The best Steady alternative
Weighing up a Steady alternative? truelo keeps what teams like about Steady — ai-agent coordination (ex-status hero) — but grounds every update in real GitHub & Jira activity and adds an AI end-of-day summary, fair dev dashboards and built-in time off, in one Slack bot. Here's why teams switch.
Why teams switch from Steady to truelo
Every summary is built from real commits, PRs and tickets with a fair effort estimate — not from check-in fields or AI agents summarising them.
Delivery and cycle-time dashboards are built in.
Time off, approvals and a calendar are part of the same bot.
Simple per-seat pricing, not credits to budget and top up.
truelo vs Steady, feature by feature
| Feature | truelo | Steady |
|---|---|---|
| Where updates come from | Auto from GitHub + Jira, plus a 30-second /wrap | Check-ins + AI agents |
| AI end-of-day summary | Echoes AI agents | |
| Effort estimate (from what changed, not lines of code) | ||
| Team dashboards + delivery / cycle-time metrics | Reports | |
| Time off / PTO built in (calendar + approvals) | ||
| No stack-ranking · everyone sees their own numbers | ||
| Time to first value | ~5 minutes | ~10 minutes |
| Pricing | Free ≤3 · €2/basic · €5/developer (or €1/person for time off only) | Credit-based (100 free credits/user) |
Comparison reflects each product's public positioning at the time of writing. Steady is a trademark of its respective owner; this is an independent comparison.
Is truelo the right Steady alternative for you?
Steady is evolving into an AI-agent coordination OS. truelo is the better fit when you want the day summarised from real dev activity, fair effort scoring and time off in one Slack bot.
Steady alternative — FAQ
Is truelo a Steady (formerly Status Hero) alternative?
Yes. It keeps the daily check-in habit but grounds it in automatic GitHub/Jira activity, adds a fair effort estimate and dashboards, and includes time off — on simple per-seat pricing rather than credits.
Do I still write a check-in?
Only a 30-second /wrap for hours and a short note — the rest is read from your commits, PRs and tickets.
Does it work in Slack?
Yes, truelo is Slack-native: slash commands, reminders and the daily summary all live in Slack.