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Messaging Agents

Which family agent tells you the most

Agents built for a household rather than an individual. Ollie discloses the most of the 6 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. 1

    Ollie

    A family agent that lives in the household's existing iMessage group thread

    iMessage
    9 of 9Discloses everything measured
  2. 2

    Fambotbeta

    A family chief of staff that reads school email and texts parents the next day's plan every evening

    SMS
    8 of 9Does not disclose: says where to report a bug
  3. 3

    Ohai

    A household manager you text, from the founder of Care.com, with human assistants behind the AI

    SMS
    7 of 9Does not disclose: names who carries the messages, says where to report a bug
  4. 4

    Eugene

    Reminders, routines and the people in your life, remembered and sent back by SMS from a toll-free number

    SMSTelegramText it, opens with hi+1 888 297 9599
    5 of 9Does not disclose: publishes a price, names who carries the messages, names its model providers, says where to report a bug
  5. 5

    Orbits

    A family's home manager in an app, with an assistant called Bit you text or add to the family group chat

    SMS
    4 of 9Does not disclose: publishes a price, says whether it trains on you, names who carries the messages, names its model providers, says where to report a bug
  6. 6

    Maebeta

    A family assistant you call or text, holding the things that live in one person's head

    SMSVoice
    1 of 9Does not disclose: 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, 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.

  1. 1OllieAdd a number to a groupiMessage
  2. 2EugeneText a numberSMSTelegram
  3. 3FambotCreate an accountSMS
  4. 4OhaiCreate an accountSMS
  5. 5OrbitsInstall an appSMS

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