dots alternatives

dots is on Slack, Web and Voice, 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 dots: 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.

Air by WZRDbeta
A persistent Ubuntu computer per person, driven from an iMessage thread, in private beta at $50 a month
iMessageWeb
Both do Email and Web researchNot on Slack and Voice
Vellum
An agent with its own identity and filesystem, across text, desktop and voice
TelegramSlackEmailVoiceWeb
Both do Email and Writing codeAlso on Telegram and Email
Lindy
A work assistant you reach in Slack, iMessage or Gmail, built on the web first
SlackiMessageSMSWeb
Both do Email and Task managementNot on Voice
Notis
Executes across your existing tools from a text, on five channels
iMessageWhatsAppTelegramSlackEmail
Both do Email and Task managementNot on Web and Voice
Brea
A hosted agent in iMessage with 2,100 integrations, prebuilt automations and a browser on the $39 plan
iMessageSMSRCSTelegramWeb
Both do Email and Web researchNot on Slack and Voice
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 Web researchNot on Slack, Web and Voice
Instinct
A general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly that
iMessageVoice
Both do Email and Task managementNot on Slack and WebSide by side
Muse
Meta's personal agent, reachable inside WhatsApp, running on a cloud computer of its own
WhatsAppWeb
Both do Email and PaymentsNot on Slack and VoiceSide by side

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