Ordaily vs Carly
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By Josh Mac Donald, founder of Ordaily
Ordaily is an AI PA (personal assistant) you talk to inside WhatsApp about your own Gmail, Google Calendar and reminders, at R999 a month in rand, while Carly is an AI personal assistant you reach by email, its web app or a Chrome extension, which can send WhatsApp messages for you through a WhatsApp Business account, from US$35 a month on its Personal plan. Both work on your email and your calendar. The difference is where you talk to them: you copy Carly into your email threads, and Ordaily answers you in WhatsApp. Here they are row by row.
Side by side
| Compared on | Ordaily | Carly |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AI PA for one person’s admin: email, calendar, reminders, to do lists, Slack catch up and a morning briefing | In Carly’s words, an AI personal assistant for email, calendar, workflows and more |
| Who it is for | Business owners, founders and solo professionals | Individuals on its Personal plan, and teams on its Organization and Enterprise plans |
| Where it lives | WhatsApp, by text or voice note | Email (you copy Carly in), its web app and a Chrome extension |
| You talk to it in WhatsApp, and it answers you there | Not a bot inside WhatsApp: you email or text Carly, and she sends WhatsApp messages from your WhatsApp Business account; she does not read your incoming WhatsApp chats | |
| Email and calendar | Gmail (two mailboxes on Standard) and Google Calendar | Gmail and Outlook are shown on its home page, with calendar work too |
| Other tools | Slack, ClickUp and Fireflies | Over 100 integrations, among them CRMs such as Pipedrive and Salesforce and project tools such as Asana, ClickUp and Notion |
| Outlook and Microsoft | Coming soon: Outlook, Microsoft Calendar and Teams | Outlook today, shown on its home page |
| Asks before sending | Yes: every email and invite sits on a confirm card until you say yes, and you get 30 seconds to undo | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Price | R999 a month, billed in rand, for Standard in early access; monthly, cancel any time | Free US$0; Personal US$35 a month with 200 credits; Organization US$35 a seat a month; Enterprise custom |
| Where it is based | Cape Town, South Africa | Not stated on its home page |
Which should you choose?
Carly is the better fit if…
you live in your email and want an assistant you can copy into a thread, or your team needs one assistant across many business tools such as a CRM. It works with Outlook today, and its free plan lets you start without paying.
Ordaily suits you if…
WhatsApp is where you already are, and you want to clear your admin from there by text or voice note. It sends nothing without your yes, a morning briefing arrives as text, a voice note or a PDF, and the price is one flat amount in rand.
Questions
- What is the difference between Ordaily and Carly?
- Ordaily is an AI PA (personal assistant) you talk to inside WhatsApp about your own Gmail, Google Calendar and reminders, at R999 a month in rand, while Carly is an AI personal assistant you reach by email, its web app or a Chrome extension, which can send WhatsApp messages for you through a WhatsApp Business account, from US$35 a month on its Personal plan.
- Does Carly work inside WhatsApp?
- No, by Carly’s own account: it is not a bot inside WhatsApp. You email or text Carly with a contact and a message, and she sends it from your WhatsApp Business account; she does not read your incoming WhatsApp chats. Ordaily is the other way round: you message it in WhatsApp and it replies there.
- Which one works with Outlook?
- Carly shows Gmail and Outlook on its home page. Ordaily works with Gmail and Google Calendar today, and Outlook and Microsoft Calendar are coming soon.
- Will either one send an email without asking me?
- Ordaily never does: every email and invite waits on a confirm card for your yes, then you have 30 seconds to undo. The Carly pages we checked do not say whether it asks before sending (checked 19 October 2026).
- How do the prices compare?
- Ordaily Standard is R999 a month, billed monthly in rand. Carly has a free plan, a Personal plan at US$35 a month with 200 credits a month, an Organization plan at US$35 a seat a month and custom Enterprise pricing, all in US dollars.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)
- Carly home page: an AI personal assistant for email, calendar, workflows and more; just CC Carly; a web app and a Chrome extension; Gmail and Outlook shown; over 100 integrations, among them CRMs such as Pipedrive and Salesforce and project tools such as Asana, ClickUp and Notion.
- Carly: WhatsApp: Carly is an external AI assistant you email or text; she sends outbound WhatsApp messages on your behalf through your WhatsApp Business account, and does not read your incoming WhatsApp conversations.
- Carly pricing: Free US$0 a month; Personal US$35 a month with 200 credits a month; Organization US$35 a seat a month with a pooled allowance; Enterprise custom.
Carly is a product of its own company. Prices in US dollars as shown on its pricing page; Carly may change them.
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