Beside vs Micro vs Tanka AI

The same 33-row checklist and the same rules. Every cell shows vetted official evidence or “Not checked.”

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So which one?

Notis aside, Micro has the highest checked-evidence score: 45% across 33 vetted rows (all 33). Beside: 38% across 33 vetted rows (all 33) and Tanka AI: 27% across 31 vetted rows; 2 rows are not checked yet.

They are not really after the same job, though: Micro for keeping the product and your data under your own control, Beside for remembering context between conversations and Tanka AI for rolling a shared assistant out to a team.

Cheapest way in is a tie: Notis and Tanka AI all start at $0, and not one of those free plans does the product's main job.

Nothing here publishes anything on Bring your own API key and Run it on your own server.

Only Notis publishes anything on WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram and 8 more rows.

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Capability comparison between Notis and the selected assistants
Capability	View pricing	BesideVisit site	MicroVisit site	Tanka AIVisit site
Where you can use it
WhatsApp		—Not in integrations or channels	—Read-only ingestion, not a channel	—
iMessage		—Messaging is SMS, not iMessage	—	—Not named on any first-party page
Telegram		—Not among the named integrations	—Not documented anywhere on the site	—Ingested as a source, not a channel
Slack		—Outbound notifications only	—Outbound-only from inside Micro	—
Email		—Drafts your replies; no inbound address	—	—
SMS or a phone number	PartialInbound calls only, no SMS	PartialInbound line only, not a command channel	—	—
Voice messages	Voice notes + live calls	Recorded voice notes, mobile only	—	Not checked
Web or desktop app	Web and desktop app	Web app; macOS client deprecated	Web app + Mac desktop client	Web app only, no downloadable client
Its own iPhone or Android app	—	First-party iOS/Android/iPad app	iOS only; no Android app	iOS + Android, both updated today
Bring your own AI
Runs on your own Claude plan		—No Anthropic account connection	—Resold as credits, not a Claude sign-in	—Not offered
Runs on your own ChatGPT plan		—No OpenAI account connection	—Resold as credits, not a ChatGPT sign-in	—Not offered
Bring your own API key	—	—No key entry; not programmable	—	—Not offered
Works inside your own coding agent		—No MCP server, API, or SDK published		—No MCP server or agent plugin published
You choose which model runs your work		—One fixed pipeline, no model picker	Fast/Standard/Pro, automatic or manual	—No model picker documented
What it can do
Ready-made app integrations	1,000+ apps	Partial17 named apps, Zapier for the rest	Partial7 named apps + Zapier; well under 100	Partial80+ claimed; no browsable directory
Creates and edits documents		Auto-creates Notion pages per call	Documents outlive the chat thread	Documents, Meeting Notes, Databases
Save your own reusable instructions			User-created slash commands, on-demand	Not checked
Browses the web for you		—Fetches your own site; no live browsing	—	—Not documented
Posts to social media for you		—Reviews Manager replies to reviews only	Posts to X only; not plan-gated per docs	—Not documented
Joins and records your meetings	—	Manual in-person recorder, mobile only		—
Memory
Remembers you between conversations		Ask Beside AI searches all history	Persists across separate conversations	EverMemOS, unlimited, cross-quarter
Reads your existing files and apps	Notion, Gmail, Drive, Granola, web	Gmail/Outlook connected for drafting		8 named sources with a documented flow
Runs without you
Runs on a schedule or a trigger				Partial
Reminds and nudges you		Daily Recap plus configurable Pulses	Partial	—
Computers it can use
Gives it a cloud computer of its own	1h/mo (Pro) to uncapped (Ultra)	—Hosted phone/AI backend only	—	—Not documented
Controls your own computer	Shell and apps, via the desktop app	—	—Explicitly listed as future work	—Clients are apps, not a local agent
Connects to MCP servers on your computer		—No MCP of any kind	—	—Not documented
Trust & control
Open source	—	—No repository linked anywhere	Partial	—No repository or licence published
Run it on your own server	—	—	—	—Hosted service only
Says it will not train on your data	Covers Notis and its LLM providers	Partial		PartialScoped to Google Workspace APIs only
Published security certification	PartialSub-processors certified; Notis is not	—	Partial	Partial
Plans & support
Free plan does the product's main job	Partial	—Trial only, no free tier	—	Partial
Shared team workspace
Price	FREEPRO$13/moyr (rate on a yearly commitment)+2 more	Beside plan (per seat, App Store/Google Play)$16.67/user/moyr (rate on a yearly commitment)Baseline$29.99/mo+1 more	Standard$29/moPro$59/mo+1 more	FreePlus$22.92/moyr (rate on a yearly commitment)+1 more

