OpenClaw
77Open-source, self-hosted AI assistant you message from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and 10+ other chat apps
3 products our research names as a replacement for Vellum in Personal AI Assistants, each with what it does differently — prices, API and status from our own checks rather than from the vendors’ own pages.
Open-source, self-hosted AI assistant you message from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and 10+ other chat apps
General assistant with tools, memory, files and voice
from $8 against $30
Vellum vs ChatGPT →Assistant focused on long documents and code work
from $17 against $30
Vellum vs Claude →Not named as direct replacements — neighbours from the same part of the catalog: the best-rated first, then a sample of the rest.
Desktop agent workspace that runs work off your calendar and connects to thousands of tools over MCP
Multi-model AI butler that shops, books, and researches for you inside one chat thread.
Sends tasks over WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, iMessage, or email and Notis carries them out across 1,000+ connected apps.
Sells a one-time structured report that compares 2-3 options or maps recurring decision patterns.
Cross-app AI assistant that sits in the background, joins meetings for notes, and answers questions using context it already has.
An AI colleague inside Microsoft Teams that drafts documents, writes meeting minutes, and triages your inbox.
Desktop app that runs AI models fully offline on your machine, with optional paid access to hosted frontier models.
Drafts emails in your voice and manages follow-ups across Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, and email for review.
Private memory layer giving AI persistent, owned recall
Self-hosted AI assistant with persistent memory that ingests email, files, and calendars, free to run yourself.
Fetch.ai's assistant and OpenAI-compatible API whose models hand work off to specialist agents
SMS assistant that keeps an editable memory of your reminders, routines and personal facts, and texts you first.
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