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Notion AI Alternatives for Business in 2026 (10 Compared)

·Co-founder of Dock (YC S26)·Nov 3, 2026·28 min read

The 10 best Notion AI alternatives are Dock, ClickUp Brain, Superhuman Docs (formerly Coda), Atlassian Rovo, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini in Google Workspace, ChatGPT Business, Claude, Dust and Lindy. If your work happens in pages and databases, ClickUp Brain, Superhuman Docs and Rovo are the closest swaps. If it happens in email and office files, look at Copilot, Gemini, ChatGPT Business or Claude. Dust and Lindy suit teams that want to build their own agents. For a company that wants agents running real jobs like sales, lead generation, support and operations, with people approving what matters, we think Dock is the better fit. We build Dock, so weigh our view accordingly.

Notion AI is a strong product, and it has moved fast this year. Notion Agent handles multi-step tasks across your workspace, Custom Agents run on schedules and triggers, and the October 19 release gave Notion's agents "their own computer and browser" and tasks that can run "for up to 24 hours." This guide is for founders who like Notion for their wiki and then asked who would run the pipeline and the follow-ups.

Every claim below about the other nine links to the vendor's own page or launch coverage.

Why teams look for a Notion AI alternative

Notion's AI page promises "Anything you can do in Notion, your Notion Agent can do for you." That is the right design for a workspace product. It also sets the edges of what a business gets.

The agents start from your Notion pages. Per Notion's Custom Agents help page, an agent can only read the pages and databases you add under "Tools and access," and linking a page in the instructions does not grant access. Agents can also browse the web, post to Slack channels you select and, since October 13, use 150+ MCP connections (Notion releases). The work still revolves around the workspace. If your hardest jobs are outbound sales, lead research or chasing invoices, most of that work lives outside a wiki.

Someone has to build each agent. Custom Agents are "shared, instruction-driven workflows." A person writes the instructions, picks the triggers, adds the pages and tools, and keeps them current. That works well when someone enjoys building. It is a real job when nobody does.

AI usage is metered per person, and it changed this fall. Under the new credit system, each Business or Enterprise member gets 1,500 Standard credits and 500 Select credits a month, and they "reset monthly and don't roll over" (Notion help). You can't move credits between people. A Custom Agent you set up "uses your Select credits, even when you share it with your team" (Custom Agent pricing), so the person who builds a popular agent pays for it from their own allowance. Workspace Notion credits are off by default and cost "$10 per 1,000 credits" (pricing page). AI Meeting Notes start drawing on Standard credits on December 1, 2026, and the AI Command Center for spending limits is still "coming soon."

The full AI needs the Business plan. Free and Plus include only a trial of Notion AI. Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search are on Business, at $20 per member a month billed yearly or $24 monthly, as of November 2026 (notion.com/pricing). Custom Agents require Business or Enterprise.

None of that is a flaw. It is the shape of AI built into a docs product. Our guide to bolted-on and AI-native agents covers the difference.

Where Dock is the better fit

Notion AI helps your team inside its docs and wiki. Dock gives a business agents that run the work. Here is where that difference matters.

You hire agents with jobs. In Dock you hire agents for sales, lead generation, marketing, support and operations. Each agent has a role, a reporting line and permissions, and they work alongside your people in shared workspaces. A Chief of Staff agent coordinates the specialists. In Notion, each Custom Agent is a workflow a person designs and maintains.

You can hire ready-made specialists. The Agent Marketplace lets you hire specialists for a job your business needs, so you are not writing every agent's instructions from a blank page.

The agents work on their own schedule. Dock agents are always on, in the cloud, and keep working while your team is offline. Mach9, which makes AI CAD software for DOTs and engineering firms, has a sales team in Dock that reads every recorded call and keeps 82 HubSpot deals current every hour.

People approve what matters. Roles, permissions and approvals keep sensitive actions waiting for a person. Shawn Dej, CEO of YourStory AI, runs an eight-agent sales org in Dock that works 400+ schools and 150+ community colleges, and every send waits for his OK, given by text.

Memory stays with the company. What Dock agents learn goes into the Company Brain, shared company memory that stays with the business when people move on or you change tools.

