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Polytask vs Instinct
Instinct is a personal assistant you text or call. Polytask handles the jobs your business relies on, even when you’re busy, on holiday or asleep.
why polytask
Polytask keeps your business’s jobs moving without you
The work gets done without you asking
A customer’s email at 6:42 am starts the job straight away, so nobody has to remember to pass it on.
Customers hear from your business
Agents use your business number and mailboxes, within the permissions you set, so your personal accounts stay out of it.
Your whole team is covered
Everyone shares the same agents, and each approval goes to the right person, so the work never depends on one person’s phone.
side by side
The short version
InstinctPolytask
- Who is it for?Instinct · Its terms license it “for your personal use only”.Polytask · Your business and your whole team.
- Whose name is on it?Instinct · Yours. Its terms say agreements it makes on your behalf bind you.Polytask · Your business: its number, mailboxes and accounts.
- What starts a job?Instinct · You text or call it.Polytask · An email, text or order as it arrives, or a schedule.
- What is it for?Instinct · Everyday tasks like ordering groceries, booking a train or sending flowers.Polytask · Back-office jobs like setting up a job, filing an invoice or answering a customer.
trying it
Why it’s safe to try
We set it up with you
Tell us the job. We build your first agents with you, so there’s nothing to learn first.
You see it work before it’s live
Rehearse on your real email and documents. Nothing is sent or changed, and you get a list of what it would have done.
You stay in control
Nothing important goes out until someone on your team says yes, and a monthly cap limits what you can spend.
to be fair
When to choose Instinct instead
- You want help with your own errands.
- You’re happy to be the person who asks.
- The task is personal rather than the business’s.
Keep your assistant for your own day, and let Polytask run the jobs that belong to the business.
questions
Common questions
- Is Polytask an Instinct alternative?
- If you want help with your own errands, keep Instinct. Polytask is for jobs that belong to the business and need to run without you asking.
- Can Polytask use my business number?
- Yes. Agents use your business number and mailboxes, within the permissions you set, so your personal accounts stay out of it.
- What does Polytask cost?
- You pay for what your jobs use, with a monthly cap and no seat fees.
sources and fine print
Based on these public pages, checked on 3 November 2026. These products change quickly. If something here is out of date, tell us at support@polytask.com and we’ll fix it. Product names are trademarks of their owners. Polytask is not affiliated with them.
Bring the job that shouldn’t depend on one person.
Tell us the job that keeps landing back on your desk, and we’ll show you what an agent would do with it.
Nothing important goes out without your OK — from the first minute.