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Claude can prep, summarize, and draft like a sharp chief of staff — but it can't triage your inbox, run your calendar, or follow up on its own. Here's exactly where it stops, and what does the EA job.
Looking for a Sauna.ai alternative? These 5 AI agents act across your tools over email, text, and Slack — without Sauna's credit metering or team-first pricing.
Lindy is a broad personal AI assistant you text; Fyxer drafts replies and sorts the inbox you already have. Here's which one fits — and when to skip both.
Looking for an alfred_ AI alternative? These 7 AI executive assistants handle email, calendar, and tasks, including agents that act on threads, not just draft.
The best AI assistants for busy professionals in 2026, to reclaim hours from email, scheduling, meetings, and admin. Ranked, compared, and matched to the job.
Looking for a Jace AI alternative? These 7 AI executive assistants go beyond drafting and organizing Gmail, including agents that send and act on their own.
Looking for a Martin AI alternative? These 7 AI personal assistants manage your inbox, calendar, and reminders, including agents built for real work.
Looking for a Serif AI alternative? These 7 AI executive assistants go beyond drafting and inbox triage, from agents that send on their own to faster email clients.
The best AI personal assistants for business owners, tested on whether they actually handle your inbox, calendar, and follow-ups — not another dashboard.
Looking for an Orchid.ai alternative? These 6 AI executive assistants handle inbox, calendar, travel booking, and follow-ups — with broader integrations and friendlier pricing.
Carly and Lindy are both AI executive assistants that run your inbox. We compare them on the thing that matters most — reliability, and whether the work actually gets finished.
We ran Carly and Manus side-by-side on two weeks of real work. They're both called AI agents, but they solve completely different problems. Here's how to pick.
We tested 10 AI secretary tools — Carly, Motion, Reclaim, Notion AI, Granola, ChatGPT, and more — for two weeks each. Here's what handles the real admin work and what's just a fancy text editor.
Looking for an alfred_ alternative? These 5 AI assistants handle email, calendar, and tasks — from email-native agents to ADHD-friendly tools.
Looking for a Zoe alternative? These 5 AI chief of staff tools handle email, calendar, tasks, and meetings — and most are available now, not in beta.
AI tools that do what an executive assistant does — inbox triage, scheduling, meeting prep, travel, and drafting. 9 picks ranked after real testing.
Looking for a Lindy alternative? Compare 8 options — from email-native AI assistants that run the work for you to platforms for building the automation yourself.
AI tools that handle what a chief of staff does — meeting prep, briefings, stakeholder comms, project tracking, and cross-functional coordination.