Blockit vs Howie

Blockit

• Executives and investors with many external meetings to arrange
• Teams that coordinate in Slack and want scheduling handled in the thread
• Trying an AI scheduling agent on a free plan of 15 meetings a month

Howie

• Founders and executives who arrange many meetings over email
• People who would like to message an assistant by iMessage or SMS
• Teams that want one shared credit pool with unlimited teammates

Blockit

• Free covers 15 scheduled meetings a month and Lite 40; unlimited meetings need Infinity at $395 a month billed yearly.
• The proactive agent that watches for conflicts and trips is left out of the Free plan.
• SSO, the admin dashboard, delegate access for EAs and a custom domain are Enterprise only, which starts at $20k a year.
• Blockit works through email and Slack threads; no mobile or desktop apps are listed.

Howie

• Pricing is by shared credits, from $25 a month for 1,250; the pricing section does not say how many credits a meeting uses.
• An assistant email address at your own domain costs an extra $20 a month.
• The mail and calendar integrations shown on the site are Gmail and Google Calendar; Outlook is not among the logos.
• Howie is used through email, iMessage and SMS; no mobile or desktop app is listed.

Blockit

Email and Slack agents

Add Blockit to an email thread, message it in Slack or @mention it in a channel. It works out a time with the other side and sends the invite with a video link.

Group scheduling

For colleagues it reads shared calendars directly, and for outside guests it proposes times. Required and optional attendees are weighed differently.

Preferences and memory

It applies saved meeting templates, rules you have stated once, the blocks you hold and which meetings are allowed to move.

Adjustable autonomy

You pick how much it does alone, from reviewing every invite before it sends to full autopilot, and can set this per person or per meeting type.

Reschedules and follow-ups

It reworks a meeting when someone declines or asks to push it, follows up with people who have not replied, and hands the decision back when it is yours to make.

Autoblocking

When the other person also uses Blockit, the agent can see both calendars and books the meeting without an exchange of emails.

Howie

Scheduling over email and text

Add Howie to a thread and it reads the conversation, checks availability, offers times, handles the replies and creates the calendar event.

Group threads and follow-ups

It finds a time across group threads and follows up when people go quiet, using a rule you set such as two nudges 48 hours apart.

Booking links

Besides negotiating by message, Howie can create booking links for different kinds of meetings.

Calendar protection

Finds blocks for deep work or errands, adds holds, buffers, commutes and travel time, and watches for conflicts and overloaded days.

Reminders and daily briefings

Manages reminders, to-dos and follow-ups, briefs you on the day ahead and tracks who you are waiting on.

Assistant with your own identity

The assistant can have a name and signature you choose. An email address at your company's domain is a paid add-on.

Blockit

• Free$0

  15 meetings scheduled per month, with the email and Slack agents, instant reply and 24/7 service.

• Lite$83

  per month, billed yearly at $999 ($145 billed monthly)

  40 meetings a month, plus the proactive agent that watches for conflicts, trips and similar changes.

• Infinity$395

  per month, billed yearly at $4,740 ($495 billed monthly)

  Unlimited meetings, aimed at people whose calendars are booked back to back.

• EnterpriseFrom $20k

  per year, on an annual agreement

  Adds SSO, role-based access, admin dashboards, a custom domain, delegate access for EAs, centralized billing and a dedicated CSM.

Howie

• Team$25

  per month for 1,250 shared workspace credits

  Unlimited teammates on one credit pool. Larger pools run up to 150,000 credits for $2,500 a month, and a custom assistant email adds $20 a month.

• EnterpriseCustom

  A tailored credit pool with invoicing and custom billing terms, security review support and a DPA, an SLA and dedicated onboarding.

Blockit

• Annual discount

  Save up to 43% with yearly billing

  Lite is $999 a year, shown as $83 a month, against $145 billed monthly, a 43% saving. Infinity is $4,740 a year against $495 a month, a 20% saving.

Howie

No public discounts listed.