IncludedPartial— Not documentedNot checked

The catch with each one

Numbered by support score across vetted capability rows, with incomplete evidence shown on every card. Unknown rows never count as a no, and this is not a score against your answers.

1. Notis

Personal AI assistant

Notis is a personal AI assistant you message from WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack or email, and reach from your own coding agent through its MCP server.

Best for: running long jobs on a machine of its own

Documented strengths

Where you can use it: WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, Email, Voice messages and Web or desktop app
What it can do: Ready-made app integrations, Creates and edits documents, Save your own reusable instructions, Browses the web for you and Posts to social media for you
Bring your own AI: Runs on your own Claude plan, Runs on your own ChatGPT plan, Works inside your own coding agent and You choose which model runs your work

The catch

Official evidence records a gap in published guarantees about your data: no published support for Open source and Run it on your own server.

Pricing

FREEPRO$13/moyrPRO+$39/moyrULTRA$99/moyr

Free–$149/mo · help.notis.ai

Who should pick it

Pick Notis if running long jobs on a machine of its own is what decides it for you. Walk away if you need open source, self-hosting or a named certification.

See what those rows cost80% across 33 vetted rows (all 33)

2. Micro

AI workspace for email, CRM and meetings

Micro puts email, CRM, meetings, tasks and docs behind one login, with an AI agent that drafts, files and enriches them for you.

Best for: keeping the product and your data under your own control

Documented strengths

What it can do: Creates and edits documents, Save your own reusable instructions, Posts to social media for you and Joins and records your meetings
Memory: Remembers you between conversations and Reads your existing files and apps
Bring your own AI: Works inside your own coding agent and You choose which model runs your work

The catch

The checked gap is messaging channels. Nothing published on WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, Email and SMS or a phone number, and 1 more rows.

Pricing

Standard$29/moPro$59/moEnterpriseCustom pricing

$29–$59/mo per user, Enterprise custom · no free tier · micro.so

Who should pick it

Micro is the one to take when keeping the product and your data under your own control is the deciding factor. Walk away if you need it in the other apps you message from.

Our take on how it differs from Notis: Micro replaces several work apps (email, CRM, meetings, tasks) with one AI-run workspace; Notis instead connects the channels and apps you already use and lets you work from messages or agents.

Visit Micro45% across 33 vetted rows (all 33)

3. Beside

AI business phone and receptionist for local businesses

A business phone line whose AI receptionist answers the calls and texts you miss, books the job, writes the summary, and pushes it into your CRM.

Best for: remembering context between conversations

Documented strengths

What it can do: Creates and edits documents, Save your own reusable instructions and Joins and records your meetings
Where you can use it: Voice messages, Web or desktop app and Its own iPhone or Android app
Memory: Remembers you between conversations and Reads your existing files and apps

The catch

No support for your own AI plan, at all. We found nothing published on Runs on your own Claude plan, Runs on your own ChatGPT plan, Bring your own API key, Works inside your own coding agent and You choose which model runs your work.

Pricing

Beside plan (per seat, App Store/Google Play)$16.67/user/moyrBaseline$29.99/moUnlimited$99.99/mo

$29.99-$99.99/mo flat per business, up to 20 seats (extra lines $4.99/mo each); no trial on Baseline, 7-day trial on Unlimited; a separate per-seat 'Beside plan' via App Store/Google Play is $29.99/mo or $199.99/yr (~$16.67/mo) · no free tier · help.beside.com

Who should pick it

Worth it for remembering context between conversations — that is what Beside is built around. Walk away if you need to reuse an AI subscription or key you already pay for.

