Poke alternatives

Lindy

$49.99/user/mo 7 day free trial

Why it comes up: Also texts over iMessage, with Slack, team seats and approvals built in.

Stands out: Lindy is one of the most mature assistants in this group: it drafts in your voice, records and follows up on meetings, connects to 1,500+ tools plus MCP, and asks before it sends, posts or updates anything.

Watch out: Every active user takes a paid seat, and credits are the real limit: when the shared pool runs dry Lindy pauses until the next cycle unless you top up at $10 per 1,000 credits. Lindy has changed its plans several times in 2026.

Best for

• Recruiters buried in email, scheduling and interview follow-ups
• Agency teams that work in Slack
• Leaders who want daily briefs and meeting prep done for them

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Town

$15/mo Free tier 7 day free trial

Why it comes up: Work assistant that drafts in your voice, with a free plan.

Stands out: Town learns from the work you have already done in Gmail, so it drafts in your voice with no prompt writing. Each person gets their own Townie, and assistants can coordinate with each other, for example to reschedule a meeting.

Watch out: Town is a general work assistant, not a recruiting system: Ashby is the only ATS among its listed integrations. Everything runs on credits, the Free plan stops at 30 chats a month, and the vendor offers no refunds.

Best for

• Recruiters and talent leads buried in email and scheduling
• Ashby users who want an assistant that can read pipeline data
• Busy individuals who want daily briefings and inbox triage done for them

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Cue

Quote Free tier

Why it comes up: Agents with their own phone number and email, free during early access.

Stands out: Giving each agent a real phone number and inbox is unusual. An agent can field calls, follow up by email and report back, which suits recruiters drowning in scheduling and callback admin.

Watch out: It is invite-only early access with no published pricing, phone numbers only work in some countries, and agents that can pay and message on your behalf need tight budgets and permissions. Security researchers reported a prompt-injection flaw in Manus in 2026.

Best for

• Early adopters who want an agent with its own phone and inbox
• Recruiters who want calls and callbacks handled and summarised
• People testing multi-agent setups

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