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24 alternatives to Donely

Hey HN, I'm Harsha, founder of Donely (https://donely.ai). What is Donely? Donely is an AI agent that lives on your Mac. It sees your screen, detects tasks in real-time, and autonomously executes them using your apps—think Jarvis for macOS. It monitors your workflow, answers questions with full context, and completes tasks with one-click approvals. The New Feature: Remote Computer Use Today we're shipping remote access. You can now control your Donely-powered Mac from anywhere through our web app. Whether you're traveling or away from your desk, you can kick off automation tasks on…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 5 we have checked on their own sites, 4 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Agentlyfree tier, from $33/mo▲336

    Agently is an AI Work OS where documents, tasks, team chat, and integrations are fully interconnected, and AI employees operate inside that shared workspace. Instead of prompting AI in isolation, agents can read project context, turn strategy docs into tasks, coordinate with teammates, run research/outreach/content workflows, update boards, and push results back into the system or external tools. The workspace acts as persistent memory, so work continues instead of resetting every prompt. Happy to answer any questions

    Jul 2026 · agently.dev · its alternatives →

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    Helply▲328

    Hey everyone, I’m the head of engineering at GrooveHQ. We’ve spent the last 10+ years building customer support tools, and today we’re launching Helply. Helply is an AI customer support agent that we are so confident in, we’ve backed it up with a guaranteed resolution rate. AI support agents live and die by the data they have access to and the way they finesse the customer experience. Basic automations worked well in the past, but now people expect more. Here are some semi-technical notes: --- 1) Controlled data syncing --- We wanted tight integrations with existing helpdesks, but also…

    Feb 2026 · helply.com · its alternatives →

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    Solidfree tier, from $40/mo▲471

    Agents with their own computers, accounts, and budgets.

    Sep 2026 · solid.tech · its alternatives →

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    Frontly▲738

    Build AI powered SaaS apps and internal tools with no code

    2024 · frontly.ai · its alternatives →

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    Incredible is a desktop app for macOS and Windows that works on your computer. It performs tasks directly in your browser, files, and apps. It navigates sites you’re signed into, fills forms, sends emails, updates spreadsheets, and moves information between apps like Gmail, HubSp

    Dec 2025 · incredible.one · its alternatives →

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    Flowly▲219

    Your personal AI assistant, native to your desktop

    May 2026 · useflowlyapp.com · its alternatives →

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    SureThing.iofree tier, from $30/mo▲458

    Autonomous agent that communicates results like a human

    Apr 2026 · surething.io · its alternatives →

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    Lindy▲396

    I'm a big fan of Chris Dixon's idea that "what the smartest people do on the weekends is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years." One such thing rn is "creating AI agents." Most devs I know have a few agents lying around. But you shouldn't have to be an engineer to use agents — and even engineers don't want to code every time they need a new agent. So we built a no-code platform to make it 100x easier to create those: * you give a prompt * select amongst 3,000+ API connectors we built (no need to fiddle with OpenAPI specs) * add event-based triggers that'll wake up your…

    2024 · lindy.ai · its alternatives →

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    Real-time AI meeting overlay with no bots, 100% private

    Aug 2026 · tryassistly.com · its alternatives →

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    Rosply▲90

    AI agent that controls your computer autonomously

    Jun 2026 · rosply.com · its alternatives →

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    Simular▲298

    AI agent that browses the Internet "with" you on your Mac

    2025 · simular.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I am Kiana, I was an AI researcher for 10 years, and since last November I have been working on Vy. Vy is a desktop app for Mac and Windows. It sees your screen and controls mouse and keyboard to automate workflows across apps, including ones without APIs. I know there is a lot of skepticism about AI agents, and I share some of it. A lot of things in this space look impressive in demos and then fall apart on real, boring work. So here are a few concrete things that Vy does today that we and early users actually rely on: Where it works best Tasks that you could explain in a paragraph…

    2025 · vercept.com · its alternatives →

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    OpenOwl▲261

    Automate what APIs can't in one prompt done locally

    Apr 2026 · openowl.dev · its alternatives →

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    Run AI agents on your Mac with scoped access

    Aug 2026 · plow.co · its alternatives →

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    Mindly ▲177

    Capture anything in seconds with automatic organization

    2025 · mindly-ai.com · its alternatives →

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    Doly▲107

    Create and manage beautiful mobile apps in minutes 🛠️📱

    2018 · doly.io · its alternatives →

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    Naseemfree tier, from $49/mo▲76

    A native AI agent that does real work on your Mac

    Aug 2026 · ayman3000.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Local▲107

    Super excited to launch our new app Local today. What we’ve learned at Base Compute over the last months is that running AI directly on your laptop or workstation gives you maximum privacy and it’s free, but it’s also a massive headache to configure. So we’ve decided what matters is making the experience completely frictionless for users. Local analyses the hardware of your laptop, optimises the AI for it, and recommends the best models for your specific device. It let’s you do what you’re doing with cloud AI already, just for free and on your own machine: Chatting with PDF’s, Recording and…

    Aug 2026 · basecompute.co · its alternatives →

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    Automate boring work. Extensible and free desktop AI agent.

    Aug 2026 · agent-one.dev · its alternatives →

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    Reliable AI that browses the web exactly like you do

    2025 · goknowly.ai · its alternatives →

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    Termly▲82

    Hey HN! I'm one of the developers of Termly. Problem: I love using Claude Code for development, but being chained to my laptop all day wasn't working. SSH + terminal emulators felt clunky for interactive AI coding sessions. Solution: Built a WebSocket relay that mirrors your AI coding session to mobile with zero-knowledge E2E encryption. How it works: 1. npm install -g @termly-dev/cli 2. termly start (wraps your AI tool) 3. Scan QR code with mobile app 4. Your session syncs in real-time, encrypted end-to-end Tech stack: • Open source CLI (MIT licensed) - inspect the code yourself •…

    Nov 2025 · termly.dev · its alternatives →

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    _donefrom $0.01/mo▲4

    Actions for AI. Real-world tasks your agent can't do alone. Pay per use with x402 - no accounts. no logins. no keys.

    Jun 2026 · underscoredone.com · its alternatives →

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    AI that actually controls your Windows/Mac desktop - clicks, types, automates workflows across any application. Native OS integration, not cloud APIs. Built this because I was tired of AI that could only chat. Free tier (Gemini) + paid tier (Claude) for reliable automation. The AI can automate complex workflows, manage files/emails, control browsers and native apps. Just launched 2 weeks ago. What workflows would you want automated?

    2025 · aioscompanion.com · its alternatives →

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    Piecely▲12

    Piecely – Hire Yourself with AI Agents that Scale Your Ideas

    2025 · trypieces.com · its alternatives →

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