Which email agent tells you the most

Agents that triage, draft or answer email. alfred_ discloses the most of the 12 here, at 9 of 9. Every criterion is mechanical and listed below, so you can recompute any position yourself.

What each one tells you

Every disclosure below is something these companies could publish today at no cost. A low score is a choice rather than a limitation.

1
alfred_
Triages the inbox, drafts the reply and turns email into tasks, with a text line into it
SMS
9 of 9Discloses everything measured
2
Arlo
Reads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes out
iMessageSMSText it, opens with hey Arlo+1 407 234 1884
9 of 9Discloses everything measured
3
Slashy
An email client for founders whose agent you can also reach from iMessage and Slack
iMessageSlack
9 of 9Discloses everything measured
4
Lindy
A work assistant you reach in Slack, iMessage or Gmail, built on the web first
SlackiMessageSMSWeb
8 of 9Does not disclose: says what happens if you cancel
5
Brea
A hosted agent in iMessage with 2,100 integrations, prebuilt automations and a browser on the $39 plan
iMessageSMSRCSTelegramWeb
7 of 9Does not disclose: names who carries the messages, says where to report a bug
6
Caddybeta
A work assistant in your texts, blue bubbles on iPhone and RCS on Android
iMessageRCSSMS
7 of 9Does not disclose: names its model providers, says where to report a bug
7
Catch
Email, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by default
SMSSlackEmailVoice
7 of 9Does not disclose: names who carries the messages, names its model providers
8
Espa
An assistant for your to-dos, looped into iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp or email threads, with three published prices
iMessageSMSWhatsAppEmail
7 of 9Does not disclose: names who carries the messages, says where to report a bug
9
Lucas
An assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS
iMessageWhatsAppSMS
7 of 9Does not disclose: publishes a price, names who carries the messages
10
Orchid
Email triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processed
iMessageSMSText it+1 415 299 9916
7 of 9Does not disclose: publishes a price, says where to report a bug
11
Sabi
An executive assistant by text for owners who do not want software: inbox, calendar, tasks and the books
iMessageSMS
7 of 9Does not disclose: publishes a price, says where to report a bug
12
Arlo (arlomind.com)
An assistant in iMessage that reaches out first, with three published prices and no company named
iMessage
6 of 9Does not disclose: names who carries the messages, names its model providers, says where to report a bug

How this is scored

Publishes a price: You can find out what it costs without signing up
Has a privacy policy: There is a document at all, for a product that reads your messages
Says whether it trains on you: States plainly whether your conversations train a model
Addresses people who never signed up: Says what happens to the data of others in your threads
Says what happens if you cancel: States whether your history is kept or deleted
Names who carries the messages: Names the company that actually holds your texts
Names its model providers: Says which AI companies see your conversations
Says where to report a bug: A researcher who finds a hole has somewhere to send it
Says how you start: You can tell what is required of you before you begin

Fewest steps before it does anything

Counted the same way as the onboarding ladder: joining a thread you are already in is zero, texting a number is one, installing an app before you can begin is four. Agents behind a waitlist or an invite are left out rather than ranked last, because unavailable is not the same as high friction.

1ArloText a numberiMessageSMS
2CaddyText a numberiMessageRCSSMS
3OrchidText a numberiMessageSMS
4alfred_Create an accountSMS
5Arlo (arlomind.com)Create an accountiMessage
6BreaCreate an accountiMessageSMSRCSTelegramWeb
7CatchCreate an accountSMSSlackEmailVoice
8EspaCreate an accountiMessageSMSWhatsAppEmail
9LindyCreate an accountSlackiMessageSMSWeb
10LucasCreate an accountiMessageWhatsAppSMS
11SabiCreate an accountiMessageSMS
12SlashyCreate an accountiMessageSlack

The email in full, unranked and filterable, or the other categories.