Instinct vs Tana

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, Tana has the highest checked-evidence score: 47% across 32 vetted rows; 1 row is not checked yet. Instinct: 32% across 25 vetted rows; 8 rows are not checked yet.

They are not really after the same job, though: Tana for rolling a shared assistant out to a team and Instinct for remembering context between conversations.

Nothing here publishes anything on Run it on your own server.

Only Notis publishes anything on Telegram, Email, Posts to social media for you and 1 more row.

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The whole grid, row by row

Capability comparison between Notis and the selected assistants
Capability	View pricing	InstinctVisit site	TanaVisit site
Where you can use it
WhatsApp			—Not in the integrations directory
iMessage			—Not in the integrations directory
Telegram		—Text/call only, not Telegram	—Not in the integrations directory
Slack		—Text/call only, not Slack
Email		—Text/call only, not email	—Calendar sync only, no inbound address
SMS or a phone number	PartialInbound calls only, no SMS	Partial	—No phone number or SMS channel published
Voice messages	Voice notes + live calls	PartialLive phone calls, not voice notes
Web or desktop app	Web and desktop app	Partial
Its own iPhone or Android app	—	Partial	—
Bring your own AI
Runs on your own Claude plan		Not checked	—
Runs on your own ChatGPT plan		Not checked	—
Bring your own API key	—	Not checked	—
Works inside your own coding agent		—
You choose which model runs your work		—
What it can do
Ready-made app integrations	1,000+ apps	—No published app directory	Partial13 named apps, far under 100
Creates and edits documents		Not checked
Save your own reusable instructions		—
Browses the web for you		Runs on Instinct's own devices	—
Posts to social media for you		—No named social posting	—
Joins and records your meetings	—	Not checked
Memory
Remembers you between conversations		Partial
Reads your existing files and apps	Notion, Gmail, Drive, Granola, web
Runs without you
Runs on a schedule or a trigger		Partial
Reminds and nudges you		Not checked	—
Computers it can use
Gives it a cloud computer of its own	1h/mo (Pro) to uncapped (Ultra)	Partial	—
Controls your own computer	Shell and apps, via the desktop app	—Uses its own devices, not yours	—
Connects to MCP servers on your computer		Not checked	—
Trust & control
Open source	—	—Proprietary, not open source	Not checked
Run it on your own server	—	—Personal-use licence only	—
Says it will not train on your data	Covers Notis and its LLM providers	PartialOpt-out, not a commitment	Partial
Published security certification	PartialSub-processors certified; Notis is not	—No named certification
Plans & support
Free plan does the product's main job	Partial	Not checked
Shared team workspace		—Personal single-account only
Price	FREEPRO$13/moyr (rate on a yearly commitment)+2 more	Waitlist	FreePro$20/user/moyr (rate on a yearly commitment)+2 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. Tana

Agentic meeting platform

A native video-call platform where AI agents work alongside your team during the meeting and turn the conversation into docs, tasks and decisions.

Best for: rolling a shared assistant out to a team

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: Slack, Voice messages and Web or desktop app
Memory: Remembers you between conversations and Reads your existing files and apps

The catch

The checked gap is messaging channels. Nothing published on WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Email, SMS or a phone number and Its own iPhone or Android app.

Pricing

FreePro$20/user/moyrMax$80/user/moyrBusinessCustom pricing

Free–$80/mo early-bird (Pro $20, Max $80; regular $30/$120), Business custom · tana.inc

Who should pick it

Tana is the one to take when rolling a shared assistant out to a team 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: Tana is a native video-call platform: its AI agents join and act during the meeting itself and build a shared context graph across every call. Notis has no meeting platform of its own -- it is a channel-first assistant reached on WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, email and voice.

Visit Tana47% across 32 vetted rows; 1 row is not checked yet

3. Instinct

Autonomous personal assistant

A personal assistant you text or call, which connects to your applications and devices and acts on your behalf.

Best for: remembering context between conversations

Documented strengths

Where you can use it: WhatsApp and iMessage
Memory: Reads your existing files and apps
What it can do: Browses the web for you

The catch

The documented gap is support for your own AI plan. We found no published support for Works inside your own coding agent and You choose which model runs your work.

Pricing

Waitlist

Not publicly listed (private access group; waitlist) · instinct.co

Who should pick it

Worth it for remembering context between conversations: that is what Instinct 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: Instinct is invite-only, runs on its own model and its own phone and computer, and you reach it only by texting or calling a number it assigns - not through WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack or email. Notis is generally available, publishes its prices, and meets you across the messaging channels and integrations you already use.

Visit Instinct32% across 25 vetted rows; 8 rows are not checked yet

Where none of them wins

Nothing on this page publishes anything on 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 Tana or Instinct scores highest in the evidence checked so far?

Tana, with 47% across 32 vetted rows; 1 row is not checked yet. Instinct: 32% across 25 vetted rows; 8 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?

Tana: Free–$80/mo early-bird (Pro $20, Max $80; regular $30/$120), Business custom; Instinct: Not publicly listed (private access group; waitlist). Different currencies and different units, so there is no honest way to rank these against each other.

Which of them can I try for free?

Tana has a free tier and free-tier availability is not checked yet for Instinct.

Which of them work in WhatsApp?

Instinct does. Tana does not.

What can none of them do?

Not one of them publishes anything on 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 (94 first-party sources across 3 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 Tana specifically: Tana is a native video-call platform: its AI agents join and act during the meeting itself and build a shared context graph across every call. Notis has no meeting platform of its own -- it is a channel-first assistant reached on WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, email and voice.

How we checked all this

We read what every product on this page publishes (docs and pricing pages where there are any, the homepage where that is all there is) and checked it 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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