Not a listed feature [1][2] |
| Lists unassigned issues | Yes (no assignee, quiet for 14+ days) | Not listed. It has "backlog grooming checks to find outdated tasks" and connects to task trackers such as Jira, Trello and Asana [1] |
| Nudges inside the PR or issue thread | No (on the roadmap, not live) | No (reminders go to people about their standup) [1] |
| Flags on unowned issues in their thread | No (on the roadmap, not live) | No |
| Slack | No (on the roadmap, not live) | Yes [1] |
| Microsoft Teams | No | Yes [1] |
| GitHub | Yes (GitHub App) | Integration listed (with GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Trello and others) [2] |
| Retros, planning poker, 360 feedback | No | Yes [1][2] |
| Price | Free | Starter $0 for 3 users; 30-day free trial; paid prices unverified [1][2] |
How they work
Standuply describes itself as automating Agile processes through team surveys in Slack and Teams. It runs standups (text, voice or video answers), retros, backlog refinement, planning poker, 360-degree feedback and polls, and connects to Jira, GitHub and other tools to build burndown and cumulative flow charts [1]. If your team runs Scrum by the book, that's a lot of ceremony in one place.
Pilotless has no ceremonies. It reads GitHub, and once a week it updates one GitHub issue titled "pilotless: weekly status": a summary line (commits, people, PRs merged, issues closed and opened), then Shipped, In flight, Needs a decision or a nudge, Closed, and Who moved code (per-author commit counts). "Needs a decision or a nudge" lists stalled PRs (open, no activity for 7+ days) and unassigned issues (no assignee, quiet for 14+ days) [3][4]. Our opinion: many small teams don't need more process. They need the two or three stuck things to be visible.
Bottom line: Standuply automates Agile ceremonies in chat. Pilotless writes a weekly digest from GitHub.
Pricing
| Pilotless | Standuply [2] | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | The GitHub App is free | Starter: $0/month, "Automation and Q&A system for 3 users" |
| Trial | n/a | 30 days, no credit card [1] |
| Paid tiers | None for the App | Team and Business: unverified. Prices rendered as "Loading..." when we fetched the page. Per-user and flat-fee options are listed |
| Enterprise | n/a | Custom (enterprise@standuply.com) |
We didn't calculate a team cost for Standuply because its paid prices didn't render on its pricing page when we checked. See the page for current numbers.
Who Pilotless is for
Founder-CTOs and tech leads of 3–30 person software teams who work in GitHub and want to stay flat instead of adding a manager just to chase status. Not a fit if you need Slack today (on the roadmap, not live), Jira or GitLab, or help with people topics like 1:1s and careers.
Pick Standuply if…
You run Scrum ceremonies (retros, refinement, planning poker) and want them async in Slack or Teams [1].
You want voice or video standup answers [1].
Your work is tracked in Jira, Trello or Asana rather than GitHub Issues [1].
You want burndown or cumulative flow charts posted to chat [1].
Pick Pilotless if…
You want a weekly status digest written from GitHub without anyone writing it.
Stalled PRs and unassigned issues are your main problem.
You'd rather not add ceremonies or another chat bot.
You want it free.
Using both
They don't overlap much. Standuply can keep your ceremonies, and Pilotless writes the weekly GitHub digest in an issue. Nothing to migrate.
FAQ
Is Pilotless a Standuply alternative?
Only for the status part, and only if your work is in GitHub. It doesn't run retros, polls or planning poker.
Does Pilotless work in Slack or Teams?
No. Slack is on the roadmap, not live. Microsoft Teams isn't supported.
Sources (all accessed 2026-10-21)
Standuply homepage: https://standuply.com/
Standuply pricing: https://standuply.com/pricing
Pilotless homepage: https://pilotless.nl/
Pilotless install page: https://pilotless.nl/install
Not verified: Standuply's Team and Business prices. The rendered page showed "Loading..." in place of prices. The page source contains per-user values between $1.5 and $5.5 and flat fees of $199 and $299, but we couldn't match them to plans with confidence, so we haven't published them.
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