Compared October 2026
The best AI coworkers for Slack
An AI coworker, AI employee, AI chief of staff or AI personal assistant is an agent that lives in your chat, finds things, drafts, and updates records when you ask. Five that work in Slack are compared below on price, what happens when credits run out, and who approves changes. We make Kipwise.
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What a Slack AI coworker does
The same prompt, in one Slack thread
“Move Acme to Negotiation and log the call.” The agent shows the sentence it will run on an Approve card, and only the person who asked can press it.
- Reads your tools and pages, with the source shown.
- Writes only after an Approve.
- Runs later on a schedule you approve once.
- Remembers what you tell it to.
- Works as you, with your own access.
@Kipwise move Acme to Negotiation and log today’s call: they want annual billing
Move Acme Corp to Negotiation and add the call note in HubSpot?
Move Acme Corp to Negotiation and add the call note in HubSpot?
✓ Approved by Tobias LindDone. The deal and the note show under your HubSpot user.
- Stage
- Qualified
- Amount
- $18,000
- Close date
- 30 Nov
- Note
- None
- Stage
- Negotiation
- Amount
- $18,000
- Close date
- 30 Nov
- Note
- Wants annual billing
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Five AI coworkers for Slack, side by side
| Built for | Works in | Price (read Oct 2026) | Known for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipwise Agent | Teams that live in Slack and want a per-seat price and a spend cap | Slack and Microsoft Teams | $10 per user a month, at least 3 users. $5 personal and $2 shared AI credit per user; top-ups $1 a credit. 7-day trial with $2 of credit on install | A spend cap per person that stops at zero, an Approve card on every write, memory on by default with an admin off switch, and every integration included in the one plan |
| Viktor | Small-business owners who want a shared “AI employee” | Slack and Microsoft Teams | Free plan with up to $100 of credit, then $100 a month for the workspace with 40,000 credits; no seat charge | A shared “AI employee” for the whole workspace, with a free start. Credits can run out fast, such as “$200 in two days” |
| Automat Workforce | Teams of 2 to 50 that want a done-for-you AI employee with its own accounts | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, email, text, WhatsApp and phone | $1,800 a month on an annual plan, or $2,000 monthly, flat; 14-day trial | A done-for-you AI employee with its own computer, email address and phone number, set up by its team. It claims SOC 2 Type II |
| Pocodot (Cole) | Founders, operators and agencies who message from many apps | WhatsApp, LINE, Telegram, iMessage, Slack and email. Microsoft Teams is listed as coming soon | Free: 150 one-time credits. Paid plans from $19 a month per workspace | A coworker for teams that message from apps beyond Slack, with phone calls |
| Vellum assistant | Individuals first, teams second | Slack as one of several channels, plus iOS, Android, web, voice, email, Telegram and a terminal | Starts free. Paid assistants from $30 a month, plus pay-as-you-go credits at $1 each; self-hosting is free | An open-source assistant you can run on your own Mac, with a choice of model |
The best AI coworker for your situation
Match the first line to what you need.
Credits that can’t run away, approvals on every write
Kipwise Agent
$10 per user with AI at cost, a spend cap per person that stops at zero, an Approve or Deny card before any write, and memory on by default with an admin off switch. It runs in Slack, with every integration included in the one plan, built in or connected as an MCP server.
A shared AI employee, free start
Viktor
One agent for the whole workspace, with a free plan of up to $100 credit. Credits can run out fast.
Done for you, with its own accounts
Automat Workforce
An agent with its own computer, email and phone, set up by its team, at $1,800 to $2,000 a month flat.
Many messaging apps, not only Slack
Pocodot (Cole)
WhatsApp, LINE, Telegram and iMessage as well as Slack, from $19 a month. Microsoft Teams is listed as coming soon.
A personal, open-source assistant
Vellum assistant
Runs on your Mac or its cloud, built for individuals first.
One agent, four parts
Your knowledge base, support desk, request desk and tasks, run by one agent
Install the agent and you get all four. It answers from your pages, speaks to your customers, takes requests from your team and works your task boards, in the threads where your team already is.
Knowledge base
Ask in a thread and get the answer from your team’s pages, with the page it came from. Ask it to write the resolution down, approve the change, and the next question is answered faster. It only reads pages the asker can see.
About the knowledge base@Kipwise do we have a doc on refunds for annual plans?
Yes. Refund policy gives annual plans a full refund within 30 days of purchase.
We gave Acme 60 days because their migration slipped. @Kipwise can you write this up?
Add “Acme: 60-day window” to Refund policy in Customer Success?
Add “Acme: 60-day window” to Refund policy in Customer Success?
✓ Approved by Gus FerreiraRefund policy
Annual plans get a full refund within 30 days of purchase. After that, the account owner decides.
Acme: 60-day window
Acme gets 60 days instead of 30 because their migration slipped. Agreed in #support on 12 Sep.
Edited by Gus Ferreira · via KipwiseSample data
Customer support
A chat widget on your site answers from your public help center and hands the conversation to a person when asked. It lands in Slack with a draft reply, and nothing a customer can see goes out until you approve it.
About customer supportNew website chat: the customer wants to talk to someone. I drafted a reply.
Reply to Acme with the refund policy and offer a credit instead?
Reply to Acme with the refund policy and offer a credit instead?
✓ Approved by Gus FerreiraSample data
Internal requests
Employees ask for IT, HR or ops help in Slack, confirm in plain words, and get a request they can follow. The channel only sees a neutral line, and nobody needs a seat to ask.
About internal requestsI lost my laptop charger. Can I request a new one?
Send this request to IT: a replacement laptop charger?
Send this request to IT: a replacement laptop charger?
✓ Approved by Declan MossRequest #42 sent. Ask “what are my requests?” to follow it.
- Type
- Equipment
- Assigned
- IT
- Status
- Received
Request #42 was sent.
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Tasks
Boards the agent works. A card can run on a schedule or when something happens, stops at an approval step before it writes, and counts against a monthly budget.
About TasksTo do1
Working1
Needs approval1
Done1
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Questions
What is an AI coworker?
An agent that works inside your chat tool. You ask in plain language and it finds the page, drafts the message or updates the record, instead of only answering. “AI employee”, “AI chief of staff” and “AI personal assistant” name the same idea.
What is the best AI coworker for a small team in Slack?
For a team that wants credits that cannot run away, Kipwise Agent: $10 per user a month, a spend cap per person that stops at zero, an Approve card before every write, and memory on by default with an admin off switch. It runs in Slack, with every integration included in the one plan, built in or connected as an MCP server.
Is there an alternative to Claude in Slack for a whole team?
Kipwise Agent is a team agent in Slack: a $10 seat per person, each person’s credit capped, and an Approve or Deny card before any edit, record change or message. Tools run as the person who asked.
Which AI employee does not run out of credits?
Any credit system can reach zero. What differs is what happens next. Viktor credits can go quickly: “$200 in two days”. Kipwise gives each person their own monthly credit, stops only that person at zero with a top-up link, and lets an admin cap shared credit per person.
Which one is cheapest?
It depends on team size and use. Kipwise is $30 a month for three people and $100 for ten. Viktor’s Team plan is $100 for the workspace, Pocodot starts at $19, and Automat is $1,800 or more. Credits are not comparable across vendors.
Does Kipwise work in Teams?
Yes. The same agent runs in Microsoft Teams, with the same tools, approvals, memory and scheduled tasks.
What does it cost to try Kipwise?
Install and a 7-day trial starts on the first message, with $2 of credit and no card. A workspace on a paid Slack plan with at least three people gets $10 of credit for 14 days. After that it is $10 per user a month.