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Steady vs Standuply

Steady: the top Standuply Alternative

Standuply automates Agile ceremonies. Steady eliminates coordination overhead with standups, goals, and AI agents that keep everyone aligned, automatically.

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Why teams choose Steady over Standuply

Standuply does a solid job automating Agile processes, but Agile ceremonies alone don’t solve team coordination, particularly when it comes to working other non-development teams. Steady gives you standups plus the complete toolkit teams need to stay aligned without drowning in meetings, status updates, and the constant context scavenger hunt.

  • Standups that actually save time

    Both tools automate daily standups. But Steady’s Smart Check-ins go further. Activity from GitHub, Jira, Linear, and other tools is automatically attached. AI generates team highlights in seconds so you get up to speed fast. Blockers surface automatically with notifications to the right people. Complete context, in minutes a day.

    • Activity from connected tools auto-populates check-ins
    • AI-generated team highlights get everyone up to speed in seconds
    • Blocker tracking with automatic notifications to clear issues fast
    • Works in Slack, Teams, email, and web—wherever your team lives
    Smart Check-ins in Steady with AI-generated highlights

  • Goals that keep teams aligned

    Standuply stops at Agile ceremonies. Steady includes Goal Stories—blog-like goals with regular updates that solve cross-team, big-picture coordination. Set weekly or quarterly goals. Get automatic reminders. Share rich updates with stakeholders. Nested goals align teams around a single shared vision. Everyone stays focused on what matters most.

    • Individual and team goal tracking in one place
    • Nested goals create alignment across teams and departments
    • Rich, blog-like updates with links, images, and markdown
    • Automatic reminder and distribution
    Goal tracking and updates in Steady

  • AI agents that deliver complete context

    Echoes are AI agents that answer any question about what’s happening at work, like “What’s blocking the design team?”, “What shipped last week?”, and “Give me 1:1 prep for Jane.” Set them up once, get fresh answers delivered automatically week after week. Standuply has nothing like this.

    • All the context, none of the effort—zero prep time for 1:1s
    • Pulls from check-ins, goals, GitHub, Jira, and more
    • Delivered on your schedule automatically
    • No prompt engineering required—just ask in plain English
    Echoes AI delivering automated context

  • Insights that spot what needs attention

    Standuply gives you basic reporting and Agile charts. Steady’s Insights turn that data into actionable intelligence. Track participation trends, spot blocker patterns, monitor goal progress, and more. See what’s working and what needs attention at a glance.

    • Realtime analytics across participation, blockers, goals, and mood
    • Detailed reports break down trends by team and individual
    • Flexible filters by team, people, dates, and tags
    • Live activity feed shows everything in one place
    Team insights dashboard showing participation and trends

  • A living team directory that shows the complete picture

    With Standuply, standup answers disappear into chat threads or static reports. Steady maintains a living org chart where anyone can see who’s working on what, their goals, recent activity, and complete work history. Perfect for onboarding, cross-team collaboration, and eliminating “what’s everyone doing?” questions forever.

    • Complete picture of every team and person in one place
    • See current focus and progress instantly—no digging required
    • Private teams for sensitive groups like HR and Finance
    Team directory showing current work and goals

What You Get With Steady That Standuply Doesn't Offer

  • Goals that create alignment

    Track individual, team, and company goals with rich updates. Nested hierarchies keep everyone working toward the same vision.

  • AI agents on autopilot

    Echoes deliver complete context for any recurring question. 1:1 prep, shipping summaries, blocker alerts—all automatic.

  • Living team directory

    See who's working on what, their goals, recent activity, and work history in one place. Context without the hunt.

  • Deep tool integrations

    Activity from GitHub, Jira, Linear, and more automatically enriches check-ins and updates. Zero manual tracking.

  • Team insights dashboard

    Track participation, blockers, goal progress, and team health over time. Spot patterns before they become problems.

  • Native desktop app

    Robust Mac and PC app with native notifications. Stay in the loop without living in your browser.

  • Multi-team coordination

    Check in to multiple teams at once or one at a time. Unified views and flexible schedules work however your teams work.

  • Works for any team workflow

    Standuply focuses on Scrum and Kanban. Steady works for Agile teams _and_ everyone else—product, design, marketing, ops.

  • Enterprise-ready security

    SOC2 Type 2 certified. SSO/SAML support. SCIM provisioning. Enterprise SLAs. Built for teams that take security seriously.

“Standup participation was piecemeal and it was hard to get a full picture - until the team adopted Steady. Now we have 100% participation and great visibility into the team and other teams are now even getting on board! It's that good!”

Ryan Katkov
Ryan Katkov

Head of Engineering @ Life360

Frequently asked questions

How are Steady and Standuply different?

Standuply automates Agile ceremonies—asynchronous standups, retrospectives, planning poker, backlog grooming. That’s it. Steady is a complete team coordination platform. You get standups (Smart Check-ins) plus goal tracking, AI agents (Echoes), deep integrations, and tools that eliminate coordination overhead entirely. If you need more than Agile ceremonies, Steady gives you everything in one place.

Can Steady replace Standuply for our team?

Yes. Steady’s Smart Check-ins handle everything Standuply does for daily standups—with deeper integrations, AI-generated highlights, and automatic activity collection from your dev tools. You also get goal tracking, AI agents, and complete team coordination that Standuply doesn’t offer. Teams using Steady eliminate most status meetings, not just make them asynchronous.

Does Steady work with Slack and Microsoft Teams?

Yes. Steady integrates with both Slack and Microsoft Teams. Check-in reminders, goal updates, and Echo answers get delivered directly in your team chat. You can also use Steady via email or the web app—whatever works for your team.

What if we only need Agile ceremonies right now?

Start with Smart Check-ins. They work great for Agile teams, with automatic activity collection from Jira, GitHub, and other dev tools. Most teams discover pretty quickly that goals and Echoes solve coordination challenges that Agile ceremonies miss entirely. When you’re ready to expand, everything’s already in one platform.

Does Steady support retrospectives and planning poker like Standuply?

Steady takes a different approach. For retros, use Echoes to automatically prep with answers like “What blockers came up this sprint?” or “Summarize what the team shipped.” For planning poker, you can use Echoes to gather context like “List unestimated stories” before the session. Instead of ceremony automation, you get AI agents that eliminate prep work and ongoing insights into team health—a more powerful foundation than traditional Agile tooling.

How hard is it to migrate from Standuply to Steady?

Straightforward. Set up your check-in schedule in Steady (takes about 5 minutes). Run both tools in parallel for a week to get comfortable. Turn off Standuply. Most teams are fully migrated within days. Our support team can help if you hit any snags.

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