Which of the two works with Outlook?

SarahAI lets you sign in with Google or Outlook to connect your calendar and email today. Ordaily works with Gmail and Google Calendar, and its Outlook, Microsoft Calendar and Teams support is coming soon.

Can either one send an email for me?

Ordaily writes, replies to and forwards email from your Gmail, and shows each one on a confirm card in WhatsApp first: nothing is sent until you say yes, and you get 30 seconds to undo. SarahAI’s user guide says its email access is read-only, used to read your emails and make summaries.

Which one costs less?

SarahAI, on list price: its AI Executive Assistant plan is US$9.99 a user a month on monthly billing, charged in dollars. Ordaily Standard is R999 a month, billed monthly in rand, so there is no exchange rate to watch, and you can cancel any time.

Where is my data kept?

SarahAI says its data is hosted on AWS cloud servers in the UAE and encrypted in transit and at rest. Ordaily is built for POPIA, hosts your data in Johannesburg, South Africa, and never uses your content to train AI.

Ordaily vs SarahAI

Last updated 17 October 2026

By Josh Mac Donald, founder of Ordaily

Ordaily is an AI PA in WhatsApp that reads, drafts and sends your Gmail once you say yes, runs your Google Calendar and keeps your reminders and to-dos for R999 a month in rand, while SarahAI is an AI executive assistant on WhatsApp and its own app that manages tasks, reminders, meetings and daily summaries for US$9.99 a user a month on monthly billing. Both take WhatsApp voice notes and both say they check with you before they act. The difference is what they do with your email, which calendars they connect today, and where your data is kept. Here they are row by row.

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Side by side

Checked 17 October 2026. Ordaily publishes this guide. SarahAI facts come from SarahAI’s own home page, user guide and data-privacy page, listed below.
Compared on	Ordaily	SarahAI
What it is	An AI PA for your own work admin: email, calendar, reminders, to-dos and Slack, in one chat	An AI executive assistant that, in SarahAI’s words, helps professionals and SMEs stay organised by managing tasks, reminders, meetings and daily updates
Where it lives	WhatsApp, by text or voice note, so there is no new app to open	WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and its own iOS and Android app with in-app voice control
Email	Gmail (two mailboxes on Standard): sorts your inbox, drafts replies in your style, and writes, replies and forwards once you say yes	Its user guide says email access is read-only: SarahAI reads your email to make summaries and priority email alerts
Calendar	Google Calendar: see your day, and book, move and cancel meetings with invites	Google or Outlook calendar: schedule and manage meetings; two calendar and two email connections on its plan
Outlook and Microsoft	Coming soon: Outlook, Microsoft Calendar and Teams	You can sign in with Outlook to connect your calendar and email today
Tasks and reminders	Reminders by text or voice note, to-do lists, and ClickUp tasks you can see, add and complete	Tasks and reminders on WhatsApp, and tasks you can hand to other people and track
Briefings	A morning briefing at the time you choose and a Sunday week-ahead, as text, a voice note or a PDF	Daily and weekly summaries on WhatsApp: today’s meetings, pending and overdue tasks, and priority unread emails
Asks before sending	Yes, every time: each email and invite waits on a confirm card for your yes, with a 30-second undo	SarahAI says it asks for missing details and confirms every action
Price	R999 a month, billed in rand. Standard, in early access: monthly, cancel any time	US$9.99 a user a month on monthly billing for the AI Executive Assistant plan, with 100 minutes of voice conversation; two larger plans are in early access, by demo
Security and data	Built for POPIA, hosted in Johannesburg, and your content is never used to train AI	Hosted on AWS in the UAE, encrypted in transit and at rest; lists CASA and TAC Security certifications
Where it is based	Cape Town, South Africa	Offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London, Riyadh and Toronto

Which should you choose?

SarahAI is the better fit if…

your mail and calendar are on Outlook today, you want to hand tasks to people on your team and track them, or you want a separate app with voice control as well as WhatsApp. It also has the lower list price, in US dollars per user. If you need Outlook right now, choose SarahAI: on Ordaily, Outlook is coming soon.

Ordaily suits you if…

you use Gmail and Google Calendar and want an assistant that writes, replies to and forwards your email as well as reading it, with every message shown to you before it goes. It keeps your reminders and to-do lists, catches you up on Slack and ClickUp, and reads your morning briefing to you as a voice note if you like. One flat monthly price in rand, hosted in Johannesburg.

Questions

What is the difference between Ordaily and SarahAI?: Ordaily is an AI PA in WhatsApp that reads, drafts and sends your Gmail once you say yes, runs your Google Calendar and keeps your reminders and to-dos for R999 a month in rand, while SarahAI is an AI executive assistant on WhatsApp and its own app that manages tasks, reminders, meetings and daily summaries for US$9.99 a user a month on monthly billing.
Which of the two works with Outlook?: SarahAI lets you sign in with Google or Outlook to connect your calendar and email today. Ordaily works with Gmail and Google Calendar, and its Outlook, Microsoft Calendar and Teams support is coming soon.
Can either one send an email for me?: Ordaily writes, replies to and forwards email from your Gmail, and shows each one on a confirm card in WhatsApp first: nothing is sent until you say yes, and you get 30 seconds to undo. SarahAI’s user guide says its email access is read-only, used to read your emails and make summaries.
Which one costs less?: SarahAI, on list price: its AI Executive Assistant plan is US$9.99 a user a month on monthly billing, charged in dollars. Ordaily Standard is R999 a month, billed monthly in rand, so there is no exchange rate to watch, and you can cancel any time.
Where is my data kept?: SarahAI says its data is hosted on AWS cloud servers in the UAE and encrypted in transit and at rest. Ordaily is built for POPIA, hosts your data in Johannesburg, South Africa, and never uses your content to train AI.

Sources (checked 17 October 2026)

SarahAI home page: SarahAI describes itself as an AI executive assistant that helps professionals and SMEs stay organised by managing tasks, reminders, meetings and daily updates, by WhatsApp, voice notes or its iOS and Android app; it understands your request, asks for missing details and confirms every action; daily and weekly summaries on WhatsApp cover today’s meetings, pending and overdue tasks and priority unread emails; WhatsApp voice notes in more than 100 languages; tasks can be delegated to other people and tracked; the AI Executive Assistant plan is US$9.99 a user a month on monthly billing, with 2 calendar and 2 email integrations, 100 minutes of voice conversation and 100 business and general questions; two larger plans are in early access, by demo; offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London, Riyadh and Toronto; QuantaNew Innovations FZ-LLC.
SarahAI user guidelines: you connect your calendar and email by signing in with Google or Outlook; calendar access is used to create, update and manage meetings; email access is used to read your emails (read-only) and generate summaries.
SarahAI security and data privacy: hosted on AWS cloud servers in the UAE; data encrypted in transit and at rest and kept separate per user; lists CASA (Cloud Security Alliance), TAC Security and Microsoft Partner certifications.

SarahAI is a product of QuantaNew Innovations FZ-LLC. Prices in US dollars as shown on its home page; SarahAI may change them.

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