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A Poke alternative, free to try
Like Poke, Sochen handles your email, calendar and reminders and speaks up when something needs you. But it’s free to try, priced in rupees in India, makes phone calls itself, and has its own cloud computer you can watch and take over. Poke lives in your texting apps, with plans in US dollars.
Your first job is free, no card needed. Then 7 days of Plus for $5 if you want more. Nothing renews on its own.
Side by side
| Sochen | Poke | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | First job free, then 7 days for $5 and a monthly plan. Plus is ₹999 a month in India. | A free plan with no card. Pro is $19 a month and Ultra $199, with pay-as-you-go use beyond its credits. In US dollars; no rupee price. |
| Where | Anywhere, in the browser. Built in India; English, Hindi and Hinglish. | Inside Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS. Its docs say it's available in all regions, but don't list which countries each messaging app works in, or its languages. |
| Its own computer | Yes: a cloud desktop with Chrome, live in the chat, and you can take over any time. | Not described on its pages. It builds and publishes websites for you. |
| Works in the background | Schedules, watches on prices and pages, jobs that run when an email arrives, and Heads-ups that speak up only when something needs you. | Reminders and scheduled recipes like a morning briefing. Proactive updates and background automations come with Pro and Ultra, not the free plan. |
| Asks first | Anything that pays, orders, books, sends or deletes waits for your OK, with the details shown first; a schedule or an Outreach run is approved once, when you start it. | Its pages don't set out when it asks before sending, booking or paying. |
| Phone | ✓Indian and US numbers: you can call it, it can ring you (a brief, a reminder, an urgent heads-up), and it calls US businesses for you. | Takes voice messages. Poke itself isn't described making or taking calls; on Ultra ($199 a month), Poke Human sends a real person to make calls and bookings. |
| Made for India | ✓Plans in rupees, bill splits with UPI QR codes, GST invoices, Indian bank statements and exam-form photos to the KB. | Not described on its pages; plans are priced in US dollars. |
| Watches videos | Yes: YouTube links and uploads up to 500 MB, with timestamps. | A community recipe summarizes YouTube links from their transcripts. Video uploads aren't described. |
| Apps | Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, Outlook and Slack in one tap, more apps with a before-and-after preview, and any MCP server or API of your own. | ✓Gmail and Outlook mail and calendars, Notion, GitHub, Linear, Todoist, Asana, Canva, Oura and about 70 recipes in all, plus any MCP server and an API. |
| Your data | Never used to train AI models. You can see, edit and delete what it remembers. | Its privacy policy says your data may train its AI models unless you choose Maximum Privacy. A way to see or edit its memory isn't described. |
| Getting started | In any browser, on any device; nothing to install. | Sign up at poke.com or just text it, then chat in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp or RCS. One phone number per account; 13 or older. |
| Model | Your choice: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, Kimi or DeepSeek, or a model of your own, switched mid-chat. | Frontier models on Pro and Ultra. It doesn't name its models or offer a picker. |
Checked 6 Nov 2026 on Poke’s pricing and docs. Plans and features change; check there for the latest.
Where Poke is ahead
Right in your texts
You chat with Poke in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp or RCS; it was the first AI verified on Apple Messages. Sochen works in the browser.A free plan and real people
Poke has a free plan with no card, about 70 recipes, and on Ultra, Poke Human sends a real person to make calls, reservations and orders.
Questions
What is Poke?+
An AI assistant you text, from The Interaction Company of California, which is joining Cognition. It lives in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS, and manages your email, calendar and reminders and searches the web.
Is Sochen a good Poke alternative in India?+
Yes, if you want an assistant that's free to try and priced in rupees: Poke's plans are in US dollars. Sochen makes UPI QR codes and GST invoices, and can ring you on an Indian number. New accounts get their first job free, then a 7-day trial of Plus for $5.
Is Sochen as capable as Poke?+
Not in every way. Poke lives in the messaging apps you already use, has a free plan, and offers about 70 recipes. Sochen has its own cloud computer you can watch and take over, makes phone calls itself, and never uses your chats to train AI.
Does Sochen act without asking?+
No. It asks before anything is paid, ordered, booked, sent or deleted, and shows exactly what will happen first. Its background checks only look.
Can I use both Sochen and Poke?+
Yes. Nothing stops you from texting Poke for quick reminders and using Sochen for phone calls, its own computer, UPI bill splits or rupee pricing.
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