Peer recognition in Slack · compared with Offsite
HeyTaco alternative? Only if you wanted the other thing.
HeyTaco makes existing relationships visible. It does not make new ones. Nobody has ever met a colleague because of a taco.
HeyTaco
Peer recognition in Slack
What arrives
A kudos, posted in a channel, with a taco attached to it.
Who books it
You, or nobody
Where it happens
In a channel
What it costs
$3 a user a month on Classic, $5 on Deluxe, billed monthly
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
HEYTACO’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.
You want people to notice each other's work out loud, and you want it visible to everyone in the channel. That is a real thing to want and Offsite does not do it at all. HeyTaco is cheap, it is good at it, and the two are not substitutes.
What is still on your desk afterwards
Everyone still has to be in a room together at some point
Somebody still has to decide who, and when, and where
A kudos does not introduce two people who have never met
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.