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Which scheduling agent tells you the most

Agents whose main job is calendars and bookings. Orchid discloses the most of the 6 here, at 8 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

    Orchid

    Email triage, calendar and bookings, with 220,000+ emails processed

    EmailText it+1 415 695 4918
    8 of 9Does not disclose: says where to report a bug
  2. 2

    Catch

    Email, scheduling, travel and outbound phone calls, proactive by default

    SMSEmailVoice
    7 of 9Does not disclose: names who carries the messages, names its model providers
  3. 3

    Lucas

    An assistant that texts you first across iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS

    iMessageWhatsAppSMS
    7 of 9Does not disclose: says what happens if you cancel, names who carries the messages
  4. 4

    Navi

    Tells you when to leave, watches the weather and remembers the school run, over iMessage

    iMessageSMSText it+1 646 203 5769
    4 of 9Does not disclose: 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
  5. 5

    Howie

    A calendar secretary you copy into a thread or text, who books the meeting and chases the reply

    iMessageSMSEmail
    3 of 9Does not disclose: 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
  6. 6

    Manoa

    Text your calendar instead of opening it, including a photograph of a flyer

    SMS
    3 of 9Does not disclose: 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. 1NaviText a numberiMessageSMS
  2. 2OrchidText a numberEmail
  3. 3CatchCreate an accountSMSEmailVoice
  4. 4HowieCreate an accountiMessageSMSEmail
  5. 5LucasCreate an accountiMessageWhatsAppSMS
  6. 6ManoaCreate an accountSMS

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