The open-source alternative to Tasklet
Looking for something like Tasklet, but open source and free to start? Alfera is the AI coworker your whole team shares: a company brain that syncs your apps, connections shared per person or per team, permissions on every action, and Slack, WhatsApp and email. Self-host it in one click, or start on Alfera Cloud.
In one line: Alfera is open source with a company brain, vs a closed agent platform for business tasks.
| TaskletAI agent platform for business automation | Open source, or Alfera Cloud | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Hosted platform for AI agents that run business tasks 24/7 from chat, schedules and app events, with team sharing. | The AI coworker your whole team shares, with a company brain that syncs your apps. Open source. | |
| Open source | No | Yes, AGPL-3.0 | |
| Self-host | Not published | Yes: one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or one command on any server | |
| Price | $25/month, 10,000 credits/month (Starter); no free plan | Free to start: open source to self-host, and Alfera Cloud starts with $10 of free AI usage | |
| Where it works | Web app, Mac app, Slack, Email, iMessage and RCS text, Telegram | Slack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, the API and MCP | |
| Team use | Organizations with Owner, Admin and Member roles. Agents can be shared with members. Shared connections have Can use and Can manage levels. One credit pool. | Multiplayer: one coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking, and each connection is shared with everyone, one project, or one person | |
| Permissions | Tool permissions are set per agent. When an agent needs a tool that is not enabled, it asks and shows a card to approve the request. | Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals in Slack, email or the app, and every action logged | |
| Starts on its own | Schedules, webhooks, RSS, email (Gmail, Outlook), Slack, Telegram, Apple Shortcuts, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Notion, HubSpot and GitHub events. | On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events | |
| Models | Models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and open-source labs in one plan, routed per job. Bring your own key: Not published. | 230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or your own |
Where Tasklet is the better choice
Businesses that want to run work on agents, as its home page says: "Run your business on agents".
- Over 3,000 built-in integrations listed in its guide, plus custom HTTP APIs and MCP servers
- Two-way text messaging over iMessage and RCS, and Telegram, where recipients reply without a Tasklet account
- Instant Apps: interactive web interfaces built inside Tasklet, and agent browsers with shared login sessions
Everything Alfera does
- A company brain that syncs your apps. Connect Google Drive, Notion, Slack and the rest. Documents sync on their own, keep every version, and every answer draws on them.
- One coworker for the whole team. It knows who is asking. Many people, many tasks at once, each with their own chats and connections, and shared chats when you want.
- 3,000+ app connections, shared the way you choose. Each connection is open to everyone, one project, or one person. A personal mailbox stays personal; the support inbox is the team’s.
- Permissions on every action. Allow, ask first, or never, per connection and per action. Approvals land in Slack, email or the app, and every action is logged.
- Where your team already is. Slack, WhatsApp, email from its own address, the web app, a Mac app, and your own code through the API and MCP.
- It starts work by itself. On a schedule, from a webhook, or on 600+ app events in Gmail, HubSpot, Stripe and more.
- Its own computer. Every chat runs in a sandbox with a terminal and a browser, and its files stay from one chat to the next.
- Any model. 230+ models: Claude, GPT, Gemini, open models, your ChatGPT plan, or a model you run yourself.
- Open source, and free to start. AGPL-3.0. Self-host it in one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or start on Alfera Cloud with $10 of free AI usage.
Tasklet and Alfera
Alfera. Alfera is the AI coworker your whole team shares. It has a company brain that syncs your apps, 3,000+ app connections shared per person or per team, permissions on every action, and it works in Slack, WhatsApp, email and the web app. It starts work by itself, runs on any model, and it is open source: self-host it in one click or start free on Alfera Cloud. Tasklet is not open source.
If you want something like Tasklet, but open source and free to start, with a company brain that syncs your apps, connections shared per person or per team, and permissions on every action, pick Alfera. It works in Slack, WhatsApp and email, starts work by itself, and runs on any model.
Tasklet: $25/month, 10,000 credits/month (Starter); no free plan. Alfera: Free to start: open source to self-host, and Alfera Cloud starts with $10 of free AI usage.
Tasklet: Not published. Alfera: Yes: one click on DigitalOcean or AWS, or one command on any server.
Businesses that want to run work on agents, as its home page says: "Run your business on agents". Over 3,000 built-in integrations listed in its guide, plus custom HTTP APIs and MCP servers. Two-way text messaging over iMessage and RCS, and Telegram, where recipients reply without a Tasklet account. Instant Apps: interactive web interfaces built inside Tasklet, and agent browsers with shared login sessions.
Sources
Facts about Tasklet come from its own pages, read on 16 October 2026. Something out of date? Write to hello@alfera.ai and we will fix it.
- home page: tagline, channels, Mac app, teams
- pricing page: plans, credits, no per-seat fees
- product guide: connections, approvals, automations, messaging, organizations, models
- teams FAQ: sharing agents, shared credit pool, no per-seat charges
- trust and security: SOC 2, isolated environments, per-agent permissions