alfred_ alternatives

alfred_ is on SMS and Email, and to start you create an account. These 8 agents do a similar job. Each row says what the two have in common and the one thing that changes if you switch.

The 8 closest

Ordered by how much ground they share with alfred_: same job first, then the same things it can do, then the same places you can reach it. Not a ranking of quality, which we have not measured.

Lindy
A work assistant you reach in Slack, iMessage or Gmail, built on the web first
SlackiMessageEmailWeb
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Notis
Executes across your existing tools from a text, on five channels
iMessageWhatsAppTelegramSlackEmail
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Arlo
Reads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes out
iMessageSMSText it, opens with hey Arlo+1 407 234 1884
Both do Email and Persistent memoryNot on Email
Caddy
A work assistant in your texts, blue bubbles on iPhone and RCS on Android
iMessageRCSSMS
Both do Calendar and scheduling and RemindersNot on Email
Howie
A calendar secretary you copy into a thread or text, who books the meeting and chases the reply
iMessageSMSEmail
Both do Calendar and scheduling and EmailAlso on iMessage
Orchid
Email triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processed
EmailText it+1 415 695 4918
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on SMS
Catch
Email, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by default
SMSEmailVoice
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on Voice
Lucas
An assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS
iMessageWhatsAppSMS
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on Email

Still want alfred_

Nothing here is a recommendation to switch. alfred_ may be the right one, and this page exists because “alternatives” is how people actually search when they are still deciding.

The full alfred_ listing records how you start, what it costs, what it states it can do, and what its policy says about your messages.