Poke alternatives

Poke is on iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram, 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 Poke: 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.

Pally
Life-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitch
iMessageWhatsAppEmailSlack
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on Telegram
Notis
Executes across your existing tools from a text, on five channels
iMessageWhatsAppTelegramSlackEmail
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on Slack and Email
Lucas
An assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS
iMessageWhatsAppSMS
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on Telegram
Orchid
Email triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processed
EmailText it
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram
folk
A personal AI with an isolated cloud computer and a persistent memory graph
iMessageTelegramWhatsAppDiscord
Both do Email and Web researchAlso on DiscordSide by side
Homer
Texts you back on iMessage or SMS, and will phone a business for you
iMessageSMSText it, opens with Hey Homer
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on WhatsApp and Telegram
Instinct
A general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly that
iMessage
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingNot on WhatsApp and Telegram
OpenClaw
A general agent in your contacts on five platforms, selling overnight autonomy
iMessageWhatsAppTelegramDiscordSlack
Both do Email and Calendar and schedulingAlso on Discord and Slack

Still want Poke

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

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