Carly vs Hark Pro: Which AI Assistant Fits Your Day?
Hark Pro is the personal AI assistant from Hark, the lab Figure founder Brett Adcock started. It launched on October 6, 2026. When a job needs the web, Hark opens a browser on its own cloud computer and does it: pays the bill, cancels the subscription, books the table. Carly is an AI assistant and agent builder that works inside your email, calendar and the apps your business runs on.
Both take tasks off your list. They pick up different lists.
The quick answer: Hark if your to-do list is life admin: the bill, the forgotten subscription, dinner. Carly if your to-do list is your inbox, calendar and clients, and you want it handled across every account without tapping a button for each task. Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/month.
Carly vs Hark Pro at a glance
| Carly | Hark Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Email, calendar, CRM and team workflows | Life admin on websites |
| How it acts | Directly in your accounts and apps | A cloud browser that clicks through sites (Handoff) |
| Starts work | On an event, a schedule or a request | When you ask or tap an Action Button, plus scheduled tasks |
| Email accounts | All of your Gmail and Outlook accounts at once | Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 |
| Teams | Agents and workflows for a whole team | No team plan |
| Where you use it | Web, text, email, ChatGPT, Claude | Web, iOS, Android |
| AI training on your data | No | No |
| Pricing | Free workflows; agents from $35/mo | Free with a cap; $20 or $100 a month |
What Hark is built for
You talk to Hark in one long chat, with Projects for bigger jobs like a move. Its home screen holds two features most assistants lack. Action Buttons read your email and list your to-dos with a button on each: Pay, Cancel, RSVP. Panels build a small tracker app from data in services like Strava or Venmo. Behind both sits Handoff, which starts a virtual computer, logs in with your saved credentials and clicks through the task while you watch.
Hark sends email from your accounts and by default asks before it sends anything or spends money. Its privacy policy says your data is never used to train models.
What Carly is built for
Carly’s day starts in your inbox. Connect every Google and Microsoft account you have and it triages, drafts replies in your voice and sends them from the right address. It finds times across all of your calendars, with booking pages for the people who need a slot. The deal moves in HubSpot, the task lands in Asana, the note lands in the Carly CRM.
Then come workflows. An email from a key client, a form submission, a new booking, a Monday at 8am: each can start a run with an AI step in the middle. The agents you build each get their own email address, so clients and colleagues can CC them.
A button you tap, or work that starts itself
Hark’s Action Buttons are clever, and they wait for you. The bill gets paid when you tap Pay.
Carly starts on the event. Emily runs a two-person event planning business. When a venue emails a revised quote, Carly files the PDF to the client’s Drive folder, updates the budget sheet, drafts the reply from Emily’s address and holds a call with the client on both calendars. Emily approves the reply between meetings. There was no button to find.
Clicking websites vs connecting apps
Handoff drives websites the way a person would, up to six browsers at once. That reaches sites with no other way in, and it is also slow and fragile: Gizmodo watched a DoorDash order take several minutes, and early users reported crashing browsers and a broken GitHub connector on day one. Carly works through direct connections to the apps themselves, and connects to thousands of apps, so a CRM update or a calendar change is one call rather than a series of clicks.
Pricing
Hark Pro is free with a usage cap it does not quantify. Pro² is $20 a month for twice the usage and Pro³ is $100 a month for ten times, and early users said the free cap ran out fast. Carly runs Zapier-style workflows free, and AI agents start at $35 a month. Get started here.
Which should you choose?
- You want an assistant to pay bills, cancel subscriptions and order dinner on websites: Hark
- You want your inboxes and calendars handled across every account: Carly
- You want work to start when an email, booking or form arrives, with no tap: Carly workflows
- You need it to work for a team: Carly agents
- You want to reach it by text or inside ChatGPT and Claude: Carly
The wider field, including Meta Muse, ChatGPT Dots and Tab, is in Hark alternatives.
FAQ
Can I use Carly and Hark together?
Yes. Hark can keep the personal errands and Carly can take the work inbox, calendar and CRM. Neither trains on your data.
Does Hark have a team plan?
No. Hark Pro is sold to individuals. Carly agents run workflows for a whole team.
Can Hark make phone calls?
Not yet. Asked about it, Adcock replied, “We’ll get there.” For a business line, Carly Phone answers calls and texts back the ones you miss.
Is Carly cheaper than Hark Pro?
Hark’s paid tiers are $20 and $100 a month for more usage. Carly’s Zapier-style workflows are free, and AI agents start at $35 a month.
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"Before Carly, I relied on a Calendly link, but the whole process felt impersonal and not very professional. Carly changed that by handling all the back-and-forth, so I'm no longer stuck in endless email threads trying to line up schedules.
Now Carly reaches out to candidates, shares my real-time availability, lets them pick a slot, then sends a Zoom link and drops it straight into my calendar. She sends reminders to both of us before each call, which has significantly reduced no-shows and last-minute confusion.
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