The agents reach your other tools. Dock has 2,000+ platforms built in plus the apps you connect, and each agent runs on the model that suits their job, from Claude, GPT, Gemini and others.

On price, Dock is per person, with agents included: Starter $40, Standard $100 and Scale $200 a month, with 5, 10 or 20 always-on agents, as of November 2026 (Dock pricing). Silvr's agents in Dock save CEO Josh Lanzet 10+ hours a week and helped double outbound prospects.

Where Dock is not the right pick

  • You want AI inside your docs. If the job is drafting pages, summarizing meetings, filling database fields and answering questions from your wiki, Notion AI does that in the editor where your team already writes. Dock is built for agents doing jobs for the business.
  • You want a cheap seat for everyone. Notion Business is $20 per member a month billed yearly, with AI included. Dock starts at $40 per person a month, because agents and business credits come with each plan.
  • You need compliance paperwork today. Dock's SOC 2 is in progress, and the Type II report is not yet attested. Notion lists SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 on its AI page, with HIPAA and zero data retention on Enterprise.
  • You like building automations yourself. If someone on your team enjoys designing every trigger and step, Notion Custom Agents, Dust or Lindy give you that control.

How we picked

We read the pages that rank for "Notion AI alternatives" today and kept the tools a business would realistically shortlist. ClickUp, Coda, Copilot and Gemini show up on almost every list, and Rovo, ChatGPT, Claude, Dust and Lindy come up often for teams.

Each tool was judged on five questions that matter to a small team:

  • Can the whole team use the same agents and see the same work?
  • Does the AI keep working when nobody is asking, on a schedule or in the background?
  • What does it cost per person, in plain dollars?
  • Where does the work happen: in a doc, an inbox, a chat or across your tools?
  • Does it ask a person before the sensitive actions?

We checked every price on the vendor's own pricing page or help center on November 4, 2026. Anything we could not confirm there is left out. We did not run paid trials. Check each vendor's page before you buy.

Notion AI alternatives compared

Tool Best for Price (as of November 2026) Team features Where it runs
Dock Businesses that want agents running sales, marketing, support and operations $40, $100 or $200 per person a month, with 5, 10 or 20 always-on agents Shared workspaces for people and agents, roles, approvals, Company Brain Your Mac or the cloud, always on
ClickUp Brain Teams that run projects and tasks in ClickUp Business $17 per user a month billed yearly, with 1,500 AI credits per user Super Agents you can @mention and assign tasks; pooled credits Inside ClickUp
Superhuman Docs (formerly Coda) Teams that build docs that behave like apps Pro $12 per Doc Maker a month billed yearly; Business $33 Only Doc Makers pay; editors and viewers are free Inside Superhuman Docs
Atlassian Rovo Teams already on Jira and Confluence Included with Standard, Premium and Enterprise Cloud plans Rovo agents, search and chat; credits pooled across the org Inside Atlassian apps, desktop and browser
Microsoft 365 Copilot Companies that run on Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams Copilot Business add-on $21 per user a month paid yearly, $18 on promotion Prebuilt research and analysis agents; Copilot Studio Inside Microsoft 365 apps
Gemini in Google Workspace Companies on Gmail, Docs and Drive Business Standard $14 per user a month with a one-year commitment Gemini in Workspace apps; Workspace Studio flows Inside Google Workspace
ChatGPT Business Teams that want ChatGPT for everyone Standard seat $20 a month billed annually; Premium $100 Shared workspace, connectors, Dots on Premium seats ChatGPT apps; Dots on their own cloud computer
Claude Teams that want a strong AI coworker for each person Team Standard seat $20 a month billed annually; Premium $100 Team plan for 2 to 150 people, Claude Tag in Slack Claude apps, Slack and Microsoft 365
Dust Teams with someone ready to build agents for everyone Pro seat $24 a month billed yearly, with 8,000 credits Custom agents, multi-agent workflows, Pods Dust cloud
Lindy Inbox, meeting and Slack follow-up Team from $29.99 per active user a month for 3,000 credits Pooled credits, Slack-native, approvals built in Lindy cloud, Slack, iMessage and email

1. Dock

Dock is where businesses hire AI agents for real work: sales, lead generation, marketing, support and operations. Each agent has a role, a reporting line and permissions, and they work alongside your people in shared workspaces where everyone can see what they did. A Chief of Staff agent coordinates the specialists, and what the agents learn goes into the Company Brain, which stays with the business.

