What is Poke?
An assistant that lives in iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram.
Who is Poke best for?
Poke is best for people who want to text an AI assistant in iMessage or WhatsApp to handle email and calendar.
People who live in their messaging apps
Poke works as a contact in Messages, WhatsApp or Telegram, so there is no new app to learn.
Email and calendar by text
It connects to Gmail or Outlook mail, calendars and contacts, so you can search, draft and send email or set reminders from a chat.
Hands-off follow-ups
It uses your connected apps and its memory to message you when something needs attention, and paid plans run automations in the background.
Developers adding their own tools
Recipes and the Poke Kitchen let you build custom integrations through MCP and share your setup with others.
How much does Poke cost?
Poke has a free-forever plan, and its paid plans cost $19 a month for Pro or $199 a month for Ultra, or $16 and $160 a month billed yearly.
- No credit card needed
- Connect your apps, email and calendar
- Frontier models for complex tasks
- Real-time automations running in the background
- Higher rate limits and priority support
- Frontier models on every action and the highest rate limits
- Poke Human for real-world errands
- Pay-as-you-go usage once included credits run out
Billed yearly, Pro is $16 a month ($192 a year) and Ultra $160 a month ($1,920 a year). Poke says every plan gets all of Poke; paying more buys stronger models, background automations, higher limits and, on Ultra, Poke Human. Anything a Poke Human operator pays for you, such as a ride or an order, is taken from your credit balance at cost with no markup. Full pricing on poke.com. We checked these prices on .
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What are the best Poke alternatives?
One tool on Recaply does Poke's job. It is open source, so you can run it on your own server.
Questions about Poke
What is Poke?
An assistant that lives in iMessage, WhatsApp and Telegram.
Who is Poke for?
Poke is best for people who want to text an AI assistant in iMessage or WhatsApp to handle email and calendar.
Is Poke free?
Yes. Poke's Free plan costs nothing, needs no credit card and has no end date, and it connects your apps, email and calendar. Pro at $19 a month adds frontier models for harder tasks, background automations and higher rate limits.
How much does Poke Human cost?
Poke Human, which hands real-world errands such as reservations, phone calls and orders to a human operator, comes only with the Ultra plan at $199 a month. Anything the operator buys for you is charged at cost from your credit balance, with no markup.
Is there an open source alternative to Poke?
Yes. NanoClaw is an open source tool that does the same job, so you can run your own.
What are the best Poke alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are NanoClaw.
Where can I try Poke?
On its official website, poke.com.
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