Ten personal AI agents and assistants that cost under $50 a month, compared on what they actually do on their own, whether they ask before they send or pay, and the limit that bites first. Prices read on each vendor's own page on October 23, 2026.
Checked October 23, 2026. Every price and quote below was read on the vendor's own pricing or help page that day and is linked in place. Prices are US dollars and can change; where a vendor's page did not show a monthly price we could read, we say so. Dooza Crew is our product; we list it last and say where it falls short.
For email and calendar work that waits for your OK, pick Lindy (from $29.99 a month) or Pally (free). For web errands, pick ChatGPT Plus ($20), Claude Pro ($20) or Google AI Pro ($19.99). Genspark and Manus suit research and slides. Dooza Crew (ours) is $49 with $20 of AI usage, and asks before it sends or pays.
| Option | Monthly price (checked Oct 23) | What it does on its own | Asks before send/pay? | Main limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT Plus (ChatGPT Work) | $20 billed monthly | Cloud browser: reads pages, clicks, fills forms on sites you sign in to | Designed to confirm payments and bookings in chat | Not on Free or Go |
| Claude Pro (Claude in Chrome) | $20 monthly; $17/mo billed yearly | Browses and acts in Chrome | Purchases blocked; asks before each action in "Manually approve" | Default mode is "Automatically approve"; usage caps |
| Google AI Pro (Chrome auto browse) | $19.99 | Multi-step web tasks in Chrome; tasks in Gemini | "Aims to" confirm before sending; you take over to finish payments | Up to 20 auto-browse requests a day on Pro |
| Pally | Free | Text it: email, Slack, calendar, research, bookings, purchases, calls | Yes, on bookings and purchases you have not approved | Weekly usage limit; you work by text message |
| Lindy (Team) | From $29.99 (3,000 credits); $49.99 for 5,000 | Inbox, reply drafts, scheduling, daily briefs, 1,500+ integrations | Yes: outside-impact actions wait for approval | Credit-metered; computer use only on Pro and Max |
| Genspark Plus | $24.99 monthly; $19.99/mo billed yearly | Super Agent, slides, sheets, docs, deep research | Not documented on the plan page | Credit-based, from 10,000 credits a month |
| Manus | Check the vendor page | Research, websites, slides, Wide Research, 20 scheduled tasks | Asks permission to control your browser | 4,000 credits a month plus 300 refresh credits a day |
| Perplexity Pro | $17/mo when billed annually (monthly not shown) | Perplexity Computer, deep research | Not documented for personal plans | Price shown is annual billing |
| Motion (Pro AI) | From $19 per seat billed yearly | Plans tasks and your calendar | Not stated | A planner, not a web or email agent |
| Christine | $49 (Starter) | iMessage secretary for email, calendar and Google Sheets | Not stated on its page | Google Workspace only; 500 actions a month |
| Dooza Crew (ours) | $49 incl. $20 AI usage; 7-day free trial, card needed | A lead agent plus helper agents that browse, fill forms and write files | Yes: Approve, Edit or Reject in chat | Seats limited (waitlist when full) |
Plus is $20 a month, billed monthly. OpenAI has replaced "ChatGPT agent" with ChatGPT Work. Its cloud browser can "read web pages, click buttons, enter information into forms" and is available on paid plans "excluding Free and Go." OpenAI says ChatGPT "is designed to request confirmation before actions that could be hard to reverse," such as "confirming a booking or making a payment," and asks in chat.
Claude Pro is $17 a month billed yearly ($200 up front) or $20 billed monthly, and Claude in Chrome is included on paid plans. Anthropic's permissions guide lists three modes; in "Manually approve," "Claude checks with you before it acts." Claude is "prohibited from" "making purchases or financial transactions" in any mode. The catch: "Automatically approve" is the default, so switch it before you let Claude near your inbox.
Google AI Pro is $19.99 a month in the US and includes "Access to Chrome auto browse" and "Access to tasks in Gemini". Pro allows up to 20 auto-browse requests per day. Google's Chrome help page says Gemini "aims to ask for your review and confirmation" before sending communications, and asks you to take over for "finalizing financial transactions." It also says: "You're responsible for Gemini's actions during a task, including mistakes and unexpected results like purchases."
