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Dear Machine vs Friday Work

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Dear Machine compared with Friday Work
Detail Dear MachineFriday Work logo Friday Work
What it doesA little less typing. A little more you. Multiplayer workspace where coding agents message each other, share context and split work while your team watches and steers
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Pricing modelFree trial Freemium
Pricing$24.99 once (50% off limited time, regular price $49.99). No subscription. Covers up to two Macs. Solo: Free forever. Team Basic: $15 per seat per month (or $12 per seat per month billed yearly at $144/year). Team Pro: $30 per seat per month (or $25 per seat per month billed yearly at $300/year). New teams get Team Basic free for 7 days.
Key features
  • Voice dictation that inserts text at cursor
  • Email draft generation with subject, greeting, body and sign-off
  • Meeting and lecture recording with transcript and summary
  • Local speech recognition on device
  • Optional cloud processing with your own API key
  • Offline dictation after model download
  • Multiple coding agents side by side in one session
  • Agents message each other and share context
  • Smart routing picks best agent for each task
  • One driver per agent, full team visibility
  • Session replay and audit trail
  • Automatic hand-off when agent hits usage limit
  • Approve risky commands before execution
  • Code runs on your machine under your own accounts
  • Project brain remembers what earlier sessions learned
  • Continue previous Claude Code or Codex sessions
What makes it different
  • Local processing by default with no data sent to servers
  • One-time purchase with no subscription
  • Works across your existing apps at the cursor
  • Full app available to test free for seven days without card
  • Agents collaborate by messaging and sharing context instead of working in isolation
  • Your coding tools run on your own plans and never get metered by Friday
  • Every teammate sees every step live and can take control at any time
  • 21% fewer tokens per agent hand-off through context sharing
  • Free tier for solo developers with no limitations on agents or session history
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)626
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