Donut
An employee experience platform for Slack and Teams.
Donut is an employee experience platform that runs onboarding, internal introductions, recognition, and engagement programs automatically inside Slack or Microsoft Teams. It uses AI to launch onboarding workflows, match employees for introductions, and deliver scheduled messages and tasks, helping companies replace manual people programs with repeatable processes.
Key capabilities include Donut Journeys for automated employee journeys from onboarding to offboarding, with 17 customizable message types, scheduled Slack and email delivery, and integrations with 50+ HRIS platforms and Greenhouse ATS. Other modules cover Intros for AI-powered matching, Shoutouts recognition with points and a rewards store, Watercooler conversation prompts, Celebrations for milestones, and reporting dashboards for program insights. Additional free tools include Zoom icebreakers, Microsoft Teams pairing, and FigJam exercises.
Donut is for people operations, HR, and employee experience teams. It offers a free plan, paid Standard and Premium tiers, and an Enterprise option, with a 14-day trial for paid features. Pricing is usage-based, determined by the number of people in Donut channels and custom workflows, with monthly or annual billing.
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