Duckbill alternatives

Duckbill is on SMS, Email and Web, 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 Duckbill: 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.

Catch
Email, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by default
SMSEmailVoice
Both do Bookings and reservations and Phone callsNot on Web
Arlo
Reads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes out
iMessageSMSText it, opens with hey Arlo
Both do Web research and Phone callsNot on Email and Web
Homer
Texts you back on iMessage or SMS, and will phone a business for you
iMessageSMSText it, opens with Hey Homer
Both do Web research and Bookings and reservationsNot on Email and Web
Pally
Life-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitch
iMessageWhatsAppEmailSlack
Both do Task management and Web researchNot on SMS and Web
Instinct
A general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly that
iMessage
Both do Bookings and reservations and Task managementNot on SMS, Email and WebSide by side
Vellum
An agent with its own identity and filesystem, across text, desktop and voice
TelegramSlackEmailVoiceWeb
Both do Phone calls and Web researchNot on SMS
Wajo
A group agent that places its own calls and pays with its own card
iMessageSMSVoice
Both do Bookings and reservations and Web researchNot on Email and Web
Orchid
Email triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processed
EmailText it
Both do Bookings and reservations and Task managementNot on SMS and Web

Still want Duckbill

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

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