Best Novastart alternatives

1. Floatboat

FreemiumFrom $59.98/mo

Floatboat is a desktop AI workspace that uses calendar events to trigger work. It connects to Google Calendar, Notion Calendar, Lark, Outlook, iCloud, and ICS feeds, then uses meetings, deadlines, and routines to schedule preparation, execution, and follow-up. It is aimed at solo operators, creators, small…

• Calendar-triggered agents
• Persistent event workspaces
• Installable skills and workflows

Best for Solopreneurs, Creators, Small businesses and studios

2. Okou

FreemiumFrom $20/mo

Okou is a cloud-based AI teammate for teams. You describe a job in chat — building a storefront page, drafting outreach to a shortlist of creators, assembling a weekly digest — and Okou works out the steps, opens the tools it needs, and produces finished output such as reports, presentations or a published website…

• Cloud task runs
• 4,000+ connectors
• Reusable workflows

Best for Small business teams, Freelancers, Agencies

3. OpenWork

Open sourceFrom $10/mo

OpenWork is an open-source desktop AI agent app for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with an optional cloud workspace. Built on OpenCode, it lets users chat about their files, work with connected tools, automate browser tasks, and reuse skills. It supports models from providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, as…

• Work with files and tools
• Multiple model providers
• Shared skills and MCP tools

Best for Knowledge workers, Teams, Enterprise IT teams

4. Manus

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Manus is an AI agent designed to carry out tasks and automate workflows rather than only answer questions. Its web app brings together tools for creating slide decks, building websites, making games, and generating visual and audio content. It is intended for users who want AI assistance with producing work across…

• Task execution and workflows
• Slides, websites, and games
• Creative media tools

Best for Knowledge workers, Content creators, Business teams

5. ClawTeams

ClawTeams is an AI team platform that coordinates specialist agents through workplace messaging tools. Users give a task to a team lead, which breaks it into steps, assigns specialists to work in parallel, tracks progress, and reviews their output before returning deliverables to the conversation. Its roster includes…

• Multi-agent task coordination
• Chat-based task delivery
• Specialist role roster

Best for Ecommerce operators, Content marketing teams, Sales teams, Indie developers

6. Eigent

Open sourceFrom $19.99/mo

Eigent is an open-source desktop workspace for delegating work to AI agents. Users describe a task, connect relevant tools and context, and review the resulting files and actions. Agents can operate browsers and desktop applications for tasks such as market research, document preparation, file organization, and…

• Browser and desktop automation
• Reusable Spaces
• Memory and scheduled work

Best for Business operations teams, Developers, Research teams

7. Raft

FreemiumFrom $10/mo

Raft is a multi-agent collaboration workspace that brings people and AI agents into shared channels, threads, direct messages, and tasks. It is designed for builders and teams coordinating work across coding, research, writing, and review, rather than keeping each agent in a separate conversation. Each agent has its…

• Shared human-agent workspace
• Persistent agent memory
• Multi-agent task coordination

Best for Software development teams, Founders and small teams, Research and content teams

8. Notion

FreemiumFrom $10/mo

Notion combines documents, databases, project tracking, and AI in a shared workspace. Individuals can organize personal projects, while teams can keep knowledge, tasks, and working documents together. Databases support subtasks, dependencies, custom properties, and filtering, with forms and charts available depending…

• Shared knowledge and projects
• Notion Agent
• Search with citations

Best for Individuals, Small teams, Operations and support teams, Enterprise organizations

9. Cursor

FreemiumFrom $8/mo

Cursor is an AI coding editor and agent that helps developers turn instructions into working software. Users can request targeted code edits, ask an agent to plan a feature, or delegate implementation tasks across a codebase. It combines context-aware completions, code navigation, and model selection with agent…

• Code editing and planning
• Parallel cloud agents
• Terminal workflow

Best for Software developers, Engineering teams, Enterprise engineering organizations

10. JetBrains

Freemium

JetBrains offers development tools that combine language-specific IDEs, AI coding capabilities, and tools for software teams. Its IDE lineup includes IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, Rider, and CLion, covering Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, .NET, C++, and other languages. Developers can navigate code, receive…

• AI coding and agent workflows
• Language-specific IDEs
• Built-in development tools

Best for Software developers, Development teams, Engineering organizations