Answer bots for team questions, compared

Checked on 19 October 2026 from each product's own public page (linked). Products change; check their sites before you decide. We make AskMyStartup.

• Slack AI

  Where it works

  Inside Slack.

  Where answers come from

  Searches messages, files and connected apps shared in or integrated into Slack, and summarises channels and threads.

  When it is not sure

  Its page does not say.

• Guru

  Where it works

  Slack, Microsoft Teams, the browser and AI tools.

  Where answers come from

  A governed company knowledge base, with verification, expert review and citations on answers.

  When it is not sure

  Flags unanswered questions and knowledge gaps so they can be filled.

• Question Base

  Where it works

  Slack.

  Where answers come from

  Your docs and wikis (Google Drive, Confluence, Notion and more) and past Slack answers, which experts can refine.

  When it is not sure

  Tracks new questions so missing answers can be added.

• Runbear

  Where it works

  Slack, Microsoft Teams and Discord.

  Where answers come from

  Connected docs, past tickets and tools, through named AI agents your team mentions.

  When it is not sure

  Tags a human and hands off with context.

• AskMyStartup

  Where it works

  A web page that works on any phone today. WhatsApp and Slack are next, not live yet.

  Where answers come from

  Only answers the founder approved, each with an owner and the date it was confirmed.

  When it is not sure

  Says it does not know, and sends the question to the founder.

Which one fits

• Your team lives in Slack and you want summaries and search

  Slack AI is built into paid Slack plans and searches what is shared in Slack.

• Your knowledge is already written in Notion, Confluence or Drive

  Guru, Question Base and Runbear are built to answer from those documents, with ways for experts to check answers.

• The answers are in the founder's head, and only approved ones should go out

  That is what AskMyStartup is for: the founder approves each answer once, and anything else comes back to them. It covers fewer questions on day one by design, and grows as each new question is answered once.

• Your team runs on WhatsApp, in Hindi, Telugu or a mix with English

  Most of the tools above work in Slack or Teams. AskMyStartup answers in the language the team asks in; answering inside WhatsApp is what we are building next.