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Alternatives to Dune

30 tools that compete with or replace Dune. Ranked by direct product-type match — not generic category overlap.

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What is the best Dune alternative?

The best Dune alternative today is Slack because it is a safe bet on our live viability checks and it has the widest real-user coverage of these options; it also has a free tier.

Ranked on live viability checks, real-user mentions and how often AI engines read each tool — never pay-for-placement.

Raycast

Raycast

Raycast is a keyboard-first launcher that runs your Mac apps, files, extensions, and AI agents from one hotkey.

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Slack

Slack

Slack channel-based team messaging with Slackbot AI agents that research, automate workflows, and hand off to agents

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Lindy

Lindy

Lindy is an AI employee that runs multi-step workflows across 3,000+ integrations and reports finished work back in Slack.

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Floatboat

Floatboat

Floatboat is a calendar-driven AI agent OS that preps briefs, drafts, and follow-ups before you sit down.

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Dex

Dex

Dex is an AI workspace with operational memory across Gmail, Slack, and CRM that runs agents and completes work in your browser.

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Carly AI

Carly AI

CC Carly on an email and an AI agent handles scheduling, inbox triage, outreach, and CRM updates for you.

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Dume.ai

Dume.ai

Dume.ai is an AI executive assistant that triages your inbox, runs scheduled routines and takes calls on WhatsApp, phone and desktop.

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Copilot for Microsoft 365

Copilot for Microsoft 365

Copilot for Microsoft 365 puts a tenant-grounded AI assistant inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.

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Attrove AI

Attrove AI

Attrove AI watches commitments made in email, chat, and meetings and alerts an owner when the work goes quiet.

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Ambient

Ambient

Ambient pools your team's meetings, chats, and emails into one shared context layer your AI assistants can read.

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Routine Android

Routine Android

Routine for Android: a local-first AI workspace for tasks, calendar, notes and custom databases, now at desktop parity.

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Town

Town

Town is a personal AI work assistant that learns your inbox, calendar and docs, then runs routines for you.

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Bond

Bond

Bond is an AI chief of staff that mines Slack, email and calendar into one prioritized P0–P3 to-do list

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RecallVerse

RecallVerse

RecallVerse is an AI contact memory app that lets you find anyone in your network by describing how you met.

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Waylight

Waylight

On-device AI memory that lets you chat with everything you've seen on your Mac or PC — no cloud copy.

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ZenAI

ZenAI

ZenAion is an AI agent with persistent memory that runs scheduled email, Drive, and Reddit workflows for you.

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Zoom Workplace

Zoom Workplace

Zoom Workplace is an AI-first work platform that turns meetings into notes, docs, and next steps.

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FYI

FYI

FYI.AI is a customizable AI agent for creatives — it joins your messages, hosts your calls and radio, and keeps your data encrypted and portable.

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Pine

Pine

Pine is an AI phone agent that calls customer service, negotiates bills, cancels subscriptions, and chases refunds for you.

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Flot.ai

Flot.ai

Flot.ai puts an AI writing and reading copilot in a floating sidebar over any macOS or Windows app — plus an AI Memory that recalls what

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Side Space

Side Space

Side Copilot puts a vertical tab sidebar and an AI agent in your browser's side panel, so you can organize, chat with, and automate the tabs you already have

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LobsterAI

LobsterAI

LobsterAI 是有道开源桌面 Agent:在微信、企微、钉钉、飞书里远程指挥电脑干活。

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Lutra AI

Lutra AI

Lutra AI is a productivity agent that automates your work apps by writing and executing real code, not just chatting.

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RPLY

RPLY

NOX (formerly RPLY) unifies 10 chat apps on macOS and drafts replies in your own voice.

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Adapt

Adapt

Adapt is a company agent for Slack that pulls live data and completes work across your team's tools.

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Athena

Athena

Athena runs AI back-office agents that read supplier emails, PDFs and Excel, then update your ERP for you

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Pally

Pally

Pally is the AI personal assistant you text — it remembers, books, chases, and calls so you don't have to.

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Incredible

Incredible

Voice-driven desktop AI agent that clicks and types inside your browser, files, and apps

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Openloomi

Openloomi

OpenLoomi is an open-source, local-first AI coworker whose desktop attention agent turns your screens and connected apps into lasting work memory.

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Macro

Macro

Macro unifies email, chat, docs, tasks, CRM and coding agents in one tab with team-level memory agents can read.

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Dune alternatives compared

Dune and its closest alternatives: pricing type, starting price, free tier, last verified date and viability band
ToolPricing typeStarting priceFree tierLast verifiedViability
DunePaid$199 one-timeNoModerate
RaycastFreemium$96/yrYesSafe bet
SlackFreemium$7.25/user/yrYesSafe bet
LindyFreemium$49.99/moYesSafe bet
FloatboatFreemium$12.99/packYesSafe bet
DexPaid$49/moNoSafe bet
Carly AIFreemium$35/moYesSafe bet
Dume.aiFreemium$8/mo billed annuallyYesModerate
Copilot for Microsoft 365Paid$30/user/moNoSafe bet

First row is Dune itself. Starting price is the cheapest paid plan on each vendor's published pricing; viability is our band, not a score.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Dune?

Dune does not publish a fixed monthly price we can compare against, so we do not name a cheaper option; the table shows each alternative's starting price.

Which Dune alternative is free?

Slack has a free tier on its published pricing and is also our top pick. Free tiers change often; the "Last verified" column shows when we last checked each one.

Is Dune still active?

Yes. Dune is live and its listing was verified on 5 Nov 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Dune alternative?

The best Dune alternative today is Slack because it is a safe bet on our live viability checks and it has the widest real-user coverage of these options; it also has a free tier.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Dune?

Dune does not publish a fixed monthly price we can compare against, so we do not name a cheaper option; the table shows each alternative's starting price.

Which Dune alternative is free?

Slack has a free tier on its published pricing and is also our top pick. Free tiers change often; the "Last verified" column shows when we last checked each one.

Is Dune still active?

Yes. Dune is live and its listing was verified on 5 Nov 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Dune?

We currently list 30 alternatives to Dune: Raycast, Slack, Lindy, Floatboat, Dex. Each is ranked by direct product-type match rather than generic category overlap.

How do you choose which Dune alternatives to show?

Alternatives are ranked by direct product-type match — tools that do the same job — not by shared category tags. Every listed tool is independently re-verified on a continuous cycle.

How this page is made: drafted with AI models from our own verified data — live site checks, current pricing and the public sentiment we gather from Reddit, Product Hunt, G2 and community forums — and checked against our editorial standards before it is published. Every claim carries its source and date. Nothing here is pay-for-placement. Read the full methodology.