Our take on how it differs from Notis: Beside answers and books your customers' inbound calls and texts; Notis is a general assistant for the buyer's own personal work and cross-tool execution, reachable on channels like WhatsApp, iMessage, and Slack that Beside does not offer.

Visit Beside38% across 33 vetted rows (all 33)

4. Tanka AI

AI agent platform for startups with shared long-term memory (EverMemOS)

An agent platform for startup teams that turns connected chat, mail and files into one shared long-term memory (EverMemOS) its agents read, write and act from.

Best for: rolling a shared assistant out to a team

Documented strengths

Memory: Remembers you between conversations and Reads your existing files and apps
Where you can use it: Web or desktop app and Its own iPhone or Android app
Plans & support: Shared team workspace

The catch

Official evidence records a gap in connected tools: no published support for Browses the web for you, Posts to social media for you and Joins and records your meetings.

Pricing

FreePlus$22.92/moyrPro$199/mo

Free–$199/mo (Plus $29/mo or $274.99/yr; Pro $199/mo) · apps.apple.com

Who should pick it

Pick Tanka AI if rolling a shared assistant out to a team is what decides it for you. Walk away if you need deep integration with the apps you run on.

Our take on how it differs from Notis: Tanka makes team communication itself the memory system and routes tasks between connected apps on its own; Notis is a channel-first assistant that acts across WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, email and voice with an execution layer across model providers.

Visit Tanka AI27% across 31 vetted rows; 2 rows are not checked yet

Where none of them wins

Nothing on this page publishes anything on Bring your own API key and Run it on your own server. If one of them is the thing you actually need, none of these is your answer.

One more thing, because a table like this can be read for more than it is worth. It counts what each product documents. It says nothing about how reliable any of them is, how fast it replies, how good its writing is, or what it does when an integration breaks on a Friday night. A lower support score can still be the better daily driver. The only way to know is to put a real week of work through both.

A dash means the capability was not documented on the official pages we checked. Not checked means the evidence is still incomplete.

Questions people ask

Which of Micro, Beside or Tanka AI scores highest in the evidence checked so far?

Micro, with 45% across 33 vetted rows (all 33). Beside: 38% across 33 vetted rows (all 33) and Tanka AI: 27% across 31 vetted rows; 2 rows are not checked yet. Unknown rows stay out of the score, so treat this as an evidence status, not a complete market verdict.

How much do they cost?

Micro: $29–$59/mo per user, Enterprise custom; Beside: $29.99-$99.99/mo flat per business, up to 20 seats (extra lines $4.99/mo each); no trial on Baseline, 7-day trial on Unlimited; a separate per-seat 'Beside plan' via App Store/Google Play is $29.99/mo or $199.99/yr (~$16.67/mo); Tanka AI: Free–$199/mo (Plus $29/mo or $274.99/yr; Pro $199/mo). Notis and Tanka AI all start at $0, and not one of those free plans does the product's main job.

Which of them can I try for free?

Tanka AI has a free tier and Micro and Beside do not.

Which of them work in Voice messages?

Beside does. Micro does not. Tanka AI is not checked yet.

What can none of them do?

Not one of them publishes anything on Bring your own API key and Run it on your own server. A dash means the capability was not documented on the official pages we checked. Not checked means the evidence is still incomplete.

How was this comparison put together?

We read whatever each product publishes — 93 first-party sources across 4 products — and scored all of them on the same 33 rows. Last checked 21 August 2026. A dash means the capability was not documented on the official pages we checked. Not checked means the evidence is still incomplete.

Where does Notis fit in?

At number 1, scored by the same code on the same 33 rows as everything else. Against Micro specifically: Micro replaces several work apps (email, CRM, meetings, tasks) with one AI-run workspace; Notis instead connects the channels and apps you already use and lets you work from messages or agents.

How we checked all this

We read every product on this page against whatever it publishes — docs and pricing pages where there are any, the homepage where that is all there is — against the same 33 buyer-focused rows. A support score uses only rows with an explicit vetted state; every unchecked row remains visible and never becomes a no. Notis chose the questions and is scored by the same rule. Count the links below before you weigh a result; some vendors give us three pages and some give us one. Last checked 21 August 2026. No vendor briefings, no affiliate links, no press releases.

Sources

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