It fits founders and owners who want recurring jobs handled: finding leads, running outbound, publishing content, answering support and keeping the CRM current.

Pricing: per person, per month, as of November 2026, on the pricing page. Starter is $40 with 5 always-on agents and 10,000 business credits, Standard is $100 with 10 agents and 20,000 credits, and Scale is $200 with 20 agents and 50,000 credits. Larger companies can ask for a Custom plan.

What it does well: agents that own jobs and run on their own schedule. They are always on in the cloud, reach 2,000+ platforms built in plus the apps you connect, and run on the model that suits their job, from Claude, GPT, Gemini and others. You can hire a ready-made specialist from the Agent Marketplace for the job you need done. Approvals keep a person in charge of what goes out.

Where it falls short: Dock is a young company. SOC 2 is in progress and the Type II report is not yet attested, so if your clients require a completed report today, check back later. Dock is built for agents doing jobs, so many teams will keep Notion for their wiki and hire agents in Dock for the work.

Best for: companies that want business agents holding standing jobs, with work the whole team can see and a person approving what matters.

2. ClickUp Brain

ClickUp Brain is the AI built into ClickUp's project and task workspace. Its newest layer is Super Agents, which ClickUp describes as "agentic teammates" you can "@mention, assign tasks, & message directly." Per ClickUp's help center, Super Agents can run multi-step workflows "around the clock," have "memory that evolves," log every action and "seek human approval for critical decisions." Autopilot Agents are a simpler kind that act on defined triggers and conditions.

It fits teams whose work is already tracked in ClickUp.

Pricing: per clickup.com/pricing, as of November 2026, every plan "ships with ClickUp Brain² and a monthly credit allowance." Free includes 500 credits per workspace. Core is $9 per user a month billed yearly (regular price $12) with 1,000 credits per user. Business is $17 billed yearly (regular price $25) with 1,500 credits per user, pooled. Max is $100 billed yearly (regular price $120) with 10,000 credits per user and unlimited Autopilot Agents. Extra credits cost $10 per 10,000. Enterprise is custom.

What it does well: the agents sit inside the place where work is assigned. Pooled credits suit a small team.

Where it falls short: like Notion, ClickUp's agents are strongest inside ClickUp. Moving from Notion to ClickUp is a full workspace migration.

Best for: teams that want to switch their whole workspace and want agents assigned like coworkers inside their task manager.

3. Superhuman Docs (formerly Coda)

Coda is now Superhuman Docs. Per Superhuman's help center, "On July 8, 2026, Coda became Superhuman Docs, joining Grammarly, Mail, and Go as part of the Superhuman suite." Coda's old pricing page now redirects to the Superhuman Docs plans page. Docs AI, in beta for Doc Makers, can "create proposals, trackers, and dashboards," and paid plans can "create with Claude and more via MCP."

It fits teams that want docs that behave like apps, with connected tables, formulas and automations.

Pricing: per superhuman.com/plans/docs, as of November 2026, Free is $0. Pro is $12 per Doc Maker a month billed annually, or $15 monthly. Business is $33 per Doc Maker billed annually, or $40 monthly, and includes Grammarly, Go and Superhuman Mail. Enterprise is custom and adds SAML SSO, SCIM, AI admin controls, a SOC 2 Type 2 report and HIPAA compliance. Only Doc Makers pay: "Editors and viewers are entirely free."

What it does well: the billing model. A team where a few people build and many people read can pay far less than per-seat pricing.

Where it falls short: Docs AI is still labeled beta, and Coda customers are in the middle of a rebrand and bundle change. Like Notion AI, it helps with docs and data. It does not hire agents to run sales or support for you.

Best for: teams that want a more powerful doc builder than Notion, with AI to help build it, and few paying makers.

4. Atlassian Rovo

Rovo is Atlassian's AI across Jira, Confluence and connected apps. Atlassian says "Rovo agents keep your workflows moving, handling next steps," and its Teamwork Graph connects knowledge, people and decisions so "agents can act with the context your organization has built." Rovo connectors bring in third-party apps such as Google's suite, and Rovo runs in Atlassian apps, on desktop, on mobile, in a browser extension and through MCP.

