Howie vs Reclaim.ai

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

Reclaim.ai

• Google Calendar or Outlook users who want focus time and tasks scheduled for them
• Individuals looking for a free plan with basic auto-scheduling
• Teams that want shared out-of-office visibility and time analytics

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.

Reclaim.ai

• There are no native iOS or Android apps; Reclaim is a web app that can be added to a home screen as a PWA.
• It works only with Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar.
• The free Lite plan is limited to 1 user, a 1-week scheduling range, 1 calendar sync and 1 scheduling link.
• Starter is capped at 10 seats and Business at 100. Enterprise, where SSO and SCIM are listed, requires at least 100 seats and annual billing.

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.

Reclaim.ai

Focus Time

Set a focus-time goal and Reclaim reserves blocks on your calendar to protect time for uninterrupted work.

Habits

Schedules recurring routines at the times that fit best around the rest of your calendar.

Task scheduling

Places tasks on the calendar as flexible blocks, with task integrations for Todoist, Asana, Jira, ClickUp, Linear and Google Tasks.

Smart Meetings

Finds a time for a meeting by looking across every attendee's schedule.

Scheduling Links

Share availability through booking links. Lite includes 1 link, Starter 3, and Business and Enterprise unlimited.

Calendar Sync and Buffer Time

Blocks time across your connected calendars so commitments in one show in the others, and adds breaks and travel time around meetings.

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.

Reclaim.ai

• Lite$0

  One user with a 1-week scheduling range, 1 calendar sync, 1 scheduling link and 5 AI agents.

• Starter$10

  per seat / month, billed annually ($12 monthly)

  Up to 10 seats: 8-week scheduling range, 3 calendar syncs, 3 scheduling links and 10 AI agents per seat.

• Business$15

  per seat / month, billed annually ($18 monthly)

  Up to 100 seats: 12-week range, unlimited calendar syncs and scheduling links, webhooks and delegated access.

• Enterprise$22

  per seat / month, annual billing only

  Over 100 seats: unlimited AI agents per seat, SSO and SCIM provisioning, and dedicated account management.

Howie

No public discounts listed.

Reclaim.ai

• Annual discount

  Lower per-seat price on yearly billing

  Starter is $10 per seat per month billed yearly versus $12 billed monthly, and Business is $15 versus $18, which works out to about 17% less.

• Education

  50% off for 12 months for education

  Students, educators and faculty at degree-granting or nonprofit educational institutions can apply for 50% off Starter or Business for 12 months, renewable while still enrolled or employed.

• Nonprofit

  20% off for 3 years for nonprofits

  Registered 501(c)(3) organizations, or the equivalent outside the US, can get 20% off Starter or Business plans for 3 years.

• Startups

  20% off for 3 years for startups

  For companies with at least 5 seats, under 100 employees, less than $10 million raised and founded less than 5 years ago. Applies to Starter and Business.

• Other savings

  20% off when switching from another tool

  New users moving from Calendly, Clockwise, Motion or a similar scheduling tool can apply for 20% off Starter or Business: 6 months for individuals, 12 months for teams of 10 or more.