Pairing bot in Slack · compared with Offsite
Donut alternative? Only if you wanted the other thing.
Donut delivers the intention to meet. Everything after the invite — the night, the room, the bill, the chasing — is still yours.
Donut
Pairing bot in Slack
What arrives
An introduction between two people, posted in a channel.
Who books it
You, or nobody
Where it happens
In a channel
What it costs
$59–119 a month for the whole workspace, by plan and billing period
Offsite
6 people, one city, monthly
What arrives
A booked evening, with a date and an address
Who books it
Offsite — venue held and paid for
Where it happens
In a room, in New York, Seattle, Chicago and Washington
What it costs
$99 per person, per month
DONUT’S PRICE AS PUBLISHED ON THEIR OWN PRICING PAGE, READ SEPTEMBER 2026. A PRICE PAGE IS A COMPANY’S CLAIM ABOUT ITSELF AND IT CHANGES WITHOUT NOTICE.
Your people are spread across too many cities to ever be in one room, or you want introductions at a scale no booked evening reaches. Donut is a fraction of this price and it is a good pairing bot. If a pairing bot is what you want, buy the pairing bot.
What is still on your desk afterwards
Finding a night both people can actually do
Picking somewhere, booking it, and paying for it
The two who never replied to the thread
Doing it again next month
Offsite does that part. 6 people in one city who mostly do not work together, a night most of them can do, a venue booked and paid for, the two who have not replied chased, and a rebooking when the venue cancels on a Thursday. The same table for 3 sessions, then everyone is re-cut. The research it argues from is on its own page, with what each study does not show.
Free to set up. You see your clusters and your price before anything is owed. Then 6 seats minimum, 3 months minimum.
Over 25 seats we send an order form and an invoice, not a card.