It fits teams that already keep their wiki in Confluence and their work in Jira.

Pricing: per Rovo pricing, as of November 2026, Rovo is included with Standard, Premium and Enterprise Cloud plans of Jira, Confluence and Jira Service Management, with no separate purchase. Jira and Confluence include 25, 70 or 150 Rovo credits per user a month by plan, and the Teamwork and Service Collections include 250, 700 or 1,500, pooled across the org. Basic interactions, including basic Rovo agents, cost 10 credits each. Extra usage is $0.01 per credit, on by default, and admins can turn it off or set caps. The Confluence pricing page showed Standard at $5.78 per user a month when we checked; the price shown depends on team size and billing.

What it does well: value for teams already paying Atlassian.

Where it falls short: Rovo's allowance on Confluence Standard is small, at 25 credits per user a month, so heavy agent use means overage. It is built around Atlassian's apps and engineering-style work, less around jobs like outbound sales.

Best for: teams standardized on Jira and Confluence that want AI and agents in the tools they already pay for.

5. Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot works inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. Microsoft's business page lists "pre-built agents for research and data analysis," access to Cowork and Autopilot, "large language model (LLM) choice," and Copilot Studio for building your own agents.

It fits companies whose documents, email and meetings already live in Microsoft 365.

Pricing: per Microsoft's Copilot business page, as of November 2026, the Microsoft 365 Copilot Business add-on is $21 per user a month paid yearly, discounted to $18 for offers between July 1 and December 31, 2026, with the discount for the first year only. It is for existing customers with an eligible Business plan. Bundles are also offered: Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot at $23.50 and Business Premium with Copilot at $32 per user a month, paid yearly. Microsoft notes "usage-based billing for select advanced AI features."

What it does well: it works on the files and email your company already has, with no migration.

Where it falls short: the help is strongest inside Microsoft's apps, one person and one task at a time. Agents that hold a standing job mean building in Copilot Studio, and advanced features add usage-based charges.

Best for: Microsoft 365 companies that want AI in the apps their people already open every day.

6. Gemini in Google Workspace

Google puts Gemini into Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Meet and Drive on its Workspace business plans, with Gemini Notebook for research and Workspace Studio for automation. Per Google's Workspace Studio help page, you build flows that start from "an event, schedule, or create a trigger manually," run steps across Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Drive, Docs, Forms, Sheets and Tasks, and connect to apps like Asana, Mailchimp and Salesforce.

It fits companies already on Gmail and Drive.

Pricing: per workspace.google.com/pricing, as of November 2026, with a one-year commitment, Business Starter is $7 per user a month, Standard is $14 and Plus is $22, with a 50% introductory discount for new customers at the time we checked. Starter includes Gemini in Gmail and chat with Gemini, and Gemini in Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive and Meet starts on Standard. Business plans are capped at 300 users. Google says your company data is not used to train models.

What it does well: price. For many small companies, Gemini comes with the email and docs they already pay for.

Where it falls short: flows are rules you design step by step, and an admin has to turn Gemini on. It helps people work faster in Google's apps. It does not give you agents with roles that own a job.

Best for: Google Workspace companies that want AI in their docs and email at the lowest added cost.

7. ChatGPT Business

ChatGPT Business gives a team a shared ChatGPT workspace with ChatGPT Work, Codex, connectors to Google Workspace, Slack, GitHub and Microsoft 365, and "ChatGPT Space to collaborate with your team and agents." Premium seats include Dots, OpenAI's always-on agents. Per OpenAI's getting started article, a dot has its own cloud computer, works across the apps you connect and can run scheduled tasks.

It fits teams that already use ChatGPT and want one company plan with admin controls.

Pricing: per OpenAI's Business FAQ, as of November 2026, Standard seats cost $25 per user a month, or $20 billed annually. Premium seats cost $125, or $100 billed annually, with 5x the usage of Standard and no five-hour limit. A workspace needs at least two paid seats, and new subscriptions max out at 200 seats. OpenAI says it does not train on your workspace data.

