eeny.io

What It Is

Eeny is a random picker tool for Slack. Its core purpose is to help teams quickly and fairly select one or more people for collaborative workflows—such as choosing a daily standup host, assigning a code review owner, setting coffee-duty rotations, or allocating meeting roles. It runs directly through Slack commands: after installing it in a workspace, you can invite the bot to a channel and type @Eeny pick to randomly select from that channel’s members.

Core Features and Collaboration

The free tier already covers the main use cases: picking from the current channel, creating custom member lists, picking from a list, re-picking, viewing statistics, and combining it with Slack reminders for scheduled automation. In both channel and list modes, picks and stats are relatively “quiet” and typically do not notify every member. The Pro version adds features for more complex team management, including fairer selection, picking up to 3 people at once, temporarily excluding unavailable users, picking directly from Slack user groups, and automatically syncing as Slack user group membership changes.

Pricing and Deployment

Eeny uses a free plan plus a Pro subscription model. Pro includes a 14-day free trial, is tied to a Slack workspace, is paid via Stripe, and is billed in GBP. The main text does not disclose the specific price. Subscriptions can be canceled at any time, but refunds are not provided; uninstalling the app automatically cancels the subscription. In terms of deployment, it is a cloud-based Slack App, with no self-hosted version mentioned.

Security, Integrations, and Support

Integrations are almost entirely centered on Slack, including channels, Slack reminders, and Pro user groups. Using the user group feature requires the usergroups:read permission. Documentation, FAQ, and email contact options are relatively clear. However, the main text does not mention enterprise-grade security or compliance details such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, encryption, or audit logs, and its permission and administration capabilities appear fairly lightweight.

Pros, Cons, and Best Fit

Eeny’s strengths are its simplicity, ease of use, and clearly defined problem space. The free version is already sufficient for small teams. Its limitations are that the app’s scope is very narrow and it is essentially limited to the Slack ecosystem; Pro pricing is not transparent; and the terms of service also state that the service may be shut down, although refunds would be prorated in that case. It is best suited to agile development teams, remote teams, and operations teams using Slack that need a transparent rotation or assignment mechanism.

Access from China and Alternatives

Access from China is not addressed in the main text, and actual usability may be affected by the accessibility of Slack and Stripe in the domestic network and payment environment. If a team primarily uses Feishu, DingTalk, or WeCom, it may be better to look for lottery or rotation bots built for those platforms, or replace Eeny with workflows or custom scripts.