Alternatives · Personal assistant agents · Prices checked October 21, 2026 to October 23, 2026
Motion alternatives (2026): 12 compared by price
Motion starts at $19/seat/mo (checked October 21, 2026). Here are 12 alternatives for the same job, each with its pricing as the vendor publishes it, the source and the date we checked it: 12 publish prices, 5 have a free plan. Ordered by our data, never by payment.
Quick answer
- Motion starts at: $19/seat/mo (checked October 21, 2026, full listing).
- First in our order: Fyxer AI ($49/mo), Reclaim.ai ($10/seat/mo), Gamma (Free; Plus $9/seat/mo (yearly)).
- Lowest listed monthly plan: Gamma at $9/mo (3 of 12 list a lower monthly plan than Motion).
- Free plan: Fyxer AI, Gamma, Meta Muse, Lindy, Instinct.
- Open source: 10 projects in the Hub for the same job.
Motion pricing, for reference
- Pro AI: $19/seat/mo
- Business AI: $29/seat/mo
Billing period wasn't clear on the captured page.
Source: vendor pricing page, checked October 21, 2026. Motion: full listing.
All 12 Motion alternatives, in our order
Personal assistant agents →-
AssistantsFree tier
Fyxer AI
An inbox assistant for Gmail and Outlook that sorts email, drafts replies in your voice and writes meeting notes.
Subscription · 3 use cases$49/mo
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Assistants
Reclaim.ai
An AI calendar assistant for Google Calendar and Outlook that schedules meetings, tasks, habits and focus time.
Per seat · 2 use cases$10/seat/mo
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DesignFree tier
Gamma
Makes presentations, documents and simple websites from a prompt with an AI design agent.
Per seatFree; Plus $9/seat/mo (yearly)
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Scheduling
Sunsama
A daily planner that pulls tasks and calendar events into one place and helps you plan a realistic day, with AI-assisted planning.
Subscription$17/mo (billed yearly)
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Scheduling
Akiflow
A planner that pulls tasks from your apps into one inbox and time-blocks them on your calendar, with an AI assistant.
Subscription$34/mo
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Assistants
Claude Duet
Anthropic's proactive assistant app (research preview, Oct 2026): it watches your connected apps, sends a morning brief, does tasks in the background and asks before it sends, pays, signs or deletes anything.
SubscriptionIncluded with Claude Pro $20/mo
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AssistantsFree tier
Meta Muse
Meta's personal AI agent (US, Sep 2026) that you message in its app or in WhatsApp; it can connect to email, calendar and payments and act for you, and runs in a dedicated secure virtual machine.
SubscriptionFree; Power $20/mo
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Assistants
Howie
An email-based scheduling assistant: copy it on a thread and it finds times and books the meeting.
Subscription$25/mo
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Assistants
Grok Bot
SpaceXSI's always-on AI teammates (beta): you message a Bot like a colleague, and it works on a persistent cloud computer with a browser, files and a terminal, keeps going while your laptop is closed, runs scheduled routines and asks for approval on sensitive steps.
SubscriptionIncluded with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo
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AssistantsFree tier
Lindy
An AI assistant that triages email, drafts replies in your voice, schedules meetings, records calls and runs recurring routines; usable from iMessage, Slack and email.
Subscription$49.99/mo
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Assistants
ChatGPT dots
OpenAI's always-on agents inside ChatGPT (launched Sep 2026): a dot keeps working on your goals between conversations and uses connected apps such as Slack and Microsoft Teams.
SubscriptionIncluded with ChatGPT Pro from $100/mo
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AssistantsFree tier
Instinct
A startup personal assistant (launched Aug 2026) with no app: you text or email it (iMessage, WhatsApp or email) or call it, and it uses a phone and computer the way you would, connects to Google Workspace, Slack and Notion, and handles errands like bookings, orders and appointment emails.
SubscriptionFree (invite-only beta)
How we ordered this list: whether the vendor publishes its prices, then the number of verified public use cases we've found, then the lowest listed monthly plan. Only full listings (verified starting price with its source) in the same job category are included. We haven't tested these hands-on. How we rank.