Pally's pricing page (updated October 18, 2026) says Pally "is free, with almost unlimited usage limits," and that older $25 Pro and $100 Max plans "no longer exist." You text it over iMessage, RCS, WhatsApp or Telegram, and it connects to Gmail, Outlook, Slack and Google Calendar. It "completes bookings and purchases on the web for you, and checks with you first on anything you haven't already asked for or approved." The usage limit refills through the week.
Lindy's Team plan starts at $29.99 a month for 3,000 credits; 5,000 credits is $49.99, and top-ups are $10 per 1,000. A free trial gives $50 of credits that last 7 days. Its FAQ is direct: "Anything with outside impact waits for approval, such as sending an email." Computer use is listed "on Pro and Max," not Team.
Genspark Plus is $24.99 a month, or $19.99 a month billed yearly at $239.99. It starts "from 10,000 credits per month," plus a weekly free quota for Standard-mode tasks across Super Agent, AI Slides, AI Sheets and AI Docs. We found no approval-before-send policy on the plan page.
The Manus pricing page shows its entry plan with 4,000 credits a month, 300 refresh credits every day and 20 scheduled tasks; the price renders as an animation we could not read as text, so check the page. Its browser operator docs say Manus "will ask for permission to control your browser." We found no per-email or per-payment approval statement.
Perplexity Pro shows "$17 /month or equivalent, when billed annually," with "Expanded Computer access." The page did not show a monthly-billing price. The Comet permissions article covers admin controls for Enterprise teams, not personal plans.
Motion's pricing page shows Pro AI from $19 per seat a month billed yearly (the page says yearly saves 33%; monthly costs more), with 7,500 credits per seat. It plans your tasks and calendar; it is not a web-browsing or email-sending agent.
Christine is "$49/month," "an AI secretary on iMessage," with "500 actions per month on the Starter plan" through Google Workspace. Its page does not say whether it asks before sending.
Dooza Crew gives you a lead agent, Dooza, that plans the job, does it and reports back, and builds helper agents (a researcher, a writer, an outreach agent) as you need them. They browse the web, fill forms and write files in a private, isolated workspace, and you chat with them on the web or your phone. Before an agent sends or pays, it asks you in chat: Approve, Edit or Reject. Each account has a hard cap on AI spend.
Honest limits: seats are limited, with a waitlist when full, and $20 of AI usage is included each month. Price: 7-day free trial (card needed), then $49 a month including $20 of AI usage (crew.dooza.ai).
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It depends on the job. As of October 23, 2026: for inbox and calendar work that waits for your approval, Lindy (Team from $29.99 a month) or Pally (free); for web errands inside a chat app you already pay for, ChatGPT Plus ($20 a month) or Claude Pro ($20 monthly, $17 a month billed yearly); for Chrome users, Google AI Pro ($19.99). Dooza Crew, our product, is $49 a month including $20 of AI usage.
Pally's pricing page (updated October 18, 2026) says Pally is free, with "almost unlimited" usage that refills through the week. It says the older $25 Pro and $100 Max plans no longer exist. Lindy gives $50 of free credits that last 7 days.
Lindy says "anything with outside impact waits for approval, such as sending an email." Pally checks with you first on bookings and purchases you have not already approved. ChatGPT's cloud browser is designed to ask in chat before a payment or booking. Claude in Chrome cannot make purchases at all. Dooza Crew asks Approve, Edit or Reject before it sends or pays.
No. OpenAI's help page says cloud browser is available in ChatGPT Work on paid plans "excluding Free and Go." ChatGPT Plus is $20 a month billed monthly.
Lindy, Manus and Genspark sell credits, and bigger tasks use more of them. Lindy's Team plan starts at $29.99 for 3,000 credits and goes to $49.99 for 5,000; top-ups are $10 per 1,000. Genspark Plus starts from 10,000 credits a month. Check what a typical task of yours uses in the free tier before you pay.
No. Claude Pro is $20 billed monthly or $17 a month billed yearly. Genspark Plus is $24.99 monthly or $19.99 a month billed yearly. Perplexity Pro shows $17 a month "when billed annually" on its page. Compare the price you will actually pay.
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