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Messaging Agents

Personal assistants

General-purpose agents that handle email, calendar, tasks and admin over text. 19 listed, compared below by channel, how you start using them, pricing and whether they are live.

19 agents

Agents compared by channel, how you start using them and pricing. Status is shown only where it is not live.
AgentChannelsHow you startPricing
ArloReads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes outText it, opens with hey ArloiMessageSMSText a numberUnknown
CaddyA work assistant in your texts, blue bubbles on iPhone and RCS on AndroidiMessageRCSSMSText a numberUnknown
CatchEmail, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by defaultSMSEmailVoiceCreate an account$99/month
DuckbillThe model plans, background-checked humans executeSMSEmailWebCreate an accountUnknown
EmberBetaOne tap to start, no signup, and its main use is decoding a confusing textText it, opens with Hey Ember 🔥iMessageTap one linkFree open beta
folkA personal AI with an isolated cloud computer and a persistent memory graphiMessageTelegramWhatsAppDiscordUnknownUnknown
HomerTexts you back on iMessage or SMS, and will phone a business for youText it, opens with Hey HomeriMessageSMSText a numberFree tier; Pro $9.99/month; Business $29.99/month
iChatWithGPTThe simplest shape in the category: a model at the end of a text threadiMessageTap one linkFree to try; Pro for unlimited messaging, price not published
InstinctA general agent that acts before asking, and is criticised for exactly thatiMessageInvite onlyUnknown
LucasAn assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMSiMessageWhatsAppSMSUnknownUnknown
MartinCharges for proactivity rather than capacity, at $35 or $49 a monthiMessageSMSUnknown$35/month limited proactive actions, $49/month unlimited
NotisExecutes across your existing tools from a text, on five channelsiMessageWhatsAppTelegramSlackEmailUnknownUnknown
OpenClawA general agent in your contacts on five platforms, selling overnight autonomyiMessageWhatsAppTelegramDiscordSlackCreate an account$1 for a 24-hour trial, then $39/month
OpenInstinctSelf-hostable open-source iMessage assistant, one-click deploy to VerceliMessageSelf-host itOpen source
OrchidEmail triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processedText itEmailUnknownUnknown
PallyLife-admin triage where relationship nudges are a side effect, not the pitchiMessageWhatsAppEmailSlackUnknownFree tier; Pro $25/month; Max $100/month
PokeAcquiredThe first independent third-party agent approved on Apple Messages for BusinessiMessageWhatsAppTelegramCreate an accountFree tier; Pro $19/month; Ultra $199/month
TomoCoaching and accountability that charges for the unprompted check-iniMessageSMSWebText a numberUnknown
VellumAn agent with its own identity and filesystem, across text, desktop and voiceTelegramSlackEmailVoiceWebCreate an accountUnknown

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