Glad vs Slackbot: what each one does
Slackbot is Slack's own AI: a personal agent that knows your Slack history and comes with your Slack plan. Glad is an AI teammate the whole team hands work to across its other tools, for one flat price per workspace. They do different jobs, and you can use both.
Last updated 8 October 2026. We make Glad. Slackbot facts come from slack.com, sources below.
The short answer
Choose Glad if
- You want one AI teammate that the whole team hands work to in shared threads.
- You want a flat price per workspace instead of a Business+ seat for every person.
- The work lives in tools beyond Slack: Glad connects to 1,500+.
- You want to see and fix what the AI remembers about your team.
Use Slackbot if
- You want summaries, recaps, huddle notes and search across your own Slack history.
- Your team is on Business+ or Enterprise+ already, so there is nothing new to buy.
- You need repeating tasks today.
- You run on Salesforce and want Agentforce agents inside Slack.
Glad and Slackbot side by side
| Glad | Slackbot | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Price model | GladOne flat monthly price per workspace. Each request that uses a tool or makes a document is one task. | SlackbotPart of your Slack plan, paid per person. There is no separate Slackbot price. |
| Entry price | Glad$49 a month for 250 tasks, whatever the team size | SlackbotOngoing access comes with Business+, $15 a person a month billed yearly ($18 monthly) |
| Free start | Glad50 tasks, no card | SlackbotA limited Slackbot trial on the Free and Pro plans |
| Limits | GladThe admin gets a notice at 80%. At 100% Glad stops using tools until the next month, an upgrade or a top-up. No overage bill. | SlackbotPlan limits apply. Business+ has a weekly message limit; Enterprise+ has unlimited access. |
| What it does | ||
| Built for | GladA teammate the whole team mentions in channels and threads | SlackbotA personal AI agent for each person in Slack |
| Slack itself | GladReads the threads and channels it is added to | SlackbotSearches all the Slack history you can see, with thread and channel summaries, recaps, huddle notes and translations |
| Other tools | Glad1,500+ tools. Each person connects their own accounts. | SlackbotSalesforce, apps installed in Slack and apps with an MCP server, such as Jira, Figma and Docusign. It can send email and create events through Gmail, Google Calendar or Outlook when your plan has enterprise search. |
| Scheduled jobs | GladNot yet. Planned. | SlackbotYes. A task can repeat, up to three automatic runs a day. |
| Files | GladReads text, PDF, image and Word files. Makes CSV, text and Markdown files. | SlackbotReads CSV, text, PDF and image files, and writes canvases and drafts |
| Control and security | ||
| Approvals | GladAsks for a yes in the thread before an action that cannot be undone | SlackbotAsks for approval before it sends a message for you or edits a shared canvas, with an audit trail |
| Memory | GladA memory page where you see, edit, delete and restore each memory, with where it came from | SlackbotWorks from your Slack history and connected apps, within the permissions you have |
| Admin controls | GladAn audit log, approvals and per-person limits on every plan | SlackbotAdmins can limit Slackbot, apps and MCP tools to people and groups. Slackbot analytics on Business+. |
| Where data stays | GladStored in the EU. GDPR-ready with a DPA. | SlackbotSlack says customer data never leaves Slack and its models run in Slack's own cloud |
| Trains on your data | GladNo | SlackbotNo |
How do teams use both?
The prices do not compare one to one. Slackbot is part of a Slack plan you pay per person, and that plan pays for all of Slack. Glad is one price for the workspace, on any Slack plan. One way to split the work:
- 1
Ask Slackbot for your own catch-up: what you missed, a channel recap, the notes from a huddle.
- 2
Mention @Glad in the thread when the team needs work done in other tools: update the deal, file the ticket, write the report.
- 3
Glad asks for a yes in the thread before anything that cannot be undone, so the whole team sees it.
- 4
Check what Glad remembered and what it did on its memory page and in the audit log.
See Glad pricing for every plan.
Where Slackbot is better today
It already knows your Slack: it searches every channel and message you can see, not only the threads it is added to.
Summaries, daily recaps, huddle notes and translations are built into Slack.
It repeats tasks on a schedule. Glad has no scheduled jobs yet.
Nothing new to buy or approve if you are on Business+ or Enterprise+.
It works with Salesforce and Agentforce agents, and Enterprise+ adds enterprise search across other apps.
It works anywhere Slack is available, with no new vendor to review.
Where Glad is different
A teammate, not a personal agent. The team mentions Glad in shared threads, and everyone sees the work and the approvals.
One price for the workspace. No seat per person and a hard cap. Talking with Glad, approvals, and runs that deliver nothing are free.
1,500+ tools. A tool does not need its own Slack app or MCP server. Each person connects their own accounts, and a shared connection needs an admin's approval.
Memory you can edit. Every memory shows where it came from, and you can fix, delete or restore it.
Questions
Does Glad replace Slackbot?
No. They do different jobs. Slackbot is a personal agent that knows your Slack history: it summarizes, searches and recaps. Glad is a teammate the team hands work to across its other tools. You can keep Slackbot on and add Glad.
Can Slackbot take actions in other tools?
Yes, more and more. Slack's own pages say Slackbot works with Salesforce, Jira, Figma and Docusign, and with apps that include an MCP server. With Gmail, Google Calendar or Outlook connected it can send email and create events, on plans with enterprise search. It asks for approval before some actions, such as sending a message for you.
Which Slack plan includes Slackbot?
Ongoing access is on Business+ and Enterprise+. Business+ has a weekly message limit and Enterprise+ is unlimited. Free and Pro get a limited trial. Summaries and huddle notes start on Pro.
Is Glad cheaper than Slack AI?
They are priced in different ways, so it depends on your team. Slackbot comes with the Slack plan, at $15 a person a month on Business+ billed yearly, and that plan also covers the rest of Slack. Glad is $49 a month for 250 tasks for the whole workspace, on any Slack plan, the free plan included.
Does Glad work on the free Slack plan?
Yes. Glad is a Slack app, and the free Slack plan allows up to 10 apps. The Glad trial has 50 tasks and needs no card.
Do Glad or Slack train AI models on our data?
No. Glad does not train models on your data. Slack says it does not train large language models on customer data.
Sources
Checked on 8 October 2026. Slack prices are the US prices on slack.com/pricing. If a fact here is wrong or out of date, write to us and we fix it.
- Slack pricing: plans, US prices, AI features per plan, Slackbot trial and access
- Slackbot feature page: actions across apps, MCP, plan access, weekly limit on Business+, training
- Slack help, how to work with Slackbot: tasks, three runs a day, canvas approvals, data access
- Slack help, guide to AI features in Slack: features per plan
- Slack updates and changes: email and calendar, messages with approval, MCP apps, task limits
- AI in Slack: Agentforce, enterprise search, data and training
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