Dear Machine vs HeyDeer

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Dear Machine compared with HeyDeer
Detail	Dear Machine	HeyDeer
What it does	A little less typing. A little more you.	AI code reviews and fixes for GitHub pull requests
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	SG
Pricing model	Free trial	Freemium
Pricing	$24.99 once (50% off limited time, regular price $49.99). No subscription. Covers up to two Macs.	Free: 1,000 credits first month, 300 monthly after; Starter: $9/month with 2,500 monthly credits; Pro: $39/month with 12,000 monthly credits. No seat fees. Add-on credits start at $5 for 500 credits at base rate of $10 per 1,000 credits, with volume discounts. Reviews of public repositories free up
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	Independent review model that checks all pull requests uniformly regardless of authorship Dual model verification to reduce false positives Autopilot for automated fixing and iteration Review walkthrough showing what to read first and what to skim Support for team standards via REVIEW.md and AGENTS.md Configurable feedback scope (Concise, Balanced, Detailed) Standard and Deep review depths for different complexity levels MCP servers for additional review context Works with public and private repositories @heydeer mention for questions and task handoff
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	Finds 78% more issues than GitHub Copilot on the same pull requests No seat fees regardless of team size or number of repositories Independent and uniform review across all code sources and models Automated fixing with Autopilot until PR is ready to merge Free reviews for open source projects up to fair-use limit
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	6	31
Referring domains (Majestic)	32	13

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