Which email agent tells you the most

Agents that triage, draft or answer email. Catch discloses the most of the 6 here, at 7 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
Catch
Email, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by default
SMSEmailVoice
7 of 9Discloses: Publishes a price, Has a privacy policy, Says whether it trains on you, Addresses people who never signed up, Says what happens if you cancel, Says where to report a bug, Says how you start
2
Orchid
Email triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processed
EmailText it+1 415 695 4918
7 of 9Discloses: Publishes a price, Has a privacy policy, Says whether it trains on you, Addresses people who never signed up, Says what happens if you cancel, Names who carries the messages, Names its model providers
3
Lucas
An assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS
iMessageWhatsAppSMS
6 of 9Discloses: Publishes a price, Has a privacy policy, Says whether it trains on you, Addresses people who never signed up, Names its model providers, Says where to report a bug
4
Arlo
Reads your work tools and asks approval before anything consequential goes out
iMessageSMSText it, opens with hey Arlo+1 407 234 1884
5 of 9Discloses: Publishes a price, Has a privacy policy, Names who carries the messages, Says where to report a bug, Says how you start
5
Caddy
A work assistant in your texts, blue bubbles on iPhone and RCS on Android
iMessageRCSSMS
5 of 9Discloses: Publishes a price, Has a privacy policy, Says whether it trains on you, Names who carries the messages, Says how you start
6
Lindy
A work assistant you reach in Slack, iMessage or Gmail, built on the web first
SlackiMessageEmailWeb
5 of 9Discloses: Publishes a price, Has a privacy policy, Says whether it trains on you, Says where to report a bug, Says how you start

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
3CatchCreate an accountSMSEmailVoice
4LindyCreate an accountSlackiMessageEmailWeb

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