Alice is a desktop AI assistant with multi-model chat, custom assistants and automations. Plans from $10/month plus tokens or $299 one-time.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Alice is a desktop AI assistant app that runs natively on the user's computer and opens with a single hotkey. The site offers a download for macOS and says Windows and Linux are also supported. It is aimed at people who would otherwise switch to a browser tab to use a chatbot.
The founders, Adam and Greg, say they built it for themselves after repeatedly pressing Cmd+Tab to reach ChatGPT. Colleagues and friends asked for access, and the site now says more than 8,000 users run Alice daily.
Its pitch is to move from chatting to doing: assistants with saved skills can act on connected apps and run automations rather than only answer questions.
Alice installs as a desktop app and is summoned with a hotkey. Users pick a model from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI and Groq, and either use AI credits included in a subscription or enter their own API keys.
Assistants bundle a model with skills and saved prompts. Each skill can be attached to a keyboard shortcut, so a prompt for fixing grammar or translating text runs in one keystroke. Assistants can also use MCP servers and Remote Actions to act on other apps, such as a CRM or calendar.
For larger workflows, Alice connects to Zapier, Make, n8n and webhooks. The company states that conversations and documents stay local, and offline models are available for users who want to avoid cloud processing.
The core of the product is multi-model chat with web search, image reading and generation, file support, voice input and text-to-speech. Conversation history is kept, and the app has dark and light modes.
Assistants are the main organizing idea. Users can create their own or install from a library of more than 50 ready-made assistants with over 200 skills, such as sales, QA and meeting-notes helpers. Skills and saved prompts avoid retyping the same instructions.
Context features include documents and memory, which the pricing page lists as private beta. Automation features include MCP servers, Remote Actions, voice actions, webhooks, Zapier and Make.
Alice is a native desktop AI assistant that opens with a hotkey. It gives access to multiple AI models, custom assistants, saved prompts and automations in one app.
The Team plan is $10 per month plus tokens, the Individual plan starts at $16 per month, and the one-time purchase is $299. The one-time plan does not include AI usage, so you bring your own API keys.
Yes. The pricing page shows a 21-day trial option on each plan.
The site lists models from OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), xAI (Grok) and Groq, with Perplexity mentioned for the team credits plan. Offline models are also listed as a feature.
The download button is for macOS, and the site says it also supports Windows and Linux. The site notes it is for desktop only.
Alice connects to Zapier, Make, n8n and webhooks, and supports MCP servers and Remote Actions for controlling other apps.
The sources do not give an answer to this FAQ. They say you can bring your own API keys or use AI credits included in a subscription.
It suits small teams that want shared assistants and automations. The Team plan has an admin account and a $10 base fee plus declared token usage, while individuals can use the Individual plan or a one-time license.