iHermes alternatives

iHermes is on iMessage, 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 iHermes: 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
SlackiMessageSMSWeb
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on Slack, SMS and Web
Notis
Executes across your existing tools from a text, on five channels
iMessageWhatsAppTelegramSlackEmail
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and Email
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 Calendar and schedulingAlso on Web
Brea
A hosted agent in iMessage with 2,100 integrations, prebuilt automations and a browser on the $39 plan
iMessageSMSRCSTelegramWeb
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on SMS, RCS, Telegram and Web
Arlo (arlomind.com)
An assistant in iMessage that reaches out first, with three published prices and no company named
iMessage
Both do Email and Calendar and scheduling
Bo
A health and life assistant in your texts that reads your sleep, your steps and your calendar
iMessageSMS
Both do Reminders and Task managementAlso on SMS
Orchid
Email triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processed
iMessageSMSText it+1 415 299 9916
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on SMS
Pally
Life-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitch
iMessageRCS
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on RCS

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