# Ray vs DailyBot

> DailyBot makes the work visible. Ray moves it. Their facts from their own pages, checked August 2026, including where they are the better pick.

Source: https://heyray.io/compare/dailybot

## What DailyBot is

DailyBot calls itself one place for team updates, AI reports and agent activity, an intelligence layer that surfaces progress, risks and blockers. It runs async check-ins, kudos and mood tracking across Slack, Teams, Google Chat and Discord, and its own product page is candid that it is not a project management tool.

Source: https://dailybot.com/product/

## One message, two outcomes

In #support, Jonas says: "Two customers hit the same export bug this morning, worth a ticket."

**Ray**

1. Files it in Jira from the thread itself
2. Shows you the approval card before it writes anything
3. Remembers the decision the next time it comes up

**DailyBot**

1. Surfaces it in the check-in for the team to see
2. Can create the Jira issue through its integration
3. Keeps check-in history, 14 days on the free tier

## Side by side

| | Ray | DailyBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The job | Reads the channel, files the work, chases it, reports back | Collects check-ins and surfaces what they contain |
| Pricing model | Flat by team size, never per seat | Per active user per month, new members billed by default |
| Chat platforms | Slack today | Slack, Teams, Google Chat and Discord |
| Connected tools | A curated set of tools, each write behind an approval card | 14 named connections, including Jira issue creation |
| Culture features | None. Ray does work, not kudos | Kudos, mood and wellbeing tracking |
| Memory of your team | Persistent org memory an admin can inspect, correct or purge | Check-in history, 14 days to unlimited by plan |

## What Ray costs

Free covers 25 tasks a month plus a one-time 50-task starter grant that never expires. Pro is one flat price for your team's size: $49 a month for 1 to 3 people, $99 a month for 4 to 10 people, $199 a month for 11 to 25 people. No seats, and using Ray more never costs more.

## What DailyBot costs

Per active user, not flat. Starter is free with unlimited members, one workspace and 14 days of history, without the AI summaries. Essentials is $2.40 per active user a month billed annually, or $3.00 monthly. Advanced is $5.00 annually or $6.50 monthly, adding the API, CLI, AI workflows and audit trails. Enterprise is on request.

Source: https://dailybot.com/pricing

## Choose DailyBot if

- You have fewer than about twenty people and price is the deciding factor. DailyBot is genuinely cheaper than Ray at every size we sell: at ten people their Advanced tier is fifty dollars a month against Ray's ninety-nine.
- Your team is on Teams, Google Chat or Discord. DailyBot supports all four chat platforms and Ray is Slack-only today.
- You want kudos, mood tracking and wellbeing check-ins in the same tool. Ray has no answer to that and is not trying to.

## Choose Ray if

- You want an agent that decides which tool to act in from the conversation, rather than check-ins whose answers you then act on yourself.
- You need breadth across the tools your team already uses. Ray wires a far wider set than the fourteen connections DailyBot publishes.
- You want every write to your tools to stop at an approval card in the channel first, with no setting that turns it off.

## What DailyBot does not do

Each checked against their own documentation, August 2026.

- We found no persistent organisation memory in DailyBot's published product or pricing pages. History there is check-in history, kept 14 days on the free tier and longer on paid ones. (https://dailybot.com/pricing)

## Questions people ask

**Is DailyBot cheaper than Ray?**

At most team sizes, yes, and we would rather say so than have you find out later. DailyBot bills per active user, so at ten people its Advanced tier costs about fifty dollars a month against Ray's ninety-nine. Ray's flat price only wins on cost above roughly twenty people, where per-user pricing keeps climbing and ours does not.

**Does DailyBot create tickets like Ray does?**

In Jira, yes: their integration supports creating, updating and commenting on issues. The difference is scope and initiative. Ray decides from the conversation which tool to act in, and shows you an approval card before it does.

**Can we run both?**

Yes. If DailyBot's check-ins and kudos are part of your team's rhythm, keep them. Ray does not replace a culture tool.

**Does Ray support Microsoft Teams?**

Not today. Ray is Slack-only, with other chat platforms next. If your team is on Teams right now, DailyBot covers you and Ray does not.

## Our rule for this page

Every DailyBot fact here comes from their own published pages, checked August 2026, and we say where they are the better choice. If anything here is wrong, tell us at support@heyray.io and we will fix it.