What it does well: breadth. One plan covers writing, research, analysis, coding and an always-on agent for Premium users, and the pricing page lists SOC 2 Type 2.

Where it falls short: the first dot is one agent per Premium user, and at launch a dot cannot have its own email address. ChatGPT is a place your people go to ask for help; it does not hold a company wiki the way Notion does. More in our OpenAI Dots alternatives guide.

Best for: teams that want the most capable general AI for every person, plus an always-on agent for a few power users.

8. Claude

Anthropic's Claude Team plan gives everyone Claude Code and Claude Cowork in a shared organization, along with Claude Design, Slides and Docs, Claude for Microsoft 365, Claude Tag for Slack and enterprise search across your organization. Cowork is now part of Claude.

It fits teams that want a strong AI coworker for each person and will drive each task themselves.

Pricing: per claude.com/pricing, as of November 2026, Team is for 2 to 150 people. Standard seats are $20 per seat a month billed annually, or $25 monthly. Premium seats are $100 billed annually, or $125 monthly, with 5x the usage of Standard. Team includes SSO, central billing and "no model training on your content by default." Pro for one person is $17 a month billed annually, or $20 monthly.

What it does well: the quality of the help, and a real team plan with seats, admin and enterprise search in one place.

Where it falls short: Claude works with one person on one task at a time. There is no roster of agents with their own jobs and schedules that the whole team manages together. More in our Claude Cowork alternatives guide.

Best for: teams that want the best AI help for each person and will keep their wiki elsewhere.

9. Dust

Dust is a platform for building team agents on your company's data. Its pricing page lists "custom agents with your skills, knowledge & tools," "multi-agent workflows on schedules & triggers," 20+ models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral and DeepSeek, and connections to Slack, Notion, GitHub and Drive, or any tool via MCP.

It fits teams with someone who enjoys building agents for everyone. Dust can also read your Notion, so you can start without leaving it.

Pricing: per dust.tt/home/pricing, as of November 2026, the Business plan is for teams up to 100 people. Free seats get 500 lifetime credits. Pro is $24 per seat a month billed yearly, or $30 monthly, with 8,000 credits a month. Max is $120 billed yearly, or $150 monthly, with 40,000 credits. Credits do not roll over. Enterprise adds SCIM, audit logs, pooled credits and custom terms.

What it does well: model choice per agent, SOC 2 Type II on every plan, and agents that can work across Notion and your other tools at once.

Where it falls short: you build the agents yourself, and the Business plan's comparison table lists data connectors as "up to 3."

Best for: teams that want to build their own agents on top of Notion and other tools, with a person ready to own them.

10. Lindy

Lindy describes itself as a "Slack-native teammate in threads + mentions" that also works over iMessage and email, with scheduled routines, meeting notes and follow-up, inbox management, 1,500+ integrations and "approvals built in."

It fits teams whose pain is the inbox and meeting follow-up.

Pricing: per lindy.ai/pricing, as of November 2026, Lindy starts you with $50 in free credits that last 7 days. Team starts at $29.99 a month for 3,000 credits, and "every active user in your workspace is billed." Top-ups are $10 per 1,000 credits, and credits from every seat go into a shared pool. Enterprise adds HIPAA compliance with a signed BAA, SSO, SCIM and audit logs.

What it does well: daily admin for busy people, with approvals before anything with outside impact, and a compliance path for regulated teams.

Where it falls short: every active user is billed and work is metered in credits, so a heavy month costs more. It is one helper that people ask, more than a set of agents that each own a job. More in our Lindy alternatives guide.

Best for: small teams that live in Slack and want help with email, meetings and follow-ups.

