Donut vs Doozy: Features, Pricing & Onboarding (2026)

Donut and Doozy are both Slack-native platforms for onboarding and team connection, and Doozy extends that into measurable learning. Both now ship AI that builds programs for you, and they overlap enough that teams often shortlist both, so this guide compares what each one does, how they price, and which fits which team. Figures for Donut are from donut.com as of July 2026; check their current pricing before you decide, since usage-based plans change.

What is Donut?

Donut started in 2016 as the Slack tool for random coffee-chat introductions, and it has grown into a broader employee experience platform. It now markets itself as a Slack-based platform for AI onboarding, connections, recognition, and facilitation, with Microsoft Teams support for introductions. Its main features:

• Journeys: automated onboarding sequences that send scheduled messages and polls, assign tasks, and make introductions to managers, buddies, and stakeholders, with role, department, and location customization.
• AI Onboarding Agent: upload existing onboarding docs and Donut generates a Slack onboarding workflow, then nudges managers and checks in with new hires.
• Intros: random 1:1 matching for coffee chats, Donut's original feature.
• Watercooler: conversation prompts posted to channels.
• Celebrations: birthday and work anniversary announcements.
• Shoutouts: peer recognition with points, available on every tier (limits rise with the plan).
• Gatheround: live video events and facilitation for onboarding sessions and workshops, a company Donut acquired in December 2024.

Donut runs on Slack and Microsoft Teams. Its onboarding Journeys, Shoutouts, and Watercooler are marketed on Slack; its Teams offering centers on automated introductions.

What is Doozy?

Doozy is Slack-only, and it pairs the same connection features with built-in learning, assessment, and feedback so onboarding leads into training that you can measure:

• Tracks: multi-step onboarding and learning workflows that combine messages, tasks, quizzes, surveys, and introductions, with completion tracking and automatic reminders.
• AI agent: describe the quiz, survey, onboarding, or training you want and Doozy builds it for you.
• Quizzes: scored assessments with AI-generated questions, mandatory completion, and exportable compliance reports.
• Polls & Surveys: multi-question surveys and eNPS tracking with anonymous responses, unlimited on every plan.
• Doozy Roulette: 1:1, trio, or quad matching for coffee chats.
• Celebrations: birthdays, anniversaries, and digital signing cards with GIFs and video.
• Shoutouts: public peer recognition via slash command, included on every plan.
• Trivia & Icebreakers: daily questions with scoring and leaderboards.
• Time-Off Announcements: daily or weekly summaries of who is away, synced from your HRIS.

Feature mapping: Donut to Doozy

Donut feature	Doozy equivalent	Notes
Intros	Doozy Roulette	Doozy adds group matching (trios, quads) alongside 1:1s.
Watercooler	Trivia & Icebreakers	Doozy adds daily trivia with scoring and leaderboards.
Celebrations	Celebrations	Doozy adds digital signing cards with GIFs and video.
Shoutouts	Shoutouts	Both include peer recognition on every tier; Donut ties it to points.
Journeys	Tracks	Both automate onboarding steps, task assignment, and buddy matching; Doozy Tracks add scored quizzes and compliance exports.
AI onboarding	Doozy AI agent	Both generate onboarding programs from a prompt or your docs.
Gatheround	Not available	Donut runs facilitated live video events; Doozy has no built-in video.
HRIS sync	HRIS Integrations	Both connect 50+ HRIS platforms.

What Doozy does that Donut doesn't

Both platforms onboard and connect teams. Doozy adds a learning and measurement layer that Donut does not market:

Scored training and compliance

Doozy quizzes are graded, can require completion, and export compliance reports showing who finished what and when. Donut Journeys focus on scheduled messages, polls, and tasks.

Multi-question surveys and eNPS

Doozy includes multi-question surveys and eNPS tracking with anonymous responses on every plan, so you can measure sentiment over time, not just collect a poll response inside a Journey.

