Clara vs Skej

Clara

• Executives and founders who want meetings arranged without sending a link
• Recruiters coordinating many interview threads at once
• Law and finance firms on Outlook and Exchange with confidentiality needs

Skej

• People who would rather CC an assistant than send a booking link
• Sales reps, recruiters and investors booking many external meetings
• Calendly users who want a booking page that can chat with invitees

Clara

• There is one self-serve paid plan, Standard at $80 per month, which includes 30 meetings; the page does not state a per-user basis.
• The plan named Free is described as a 14-day trial with 5 meetings; Clara stops scheduling at the limit until you upgrade.
• Unlimited meetings, the admin dashboard and a custom email domain for the assistant need an Enterprise plan sold through sales.
• Clara works through email threads; no booking pages, mobile apps or desktop apps are listed.

Skej

• After the 7-day trial the free plan has no email assistant: it keeps 1 booking link, a daily agenda and event reminders.
• Custom assistants and Unsupervised (Bcc) Mode need Premium at $23 per user / month billed annually.
• The listed price is per user: each invited team member is billed separately, and the whole team upgrades as a unit.
• Skej works through email, text, WhatsApp and Slack plus a web dashboard; no mobile or desktop apps are listed.

Clara

Scheduling by CC

Copy Clara on an email thread and it reads the whole conversation, proposes times, answers every reply and confirms the meeting with a calendar invite.

Follow-ups and reschedules

Clara checks in when someone does not respond and offers new times when the first ones fail. To move a meeting, loop it back in and it reissues the invite.

Group and internal meetings

For meetings with several participants, Clara contacts everyone, tracks their answers and confirms once a time works for all, including across time zones.

Scheduling preferences

You set scheduling windows, buffer times, meeting types, priority contacts and communication preferences, and Clara applies them to each thread.

Google and Outlook support

Works with Google Workspace and with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, and the homepage lists Zoom and Teams for meeting links.

No human review of email

Clara AI says scheduling threads are handled entirely by the AI, with no reviewer or contractor reading them, and that it does not train models on customer data.

Skej

Email assistant

CC your assistant on any email thread and it finds times, books the meeting and later handles reschedules, changes and cancellations. Paid plans only.

Booking link with live chat

A booking page where the assistant can chat with the invitee to settle on a time. Free Forever includes 1 link; paid plans have unlimited links.

Assistant personalities

Choose from 12 named assistants, each with its own tone, such as Lexy or Hubert. Creating a custom assistant needs the Premium plan.

Automatic follow-ups

The assistant keeps following up with people who have not answered until the meeting is booked.

Texting, WhatsApp and Slack

From Pro, the assistant can also be reached by text message and WhatsApp and added to Slack. Microsoft Teams messaging is marked as coming soon.

Scheduling rules

Working hours, buffers, daily limits and holidays apply on every plan. Paid plans check several calendars for conflicts; the free plan checks one.

Clara

• Free$0

  Described as what you need to try Clara in 14 days: 5 meetings, multiple calendars and customizable preferences.

• Standard$80

  per month

  For individuals: 30 meetings, multiple calendars, customizable preferences, delegate access and advanced integrations.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For teams: unlimited meetings, company-wide preferences, an admin dashboard, a custom domain name, tenant-wide access and data retention.

Skej

• Free Forever$0

  1 booking link that checks 1 calendar, a daily agenda and event reminders, plus a 7-day trial of the email assistant.

• Pro$15

  per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)

  Email assistant for scheduling, rescheduling and follow-ups, unlimited booking links, texting, WhatsApp and Slack, and no Skej branding.

• Premium$23

  per user / month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)

  Adds custom assistants and Unsupervised (Bcc) Mode; the plan card also lists team admin tools.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Billed annually, with dedicated support, enterprise-grade security and custom integrations.

Clara

No public discounts listed.

Skej

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  Skej labels annual billing as a 20% saving: Pro is $15 per user a month billed annually against $19 billed monthly, and Premium $23 against $29.