Donut has facilitated more than 10 million introductions for over 20,000 teams, and the question we still hear most is: "What can you actually do with Donut?" Here's the full tour: every product, its key features, and popular programs.
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Donut works in Slack and Microsoft Teams.
Intros: connect teammates automatically
Donut Intros pairs people in a channel for coffee chats and cross-team networking on a schedule you set.
Pair people randomly, within a group, across groups, or by lottery
Donut nudges each pair to meet and can start the meeting with our Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams integrations
Start with What are Donut Intros? or set up your first Intros channel.
Journeys: automate onboarding, mentorship, and training
Donut Journeys sends the right messages, tasks, and introductions to the right people at the right time.
Prebuilt templates for onboarding, peer mentorship, leadership training, and internships
30/60/90-day check-ins, polls, and feedback collection built in
Journey Hubs give participants their resources, key contacts, and milestones in one place
Start with Donut Journeys: Explained or Journey Hubs.
Celebrations: never miss a birthday or work anniversary
Donut Celebrations collects birthdays and work anniversaries, then posts festive messages to your channel so the whole team can join in.
Automate birthday and work anniversary posts with dates pulled from a CSV upload or your HRIS.
Create custom Celebrations for milestones unique to your team
Start with What are Donut Celebrations? or the Celebrations FAQs.
Watercooler: spark conversations between meetings
Donut Watercooler posts conversation prompts to a channel on a schedule, so remote and hybrid teams keep talking about more than work.
Choose from Donut's topic library, generate prompts with AI, or write your own
Set the cadence that fits your team
Start with How to Start a Donut Watercooler Channel.
Shoutouts: recognize great work with points
Donut Shoutouts lets teammates recognize each other in Slack, with a weekly points allowance to make recognition tangible. Shoutouts is available on every plan.
Send a Shoutout publicly or as a DM
Tie recognition to your company's core values
Track activity with the Shoutouts & Points Leaderboard
Add an optional Rewards Store where participants can redeem points for rewards, including automatically fulfilled gift cards.
Start with Donut Shoutouts: Getting Started or see what's included by plan.
Team Pulse (beta): get an instant read on your channels
Team Pulse shows participation and sentiment trends across the Slack channels where Donut is installed, so you can spot trends early. Team Pulse is currently in beta.
Start with Team Pulse: Getting Started or the Team Pulse FAQs.
✅ Not sure where to begin? See Which Donut program is right for your channel?
Popular programs you can set up in minutes
Ramp up new hires and interns
Ramp up new hires and interns
Full-Time Employee Onboarding - a 6-month program with 30/60/90-day check-ins, networking, and feedback collection
Simple Onboarding Polls - quick-pulse polls at Week 1 and 30 days
Internship Full Lifecycle - a 12-week program from onboarding to offboarding
New Hire Cohort Connections - help new hires meet others starting around the same time
Share knowledge and grow careers
Share knowledge and grow careers
Peer Mentorship Program - match mentors and mentees for a structured partnership
New Manager Mentorship - pair new managers with experienced mentors
Leadership Training - readings, exercises, and peer connections for newly promoted managers
Lunch & Learn Sessions - pair colleagues to share skills, from Excel to public speaking
Keep leadership connected
Keep leadership connected
CEO Coffee Lottery - pick a four teammates per month to have coffee with the CEO
Leadership Roundtables - monthly small-group discussions with team leads
Team Lead 1:1s - prompt monthly one-to-one conversations
Build connection across the company
Build connection across the company
Cross-Department Intros - sales, meet marketing
Intros Across Offices - bridge the gap between locations
Remote Coffee Meetups - coffee via Zoom for distributed teams
Happy Hour Coordination and Offsite Preparation - reminders and feedback for event organizers
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