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THRYV Tech Desk · July 31, 2026 · 8 min read
4 products · 1 checked offers · last updated 23 days ago
Four assistants judged on output quality, data handling, pricing transparency and how easily you get your content out again.
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OpenAI Assistant Pro tier
$200 / month
1 checked offers across 4 products
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"Agent" now describes everything from a scripted macro to a model with access to your inbox. The difference matters most when something goes wrong.
Retention, human review and training use are three separate settings. Most people assume one switch controls all of them.
Manufacturers now market local model execution as a headline feature. The honest version is narrower: it changes latency, privacy exposure and battery behaviour — not capability across the board.
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