Notion AI vs Dock

Notion AI Dock
Built for Teams writing, organizing and searching in Notion Businesses that want agents running recurring jobs
Where the work happens Notion pages and databases, plus Slack, the web and connected apps Shared workspaces for people and agents, with 2,000+ platforms built in plus the apps you connect
Agents Notion Agent on demand; Custom Agents you build on triggers and schedules Agents with roles, reporting lines and permissions, coordinated by a Chief of Staff agent
Who sets them up A person writes each Custom Agent's instructions, triggers and access Hire ready-made specialists from the Agent Marketplace, or set up your own
Memory Your Notion workspace, plus skills you write The Company Brain, shared memory that stays with the business
Price Business $20 per member a month billed yearly, with 1,500 Standard and 500 Select credits each; Notion credits $10 per 1,000 Starter $40, Standard $100, Scale $200 per person a month, with 5, 10 or 20 always-on agents
Models Auto router, or a model you pick The model that suits each job, from Claude, GPT, Gemini and others
Security SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001; HIPAA on Enterprise SOC 2 in progress, Type II not yet attested

Notion is better for writing, organizing and finding what your company knows. For the jobs that happen outside the doc, which have to keep moving while you are out and which someone has to answer for, we think Dock is the better fit. Plenty of teams will run both.

How to choose a Notion AI alternative

You want agents running sales, lead generation, marketing, support or operations for the company: choose Dock, and hire agents, not headcount.

Your team runs its projects in a task manager and wants agents assigned like coworkers: choose ClickUp Brain.

You want docs that behave like apps, and only a few people build them: choose Superhuman Docs.

Your wiki is Confluence and your work is in Jira: choose Atlassian Rovo.

Your company runs on Word, Outlook and Teams: choose Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Your company runs on Gmail and Drive and wants the lowest added cost: choose Gemini in Google Workspace.

You want the most capable general AI for every person: choose ChatGPT Business or Claude on the Team plan.

You have someone who wants to build agents on top of Notion and your other tools: choose Dust.

Your pain is the inbox and meeting follow-up, mostly in Slack: choose Lindy.

You mostly want help writing and finding things in your wiki: stay on Notion AI. It is good at that.

More comparisons: Lindy alternatives, Claude Cowork alternatives, OpenAI Dots alternatives, Viktor alternatives, Zapier alternatives.

FAQ

What is the best Notion AI alternative for business?

It depends on the job. For a company that wants agents running sales, marketing, support and operations, we think Dock is the better fit, because the agents have roles, permissions and approvals and their memory stays with the business; we build Dock, so weigh that accordingly. For AI inside a task manager, ClickUp Brain. For Jira and Confluence teams, Atlassian Rovo. For Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace companies, the AI built into those suites.

Is Notion AI free?

Not fully. Notion's Free and Plus plans include a trial of Notion AI. Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search come with the Business plan at $20 per member a month billed yearly, or $24 monthly, as of November 2026. Custom Agents need Business or Enterprise.

How much do Notion Custom Agents cost?

Each Business or Enterprise member gets 500 Select credits a month, which cover Custom Agents, plus 1,500 Standard credits for other AI work. Credits reset monthly and do not roll over. A Custom Agent you set up uses your Select credits even when you share it. After that, workspace owners can turn on Notion credits at $10 per 1,000.

Can Notion AI agents work on their own?

Yes, within limits. Custom Agents run on schedules and on triggers like database changes, comments, finished meeting notes and Slack messages, and since October 19 Notion's agents have their own computer and browser for tasks of up to 24 hours. They can only read the Notion pages and databases you give them, and a person builds and maintains each one.

Notion AI vs ChatGPT: which is better for a team?

Notion AI is better if your team's knowledge lives in Notion and you want AI working on those pages and databases. ChatGPT Business is better for general writing, research, analysis and coding, at $20 per Standard seat a month billed annually, with always-on Dots on Premium seats. Many teams use both.

What is the difference between Notion AI and Dock?

Notion AI helps your team inside its docs and wiki, and its Custom Agents automate workflows you build on Notion's pages and databases. Dock is where businesses hire agents for sales, lead generation, marketing, support and operations, with roles, reporting lines, approvals, a Chief of Staff agent and a Company Brain that stays with the business.

Is there a Notion AI alternative that works outside Notion?

Yes. Dock agents work across 2,000+ built-in platforms plus the apps you connect. Microsoft 365 Copilot and Gemini work inside their own office suites, ChatGPT Business and Claude connect to tools like Slack, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, and Dust and Lindy connect to many tools, including Notion itself.

In short: Notion AI for writing and finding things in your wiki, the AI in your office suite for help in the apps you already use, a builder if you want to wire agents yourself, and Dock if your company wants agents running the work. If that last one is you, see how Dock works or compare plans.