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Poke vs Ody: which one is for you?
Both are assistants that live in your texts. Poke is made for tech professionals buried in email. Ody is made for people who invoice clients: contractors, realtors, freelancers, consultants. Here is the whole comparison, honestly.
The short answer
Get Poke if
your work lives in email, Slack, and a packed calendar. That is what it is famous for, and it is genuinely good at it.
Get Ody if
you invoice clients for a living. Invoices drafted and sent, late payers chased, emails in your voice, dates remembered. The office work, done from Messages.
Side by side
Poke and Ody, feature by feature
Poke
Ody
Made for
Sends and chases your invoices
Quotes from voice notes
Connects QuickBooks, Stripe, Square
Growing library of SMB use cases
Remembers clients, jobs, prices
Built to run
Same idea, different customer. Poke optimizes your inbox. Ody runs your business.
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Try it
Watch Ody do the thing Poke does not
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On the go
Built for days like yours
Why people who invoice pick Ody
01
It is built around getting paid
Poke does not send invoices. For Ody, the invoice is the whole point: drafted from one text, sent under your name, and followed up politely until the money lands. You never write the awkward reminder again.
02
It speaks your language, not tech
No prompts to engineer, no tools to connect. You text it the way you text a person: "Invoice the Millers $2,400" or a rambling voice note from the truck. That is the entire skill requirement.
03
The price is simple and boring
Plans are $48 or $98 a month, everything included. No seats to count, no surprise line items. One chased invoice usually covers the bill.
04
Your clients never see a difference
They get normal emails and invoices under your name through Gmail. The texting is between you and Ody. Nothing new for anyone to learn or trust.
The part Poke does not do
Watch a late invoice get handled
You wrote four words. You got $1,900.
Pricing
Two plans. Money back for 14 days.
Plus
For one person running the whole show.
$29$11.60/month
Save $104$69.60 today
- 2,500 credits every month
- 5 tasks on a schedule
- 100+ apps Ody can work in
- Available 24/7, nights and weekends too
- Texts, voice notes, photos and documents
Max
For a busy business with more coming in.
$59$23.60/month
Save $212$141.60 today
- 6,000 credits every month
- 20 tasks on a schedule
- Everything in Plus
- Priority support
Real human support
A real person, by email or text.
14-day money-back
Full refund, no questions asked.
Stripe-secured
Safe and encrypted payments.
Getting started
If you pick Ody, here is what happens
01
Tap the button, type your number
No download, no forms. Ody texts you first, usually within a minute.
02
Give it one real task
The invoice or email you have been putting off is the perfect first test. See the draft, change anything, say send.
03
Run it on real work, money back for 14 days
You pay today, with 60% off your first payment. Canceling is about as hard as sending one more text. If it is not for you inside 14 days, the money-back guarantee is one button, no questions.
Common questions
Still deciding? These usually settle it
"What if I pick wrong?"
You get 14 days with a full money-back guarantee on your real work, and canceling is one text. Picking wrong costs you nothing but the try.
"I am technical. Should I just get Poke?"
Maybe. If your day is email triage and scheduling, Poke is built for you. If you also invoice clients, you would still be doing that part by hand.
"Does Ody handle email and calendar too?"
Yes. Emails written in your voice and sent through Gmail with your OK, dates and reminders on your Google Calendar. The invoicing is on top, not instead.
"Will my clients notice anything?"
No. They get normal emails and invoices under your name. Ody never texts your clients.