Crew44 vs Presto Voice

What users praise

• • Local-first and open-source with no account or telemetry, a major privacy win.
• • Model-per-role binding (e.g., Opus for planning, GPT-5.5 for coding) reduces token waste.
• • One-line brief handoffs between agents speed up parallel collaboration.
• • Persistent skills and memory stored as plain files, version-controllable and composable.

What frustrates them

• • Windows 11 install can hang on 'connecting to backend' indefinitely.
• • No dedicated support channel; relies on community for bug reports and fixes.
• • Very early-stage: few users, little real-world feedback on stability at scale.
• • Requires technical setup to bind multiple models and configure crew roles.

What users praise

• • Vendor claims up to 95% non-intervention on drive-thru orders, saving labor costs.
• • Claims an upselling engine with 88% offer acceptance and 6% revenue lift.
• • Runs a spectrum of Voice AI models to adapt to different menus and speech patterns.
• • Has 15+ years of restaurant-industry experience and national rollout references.

What frustrates them

• • No independent user reviews or community validation of the vendor's claims.
• • Brand name 'Presto' is confused with unrelated products like canners and transit cards.
• • App Store reviews for a similarly named app cite glitches, autoload failures, and connection errors.
• • Tourists report being locked out of the related Presto transit app without a Canadian address.