Which scheduling agent tells you the most

Agents whose main job is calendars and bookings. Catch discloses the most of the 8 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
SMSSlackEmailVoice
7 of 9Does not disclose: names who carries the messages, names its model providers
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
Manoa
Text your calendar instead of opening it, including a photograph of a flyer
SMS
6 of 9Does not disclose: says whether it trains on you, names its model providers, says where to report a bug
7
Navi
Watches the route between you and where you have to be, and texts you when to leave
iMessageSMSRCSWhatsAppText it, opens with Hey Navi+1 646 203 5769
5 of 9Does not disclose: publishes a price, names who carries the messages, names its model providers, says where to report a bug
8
Howie
A calendar secretary you copy into a thread or text, who books the meeting and chases the reply
iMessageSMSEmail
4 of 9Does not disclose: says whether it trains on you, 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.

1NaviText a numberiMessageSMSRCSWhatsApp
2OrchidText a numberiMessageSMS
3CatchCreate an accountSMSSlackEmailVoice
4EspaCreate an accountiMessageSMSWhatsAppEmail
5HowieCreate an accountiMessageSMSEmail
6LucasCreate an accountiMessageWhatsAppSMS
7ManoaCreate an accountSMS
8SabiCreate an accountiMessageSMS

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