Daily work
Check how the product handles email, calendar, follow-ups and recurring tasks.
Alternatives
7 Town alternatives for 2026
Town suits people who want an assistant with its own email address. Other products offer voice calls, wider knowledge work, autonomous projects or shared company context.
Facts checked August 2026
We make Toyo and place it first. Use the product details and fit notes to make your own choice.
Consider an alternative when
Town is a email-first personal assistant. A different product may fit when:
01
you want to reach your assistant by voice or text
02
your team needs shared work in Slack
03
several AI tools need the same company knowledge
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a broader research or project agent suits your work
Shortlist by user need
Start with the job you need the product to do. Price alone misses setup, upkeep and team fit.
What to check before you choose
Ways to communicate
Choose email, messages, calls or a desktop app based on how you already work.
Context
Decide whether you need personal memory, team knowledge or a company source for several agents.
Running model
A hosted product includes service upkeep. Self-management may suit a policy that requires infrastructure control.
Compare all 7 alternatives
Each entry sets out the product’s fit, strengths, running model and current price.
01Hosted
Toyo
Hosted personal and company assistant
Toyo is the strongest fit when personal assistance must grow into Slack and shared company context.
Toyo combines a personal assistant, a shared Slack agent and Brain for company context used by connected AI tools.
Best forPeople and teams that want one managed service across personal work, Slack and company knowledge
- Handles email, meetings, follow-ups and recurring work through messages and calls
- Manages infrastructure, updates and service security for you
- Gives Slack teams a shared agent with approved company sources
- Lets connected agents read and write useful company context through Brain
Watch for: Toyo is a hosted product. Choose a self-managed option when your policy requires software to run on your infrastructure.
Price: Solo $29 a month. Pro $79 a month. Teams use custom pricing. Brain is in private beta.
02Hosted
Lindy AI
No-code work assistant
Lindy suits recurring inbox and calendar workflows built through a visual interface.
Lindy manages inbox, meeting and business workflows through direct integrations and a visual builder.
Best forPeople who want recurring SaaS workflows without writing code
- Email and calendar help
- More than 100 direct integrations
- Workflow templates
- Scheduled and event-based agents
Watch for: Lindy runs in the cloud and focuses on structured business workflows.
Price: 7-day trial. Paid plans start at about $49 a month.
03Hosted
Martin
Mobile personal assistant
Martin gives mobile users a call-and-text experience with an iPhone app.
Martin handles reminders, email and calendar work through calls, texts, email, Slack and WhatsApp.
Best forPeople who want a voice-led assistant with a polished iPhone experience
- Phone and text access
- Email drafting and labels
- iPhone app
- Proactive reminders
Watch for: The service is hosted and uses a fixed set of skills. Self-hosting is outside its scope.
Price: 7-day trial. Paid plans start at $21 a month when billed yearly.
04Hosted
Claude
General AI assistant
Claude works well for reasoning, writing and long documents.
Claude provides strong reasoning, writing and document work across web, mobile and desktop.
Best forKnowledge work that depends on careful reasoning and long documents
- Reasoning and writing
- Large context windows
- Web, mobile and desktop apps
- A free entry plan
Watch for: Claude is a general assistant. Inbox and calendar workflows need extra setup or Cowork.
Price: Free plan. Pro costs $20 a month. Max starts at $100 a month.
05Hosted
ChatGPT
General AI assistant
ChatGPT provides a broad general assistant with a large app catalogue.
ChatGPT combines chat, agent work, apps and a large custom assistant catalogue.
Best forPeople who want a broad general assistant with familiar apps and models
- General reasoning and coding
- Agent mode
- Large app catalogue
- Web and mobile access
Watch for: Recurring business workflows need configuration, and the service runs in OpenAI’s cloud.
Price: Free plan. Plus costs $20 a month. Business and Enterprise plans are available.
06Hosted
Manus
Autonomous cloud agent
Manus suits large one-off projects that need a cloud workspace.
Manus runs projects in cloud sandboxes with a browser, file system and coding tools.
Best forLarge tasks that end in a report, slide deck, website or other finished output
- Multi-step project execution
- Browser and code tools
- Sub-agent work
- Web, desktop and mobile access
Watch for: Long tasks can use many credits, and costs vary with each run.
Price: Free daily credits. Paid plans run from about $20 to $200 a month.
07Hosted
Cora
Focused email assistant
Cora provides a focused answer for inbox screening and reply drafts.
Cora screens email, drafts replies and sends 2 daily inbox briefings.
Best forPeople whose main problem is email volume
- Inbox screening
- Replies in your voice
- Twice-daily briefs
- A focused setup
Watch for: Cora covers email only. Wider assistant work needs another product.
Price: $20 a month with a trial.
How we ordered the list
We put Toyo first because this is Toyo’s site. The rest follow their fit for people considering a email-first personal assistant. We checked daily use, context, setup, operating work and price.
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