Overview

Claire brings connected conversations into one history, so a search can return the people, messages and context behind a result rather than just a matching phrase. It also identifies commitments in chats and surfaces promises and follow-ups. Together, those features target a common gap in messaging: important decisions are easy to lose once a conversation moves on.

The product is in alpha, which makes it a better fit for users comfortable with an evolving service than for teams that need a mature, settled messaging platform. Claire distinguishes current behavior from roadmap items; that matters because several business integrations remain planned rather than available.

Key features

Search, memory and replies

Claire’s cross-network search makes sense for people whose conversations are spread across supported services. Plus and higher plans add Ask Claire across the inbox, along with drafts, summaries and smart cards. These tools can reduce the effort of revisiting a long thread, but they rely on AI processing selected conversation context.

Commitments and actions

Automatic promise and deadline reminders give Claire a practical edge for people who make arrangements in chat and need to follow through. Calendar management, task management and action automation are part of its stated scope. For business actions visible to customers, the service says a human must approve each run and a receipt is left afterward—a useful control, though it still places an approval step in the workflow.

Integrations and security

Google Calendar, Outlook and CalDAV appear in the business plugin catalog in preview. CRM, payments, knowledge, team relay, developer and custom plugins are planned, so organizations that depend on those connections should not treat them as present capabilities. Claire lists authenticated private routes, security headers, a production origin allowlist and separate rate limits for login and AI routes. Those controls do not change its central privacy caveat: Claire is not currently an end-to-end-encrypted, zero-knowledge messenger, and selected conversation context may be sent to the configured AI provider when AI runs.

Pricing

Claire uses a freemium model. Preview costs 0.00 USD per once: it provides a seven-day preview, one per account, with no card required, First Loop, 50 AI credits, unified inbox, cross-network search, promises and deadline reminders. It is a low-commitment way to assess the core workflow, but the one-preview limit and short duration make it unsuitable as an ongoing free tier.

Plus costs 10.00 USD per month and includes up to three Loop runs per day, three accounts per network and 500 AI credits per month. Its hard credit cap prevents automatic overage, but users who reach it will have to work within the limit. Plus is the entry paid plan for individuals with moderate usage; it also adds Ask Claire, drafts, summaries and smart cards.

Pro costs 20.00 USD per month, raises the allowance to 2,000 AI credits per month, allows unlimited accounts per network and adds automatic daily Loop runs alongside on-demand runs. It is the better fit for heavier personal use or users connecting many accounts, though it still has a hard credit cap.

Ultimate has custom pricing, billed by seats and usage annually. It includes a continuous workspace Loop, agents, the full plugin catalog, shared inbox and governance features. Those team-oriented capabilities suit organizations that need shared workflows, but the seat-and-usage basis means buyers should request a quote before comparing its cost. Support also scales by plan: community for Preview, email for Plus, priority email for Pro and a dedicated contact for Ultimate.

Platforms

Claire lists mobile, desktop and web access for every plan, with Android, iOS, macOS and web among its platforms. Self-hosting is also an option: users can run the application stack on infrastructure they control, while Claire Cloud remains optional. That gives technically capable users more deployment control, but it does not remove the stated AI-provider data boundary when AI features run.

Who it's for

Claire is for people who need to retrieve context across several messaging networks and keep promises from slipping through the cracks. Its self-hosting option may also appeal to users who want to run the application stack on their own infrastructure. It is a weaker choice for anyone who requires end-to-end encryption, a zero-knowledge design, mature alpha-free software or integrations that are still planned.

Pros and cons

Pros: Cross-network search returns people and context as well as messages, making it more useful for reconstructing a conversation than a simple keyword lookup.
Pros: Automatic commitment tracking and reminders address the follow-up work that often gets buried in chat.
Pros: The Preview plan offers a no-card, seven-day trial of the unified inbox and search, while paid plans set hard AI credit caps rather than automatic overage.
Pros: Self-hosting lets users run the application stack on infrastructure they control.
Cons: Alpha status makes Claire a less suitable choice where users need a mature, stable product.
Cons: It is not end-to-end encrypted or zero-knowledge, and selected conversation context may go to the configured AI provider.
Cons: The free Preview is limited to seven days and one per account; even paid plans have finite AI credits.
Cons: Several business plugins are still planned, which limits its current fit for organizations expecting a broad integration catalog.

Alternatives

Choose Any.do instead if your priority is straightforward personal task and list management: its free plan includes unlimited personal tasks and lists, rather than Claire’s cross-network conversation search.

Superhuman Go is an alternative for readers looking for inline suggestions, conversations across tabs and apps, and editable, shareable documents. Choose Toki if calendar scheduling is the priority; its free plan includes up to three calendars and an AI scheduling assistant.

Tana may suit readers looking for meeting and calendar tools with a defined free allowance of five meetings per month, one calendar and 50 AI queries. Tilly is another option for a calendar-centered workflow, with a free plan covering two calendar accounts, tasks, views, sync and reminders.

Consider Fyxer if you need an inbox-and-calendar product with paid plans starting at 22.50 USD per month billed annually for one inbox and one calendar. PageLines is an alternative with a free one-bot plan and 5,000 credits once, while its Essential plan costs 49.00 USD per month.

Reclaim AI is another option for readers focused on scheduling and calendar sync; its Lite plan includes one user, a one-week scheduling range, one Calendar Sync, one Scheduling Link and five AI Agents. Browse more options in AI Personal Assistants.

Verdict

Claire is worth considering for people who need one place to search conversations across WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram and turn chat commitments into reminders. Its combination of contextual search and promise tracking is the strongest reason to choose it, while alpha status and the lack of end-to-end encryption are the clearest reasons to look elsewhere. Choose it if those trade-offs fit your needs; avoid relying on it for sensitive conversations or workflows that require a mature product and integrations still on the roadmap.

	Claire	Shortwave
Free plan	Yes
Free trial	Yes	Yes
Paid from	$10/mo	$30/mo
Platforms	Android, iOS, macOS, self-hosted, Web	Android, iOS, macOS, Web, Windows
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Paid from	10 /mo	30 /user/mo
Action automation	Yes
Calendar management	Yes
Task management	Yes
Mobile apps	Yes
App coverage		all
Unified inbox		No
Scheduled sending		Yes
Calendar tools		Yes

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