Pricing compared
| Alternative | Starts at | Model | Free plan | Lowest monthly plan vs Motion ($19/mo) | Checked | Source |
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 Fyxer AI | $49/mo | Subscription | Yes | $49/mo (higher) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Reclaim.ai | $10/seat/mo | Per seat | No | $10/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
| Gamma | Free; Plus $9/seat/mo (yearly) | Per seat | Yes | $9/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
| Sunsama | $17/mo (billed yearly) | Subscription | No | $17/mo (lower) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Akiflow | $34/mo | Subscription | No | $19/mo (same) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
| Claude Duet | Included with Claude Pro $20/mo | Subscription | No | $20/mo (higher) | October 22, 2026 | Source |
| Meta Muse | Free; Power $20/mo | Subscription | Yes | $20/mo (higher) | October 22, 2026 | Source |
 Howie | $25/mo | Subscription | No | $25/mo (higher) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
| Grok Bot | Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo | Subscription | No | $30/mo (higher) | October 22, 2026 | Source |
 Lindy | $49.99/mo | Subscription | Yes | $49.99/mo (higher) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
| ChatGPT dots | Included with ChatGPT Pro from $100/mo | Subscription | No | $100/mo (higher) | October 22, 2026 | Source |
| Instinct | Free (invite-only beta) | Subscription | Yes | no monthly plan listed | October 23, 2026 | Source |
Prices are copied from each vendor's public pricing page on the date shown. "not published" or "Contact sales" means the vendor doesn't publish a price; we don't guess. Monthly plans are compared as listed (per seat where the vendor prices per seat); usage-priced plans have no monthly figure. Prices change; confirm with the vendor.
Open-source Motion alternatives from the Hub
Free, open-source agents, skills, MCP servers and recipes for the same job, from the AITeamGuide Hub. You run them yourself.
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Agent
n8n
A fair-code workflow automation tool with AI agent steps and hundreds of integrations; self-host or use their cloud.
Ops & IT · Sales★ 208k
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Agent
AutoGPT Platform
A platform for building, deploying and running agents that automate multi-step workflows, from the team behind the original AutoGPT.
Ops & IT · Marketing★ 188k
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Skill
Anthropic Agent Skills
Anthropic's public library of Agent Skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF skills and examples for building your own.
Personal productivity · Software development★ 183k
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Agent
Mem0
A memory layer that lets agents remember user preferences and past context across sessions.
Software development · Personal productivity★ 68k
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Agent
CrewAI
A Python framework for running a small "crew" of role-based agents (researcher, writer, reviewer) on one task.
Ops & IT · Marketing★ 60k
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Agent
Khoj
A self-hostable personal AI that answers from your documents and the web, runs scheduled automations and does research.
Personal productivity · Research★ 38k
FAQ
What are the best Motion alternatives in 2026?
We list 12 alternatives to Motion for the same job (run your inbox, calendar and meeting notes), each with pricing checked on the vendor's own site. Ordered by our data (whether the vendor publishes its prices, then the number of verified public use cases we've found, then the lowest listed monthly plan), the first three are Fyxer AI ($49/mo), Reclaim.ai ($10/seat/mo) and Gamma (Free; Plus $9/seat/mo (yearly)). We haven't tested them hands-on, and no vendor can pay to change this order.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Motion?
Motion's lowest listed monthly plan is $19/mo (checked October 21, 2026). 3 alternatives list a lower monthly plan: Gamma ($9/mo), Reclaim.ai ($10/mo) and Sunsama ($17/mo). Plans are compared as the vendors list them (per seat where they price per seat), so check what each plan includes.
Is there a free alternative to Motion?
Fyxer AI, Gamma, Meta Muse, Lindy and Instinct have a free plan or free tier, according to their public pricing pages (checked October 21, 2026 to October 23, 2026).
Is there an open-source alternative to Motion?
The AITeamGuide Hub lists 10 open-source projects for the same job that you run yourself, for example n8n, AutoGPT Platform and Anthropic Agent Skills. They need setup and hosting, unlike Motion.
Can a vendor pay to rank higher here?
No. The order comes from our data only. Paid placements are always labelled "Sponsored" or "Featured", sit outside the list and never change the order.
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