Trivia and games with leaderboards

Doozy runs daily trivia with scoring and leaderboards, alongside the coffee chats and conversation prompts both platforms offer.

Flat, predictable pricing

Doozy is one price regardless of how many people participate, which the pricing section below covers in detail.

What Donut does that Doozy doesn't

Donut has real strengths Doozy lacks today:

Microsoft Teams support

Donut works on Microsoft Teams as well as Slack. Doozy is Slack-only, so if your company runs on Teams, Donut is the better fit.

Live facilitation with Gatheround

Donut's Gatheround runs structured live video events for onboarding and workshops, with built-in facilitation tools. Doozy does not offer live video events.

Enterprise Grid multi-workspace

Donut Premium supports Slack Enterprise Grid with channels spanning multiple workspaces. If you need that, confirm current support with Doozy before switching.

Pricing comparison

The pricing models differ, and that difference matters most as your team grows.

Donut bills per active participant. Your bill is based on the number of people in Donut channels receiving Intros, Watercooler, and Celebrations, plus the people enrolled in Journeys on Premium. Published starting prices (annual billing, from donut.com as of July 2026):

• Free: $0, with single channels and up to 3 Journey messages per Journey.
• Standard: from $74/month, rising by participant band ($149/month for 25 to 49 people, $299 for 50 to 99, $599 for 100 to 199).
• Premium: from $119/month, rising the same way ($959/month for 100 to 199 people), adding unlimited Journey messages and Enterprise Grid.
• Enterprise: custom pricing for larger teams.

Doozy is flat rate. One monthly price covers everyone, up to the plan's employee cap:

• Core: $199/month (up to 350 employees), with unlimited quizzes, surveys, celebrations, shoutouts, intros, and trivia, plus up to 3 active tracks.
• Scale: $499/month (up to 1,000 employees), adding unlimited tracks, SSO/SAML, API, webhooks, and advanced analytics.
• Enterprise: custom pricing with custom automations and SLAs.

Total cost example (100 active participants)

	Donut Standard	Donut Premium	Doozy Core
Monthly cost	~$599/month (annual)	~$959/month (annual)	$199/month

With Donut, the bill rises each time you add people to a Donut channel, so onboarding a larger cohort increases your cost. With Doozy Core, the same $199/month covers up to 350 employees, so your cost is predictable as you grow. If your participant count is small, Donut's lower bands can cost less, so the flat-rate advantage grows with team size. For a full side-by-side cost breakdown, see the Doozy vs Donut pricing comparison.

When to choose Donut

• Your company runs on Microsoft Teams rather than Slack.
• You want structured live facilitation and events through Gatheround.
• You are on Slack Enterprise Grid and need channels across multiple workspaces.
• Your participant count is small enough that per-participant pricing stays low.

When to choose Doozy

• You are a Slack-first team and want onboarding that leads into measurable training.
• You need scored quizzes, compliance completion records, or exportable reports.
• You want multi-question surveys and eNPS alongside your connection features.
• You want one predictable price as your headcount grows.
• Digital signing cards or trivia leaderboards matter to your culture.

Making the decision

Both platforms build onboarding and connection programs with AI. The choice comes down to three questions:

1. Platform: on Microsoft Teams, choose Donut. On Slack, both work.
2. Scope: for connection and onboarding sequences, either fits. For onboarding plus graded training, compliance, and surveys, Doozy covers more in one tool.
3. Pricing: Donut scales with active participants; Doozy is flat from $199/month. The larger your team, the more that difference favors flat rate.

Try Doozy

Start a free trial, no credit card required, and explore:

• Set up Doozy Roulette for coffee chats. See our complete setup guide.
• Configure Celebrations for birthdays and anniversaries.
• Create a Training Track for your next onboarding cohort.
• Run Daily Trivia to boost engagement.

Start your free trial → or request a demo to see Doozy with your team.

---

Have questions about switching from Donut? Reach out via our contact page. We are happy to help with migration.