Don't Interrupt vs the alternatives for Slack and Teams status

Slack's built-in tools, Reclaim, Power Automate, Zapier, Make and Status Calendar all touch your Slack or Teams status. Here is what each leaves you to build, pay for or go without, and what Don't Interrupt does out of the box.

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Which one fits you?

  • Want your Slack and Teams status to follow your calendar, free to start? Works in Slack and Microsoft Teams, with Do Not Disturb, rules and working hours included. From $4 a seat after the free plan. Don't Interrupt
  • Already pay for a calendar planner? Its Slack status sync is only on paid plans, and Teams status is listed as coming soon. Reclaim
  • Using Slack's built-in tools? No meeting name, scheduled statuses are one-off, and calendar Do Not Disturb isn't described. Slack's scheduled status
  • On Google Calendar and Slack only? One emoji and message for every event, and no Outlook, Zoom or Teams on its site. Status Calendar
  • Thinking of building your own flow? You build and maintain every workflow: a Premium connector for Teams presence, and 15-minute checks on the free plans of Zapier and Make. Power Automate, Zapier or Make
  • Moving off Clockwise? It closed on 27 March 2026. Don't Interrupt does the status job and starts free. Your options

Side by side

Checked 3 October 2026 against each vendor's own pages. Where a vendor's pages don't say, we write “not documented”, never “no”.

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Alternatives side by side
Product Slack statusTeams statusDo Not Disturb from your calendarMeeting name in statusFree plan that sets status Price from Comparison
Don't Interrupt Yes From Google, Outlook, Zoom or iCal Yes Status message, Do Not Disturb or Offline Yes Optional, per type of event Yes Optional; private events stay private Partly Basic is free, with a short tag Free. Plus is $4 a seat a month Try free
Reclaim Partly By category, on paid plans1 Planned Listed as coming soon2 Partly Per category, off by default1 Partly Opt-in with a parameter1 No Slack status sync is a paid feature3 $10 per seat a month, billed yearly Read the comparison
Slack's scheduled status Partly “In a meeting” only1 No Slack's own tools Not documented Not described1 No Not included1 Yes Included with Slack Included with Slack Read the comparison
Power Automate for Teams Partly Connector has no set-status action6 Partly Via a Premium connector you build1 Partly You build the schedule logic Partly You build it Partly Standard connectors only3 Premium licence for presence Read the comparison
Status Calendar Yes From Google Calendar1 Not documented Not mentioned1 Partly On or off switch1 Not documented Not mentioned1 Yes One emoji and message1 Free. Pro $36 a year (early access) Read the comparison
Zapier and Make Yes Set Status action1 Partly Zapier has an action; Make only reads5 Partly No Slack Do Not Disturb action documented1 Partly You build it Partly Checks every 15 minutes2 Free. Zapier paid from $19.99 a month Read the comparison

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Checked 3 Oct 2026 Reclaim Where we're stronger: Works in Teams, sets status on a free plan and costs less per seat. A planner first. Slack status sync is only on paid plans and Teams status is listed as coming soon. Read the comparison Checked 3 Oct 2026 Clockwise alternative Where we're stronger: Set-up takes about five minutes, and it works in Teams too. Clockwise closed on 27 March 2026. Don't Interrupt covers the status job on Slack and Teams, and starts free. Read the comparison Checked 3 Oct 2026 Slack's scheduled status Where we're stronger: Adds the meeting name, calendar Do Not Disturb, repeating statuses and Teams. Free but basic: no meeting name, one-off scheduled statuses, and no calendar-driven Do Not Disturb described. Read the comparison Checked 3 Oct 2026 Power Automate for Teams Where we're stronger: Ready-made: connect your calendar and your Teams status follows it. You build it all: no presence action in the Teams connector, so presence means a Premium connector and your own logic. Read the comparison Checked 3 Oct 2026 Status Calendar Where we're stronger: Adds Outlook, Zoom, Teams, rules and the meeting name. Google Calendar to Slack only, with one emoji and message for every event on the free plan. Read the comparison Checked 3 Oct 2026 Zapier and Make Where we're stronger: Ready-made, with Do Not Disturb, Teams presence and rules included. You build every workflow: free plans check your calendar every 15 minutes, and no Slack Do Not Disturb action is documented. Read the comparison
“I can't think of any other piece of technology that brought me as much mental peace at work as Don't Interrupt. All my Slack notifications are silenced when I'm in a meeting and I can pay attention to what is being discussed.”
Jairam Chandar, Engineering Manager, Meltwater

Evidence

We make Don't Interrupt. Everything about another product comes from its own public pages, listed and dated on each comparison. Where they're silent we write “not documented”. We haven't run their products.

Spot a mistake? Email support@dontinterrupt.app and we'll fix it. Reclaim, Clockwise, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Power Automate, Zapier, Make and Status Calendar are trademarks of their owners. Don't Interrupt is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

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