Ordaily vs Tellexa AI
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By Josh Mac Donald, founder of Ordaily
Ordaily is an AI PA in WhatsApp for one person’s Gmail, Google Calendar, reminders and to-dos at R999 a month, billed monthly in rand, while Tellexa is a South African platform where a business appoints AI Assistants and Agents with set roles, permissions and approvals, with a Personal Assistant at R1,150 a month plus a Team seat at R650 a month (both excluding tax) on a twelve-month term. Both are built in South Africa, priced in rand, and able to check with you before an email goes. The difference is who they are built for: one person’s own admin, or a governed AI workspace for a whole business. Here they are row by row.
Side by side
| Compared on | Ordaily | Tellexa |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AI PA for your own work admin: email, calendar, reminders, to-dos and Slack, in one chat | In Tellexa’s words, one governed workspace for AI-assisted business operations: AI Assistants and Agents a business appoints with a role, tools, permissions and approval rules |
| Who it is for | One person: a business owner, founder or solo professional running their own admin | Businesses and teams: a Personal Assistant for one person, Team Assistants for a function such as sales or finance, and Agents for single jobs |
| Where it lives | WhatsApp, by text or voice note, so there is no new app to open | WhatsApp, Telegram, the web portal, voice, and its iPhone, iPad and Android apps; a WhatsApp Business number of its own is an add-on |
| Email and calendar | Gmail (two mailboxes on Standard) and Google Calendar: book, move and cancel meetings with invites | Outlook, Gmail and iCloud mail; Outlook, Google and iCloud calendars |
| Outlook and Microsoft | Coming soon: Outlook, Microsoft Calendar and Teams | Outlook, Microsoft 365 and OneDrive today, and meeting notes from Teams calls |
| Asks before sending | Yes, every time: each email and invite waits on a confirm card for your yes, with a 30-second undo | You choose per action: Ask first confirms before sending emails or creating events; Do it, tell me and Full auto act within the scope you set |
| Price | R999 a month, billed in rand. Standard, in early access: monthly, cancel any time | Personal Assistant R1,150 a month plus a Team seat at R650 a month (both excluding tax), in rand; a minimum term of twelve months; onboarding scoped separately |
| Getting started | Sign up online, connect your Google account and start | Book a discovery session or a consultation, or join the waitlist; Tellexa helps set up your Assistants |
| Security and data | Built for POPIA, hosted in Johannesburg, and your content is never used to train AI | Security measures designed to support POPIA; runs in Tellexa’s cloud, hybrid, or on your own infrastructure |
| Where it is based | Cape Town, South Africa | Built and supported in South Africa |
Which should you choose?
Tellexa is the better fit if…
you are setting up AI for a team or a whole business and need roles, permissions, approvals and a record of who approved what, or your mail runs on Outlook and Microsoft 365 today. It can run on your own infrastructure if you have data-residency rules, and it covers more of the business: support desks, workflows, a CRM and websites. If you need Outlook right now, choose Tellexa: on Ordaily, Outlook is coming soon.
Ordaily suits you if…
you are one person running your own admin on Gmail and Google Calendar, and would rather sign up online and start the same day. You message it on WhatsApp by text or voice note; it drafts your email and sends it once you say yes, books your meetings, keeps your reminders and to-dos, and sends you a morning briefing. One flat monthly price in rand, billed monthly, with no minimum term.
Questions
- What is the difference between Ordaily and Tellexa?
- Ordaily is an AI PA in WhatsApp for one person’s Gmail, Google Calendar, reminders and to-dos at R999 a month, billed monthly in rand, while Tellexa is a South African platform where a business appoints AI Assistants and Agents with set roles, permissions and approvals, with a Personal Assistant at R1,150 a month plus a Team seat at R650 a month (both excluding tax) on a twelve-month term.
- Which one is for a team?
- Tellexa is built for teams: a business appoints Assistants and Agents with roles, permissions, approval rules and a log of every action, and can run them in its own environment. Ordaily is one person’s assistant: each account is for one owner or professional and their own email, calendar and to-dos.
- Which of the two works with Outlook?
- Tellexa lists Outlook, Microsoft 365 and OneDrive today, as well as Gmail and iCloud. Ordaily works with Gmail and Google Calendar, and its Outlook, Microsoft Calendar and Teams support is coming soon.
- Will either one send an email without asking me?
- Ordaily never does: every email and invite waits on a confirm card in WhatsApp for your yes, with 30 seconds to undo. Tellexa lets the business choose per action: its Ask first mode confirms before sending emails or creating events, and its other modes act within the scope you set.
- How do the prices compare for one person?
- Ordaily Standard is R999 a month, billed monthly in rand, and you can cancel any time. On Tellexa’s rate card, a Personal Assistant is R1,150 a month and needs a Team seat at R650 a month (both excluding tax), subscriptions run for at least twelve months, and onboarding is scoped separately.
Sources (checked 17 October 2026)
- Tellexa home page: one governed workspace for AI-assisted business operations; a business appoints AI Assistants and Agents with a defined role, tools, permissions and approval rules, and every action, approval and escalation is logged; your team talks to them on WhatsApp, Telegram, the web portal or voice, and on its iPhone, iPad and Android apps; prepaid in rand at a fixed monthly spend; built and supported in South Africa; consultations and a waitlist; Tellexa (Pty) Ltd.
- Tellexa features: email in Outlook, Gmail and iCloud; Outlook, Google and iCloud calendars; tasks, files (OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox) and contacts; meeting notes from Teams or other approved calls; three permission modes: Ask first (confirm before sending emails or creating events), Do it, tell me, and Full auto.
- Tellexa pricing: a rand rate card for South Africa: a Personal Assistant for one person’s inbox, diary, contacts and files at R1,150 a month, which needs a Team seat at R650 a month (both excluding tax); a WhatsApp Business number for an Assistant at R495 a month plus Meta’s fees; subscriptions run for a minimum of twelve months; onboarding is scoped to your deployment; you book a discovery session.
- Tellexa deployment: Tellexa runs in its cloud, hybrid, or fully on your own infrastructure.
- Tellexa security policy: security measures designed to support compliance with data-protection laws, including POPIA; client content is kept apart between clients.
Tellexa is a product of Tellexa (Pty) Ltd. Prices in rand as shown on its pricing page; Tellexa may change them.
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