folk alternatives

folk is on iMessage, Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord and Voice, and to start you tap one link. 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 folk: 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.

Wis.aibeta
An assistant on WhatsApp and Telegram with its own computer, number, voice and email, in a private beta with no price
WhatsAppTelegramVoiceEmail
Both do Email and Bookings and reservationsNot on iMessage and Discord
Instinct
A general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly that
iMessageVoice
Both do Email and Bookings and reservationsNot on Telegram, WhatsApp and Discord
Lindy
A work assistant you reach in Slack, iMessage or Gmail, built on the web first
SlackiMessageSMSWeb
Both do Email and Task managementNot on Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord and Voice
Muse
Meta's personal agent, reachable inside WhatsApp, running on a cloud computer of its own
WhatsAppWeb
Both do Email and Bookings and reservationsNot on iMessage, Telegram, Discord and Voice
Tabbeta
An agent you text that browses, calls, waits on hold and pays with your approval, and says where the secrets live
iMessageSMS
Both do Email and Bookings and reservationsNot on Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord 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 Bookings and reservationsNot on WhatsApp, Discord and Voice
OpenClaw
The open-source assistant you run yourself, in twenty nine channels including iMessage
iMessageWhatsAppTelegramDiscordSlack
Both do Email and Web researchNot on Voice
Pally
Life-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitch
iMessageRCSTelegram
Both do Email and Task managementNot on WhatsApp, Discord and Voice

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