Slackbot gives you a fresh answer each time you ask, within your plan's message limit, and only you see it. Mention Reminder keeps a standing item for every mention of every covered person, reminds them without being asked and closes the item when they reply or react.
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Slackbot AI vs Mention Reminder
Slackbot helps you find messages, summarise conversations and draft content. You can ask about outstanding replies or set up a recurring task. Mention Reminder automatically maintains a private list of mentions and updates it after your replies and reactions.
⚖️ The short answer
Use Slackbot for search, writing and summaries. Add Mention Reminder for automatic mention reminders across your team, including on Slack’s free plan.
Free · no card · no extra app
What it is
What the new Slackbot does
Since January 2026 Slackbot is a personal AI agent with the same access to Slack that you have. You can ask it to summarise channels, find messages, read files, run deep research or answer a question like "which DMs or mentions do I need to follow up on this morning?".
Slackbot can also run tasks on a schedule, such as preparing an agenda or sending a reminder. Its limits documentation specifies three automatic task runs per day in total. After reaching that limit, tasks can be run manually.
Ongoing access comes with Business+ (15 Slackbot messages per person per week) and Enterprise+ (no weekly cap). Free and Pro workspaces get it only as a trial or preview, or through Salesforce Flex Credits. Admins can restrict who uses it.
Side by side
Compare the features
| Feature | Mention Reminder | Slackbot AI |
|---|---|---|
| Reminders created automatically from @mentions | YesNo need to save messages. Applies to people an admin enables; obvious thanks and similar non-actionable mentions are skipped. | PartlyIt acts when you ask, or when a recurring task you created runs. |
| Recognises a reply to the mention | YesYour thread reply or reaction clears it. On Team, AI can also match your reply posted separately in the channel. | PartlyIt can judge from the conversation whether you replied, each time you ask. It keeps no open list per mention. |
| Clears the reminder after a reply or reaction | YesThe item leaves your list after your reply or reaction. Deleting the source message also clears the reminder. | NoThere is no list to clear. Each answer is a fresh summary. |
| Reminds the person who was mentioned | YesThe person mentioned in the message. | PartlyIt helps whoever asks. Nothing reaches a colleague unless they ask their own Slackbot. |
| Private, nothing extra posted in the channel | YesThe list and reminders are private. The bot adds a 🔔 reaction to the source message. | YesYour conversation with Slackbot is private to you. |
| Personal reminder hours and timezone | YesOne daily reminder time on Starter; several chosen hours on Team. Weekdays only is optional. | PartlyThree automatic task runs per day in total, according to the limits documentation. |
| Supports Slack, Teams and Discord | YesTeam can link several servers, workspaces and teams. An admin links the same person’s accounts across platforms. | NoSlack only, plus Salesforce and connected sources. |
| Team setup without each person configuring reminders | YesAn admin installs the bot and chooses people. Everyone uses their existing chat account. | PartlyOn by default where the plan includes it, but each person writes their own prompts and tasks. |
| Reminders about anything, not only mentions | NoMentions only. For your own notes, keep the built-in reminders. | YesAny question, summary or recurring task, far beyond mentions. |
| Price | Starter is free for up to 5 people. Team starts at $2.50 per person per month, billed annually. | Business+ or Enterprise+ for ongoing use. Free and Pro: trial only, or Flex Credits. |
When it is enough
When Slackbot is enough
- You are on Business+ or Enterprise+ and already ask Slackbot to catch you up each morning.
- You want summaries and research more than a per-mention reminder.
- You only need a follow-up check once or twice a day and do it yourself.
When to add Mention Reminder
When to add Mention Reminder
- Your team uses Free or Pro and needs reminders independent of Slackbot’s trial allowance.
- You want every mention tracked for everyone covered, not only for people who think to ask.
- You want a continuously updated list rather than a new summary each time you ask.
- Your team also uses Teams or Discord and you want one inbox for all of it.
🤝 Using both
Using both
They fit together well. Mention Reminder keeps the list of what is waiting on you in your App Home tab and nudges you on your schedule; Slackbot helps you understand a long thread before you answer it. The reminder clears when you reply, so asking Slackbot for a catch-up never has to double as your to-do list.
Two narrow decisions, on the Team plan: whether an @everyone or @role message really needs a personal reply, and whether a later message in the channel answers a mention. Credentials in the text are redacted before anything is sent to the model.
No. It works on any Slack plan, including Free. Starter is free for up to 5 people, and Team costs $3 per person per month billed quarterly or $2.50 billed annually.
A scheduled task can help prepare a summary, but each person has to set it up. Slackbot’s limits documentation specifies three automatic task runs daily in total. Mention Reminder maintains the list continuously and supports several chosen reminder hours on Team.
More comparisons
- Slack ActivityMention notifications compared with a list of messages still waiting for your reply.
- Slack Later (now To-dos)Saved messages and personal to-dos compared with mentions added to a list automatically.
- Copilot in TeamsAn AI conversation summary compared with automatic reminders for individual mentions.
- Best Slack mention reminder appsSlack features and apps that help you return to mentions, compared.
Sources
Information last checked on October 14, 2026.
- Slack Help Center: A reintroduction to Slackbot
- Slack Help Center: Slackbot limits and credit usage
- Slack pricing
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Add Mention Reminder to Slack, Teams or Discord - two minutes, once. After that it runs in the background and nobody on the team has to do anything else. Starter is free, no card.
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