For One Person
For a TeamArchie vs hiring help.
An agent on your computer takes the office work you’d hire someone for: new leads, unpaid invoices and the calendar. A person takes the phone, the judgment calls and the room.
Archie is in beta. Sources checked August 19, 2026.
Your agent watches the inbox while you’re on a job.
Give your agent the jobs that repeat.
A new lead gets a drafted reply and a late invoice gets flagged, weekends included. Your computer must be awake; a timed routine can wake it.
Your instructions are files on your computerSource 3. Your AI company receives what your agent reads.
Emails wait until you send them or set a time; calendar changes wait for your yesSource 2. Read each; the responsibility stays yours.
Hire a person for calls and judgment.
A person can be accountable for the work. Your agent’s work still needs your review.
A person knows when a client needs a call, or when not to chase an invoice today.
Phone calls, doors, couriers and the awkward conversation. Archie makes no calls and opens no doors.
The full comparison, with sources.
Archie is free at 20 jobs a day on your own AI account, or $30 a month without the limitSource 1. AI usage is extra: up to $5 a month for light use, more for heavySource 1.
Compare hours, inbox access and cost
| Archie | A part-time hire | |
|---|---|---|
| Hours | While the computer is awake; a routine can wake it at six in the morning | The hours you agreed, minus holiday and sick leave |
| Email replies and calendar changes | Drafts until you send or set a time; calendar changes wait for a later yesSource 2 | Can send or change the calendar within the authority you agreed |
| Phone calls and difficult people | No | Yes, and this is often the whole reason to hire one |
| If they leave | Nothing leaves; the instructions are files on your computerSource 3 | You start again |
| Who sees your inbox | Your agent, on your own computer, and the AI company you picked, which receives what your agent readsSource 3 | Another person, so it comes down to trust |
| What you pay | Free at 20 jobs a day, or $30Source 1 a month without the limit, plus what your own AI account bills | A wage, plus payroll, plus the time it takes to manage someone |
The assistant’s cost is unpriced on purpose; the sources say why.
Sources for every figure and claim on this page
Our price, and the AI usage on top of it, on our pricing page.
How the hold works, and its honest limit, are on our Trust page.
Archie runs on your computer and talks to your accounts directly. Our Trust page lists every outbound connection it makes, and how to watch them yourself.
One number would have to cover part-time and full-time, every country, a first job and ten years of experience. Any figure would mislead most readers, so weigh this page against your own local rate.
Hand off the office work.
Free for Mac and Windows, on your own AI account.