Plain answers about AI agents
What an agent is, how it differs from a chatbot, how to take one on and how to stay in control.
What is an AI agent?
An AI agent is software that carries out a job for you: it plans the steps, uses a computer and your apps, and returns finished work. A chatbot answers; an agent acts. On Monmo, each agent has a role you write, its own computer, access to the apps you choose and a memory of your preferences, and it asks before it sends, pays, posts or changes a record.
What is an AI agentAI agent vs chatbot vs automation: what is the difference?
A chatbot answers when you ask. An automation runs the same fixed steps whenever a trigger fires. An AI agent is given a goal, decides the steps, uses a computer and your apps, and returns finished work, asking you before it acts on your behalf. Choose a chatbot for a quick answer, an automation for a rule that never changes, and an agent for a job.
Agent vs chatbot vs automationWhat is an AI employee, and what can one do?
An AI employee is an AI agent set up the way you would set up a member of staff: a role you write, its own computer, access to the apps you choose, working hours and a manager, who is you. It does desk work on its own and asks before it sends, pays, posts or changes a record. Decisions, relationships, signatures and anything in person stay with people.
AI employeesHow to hire and onboard an AI agent
You hire an AI agent the way you onboard a person. Write the role in plain words, give it access to the apps the job needs, share the background, set one first task, agree a routine, then review its work and correct it. The first three steps fit in one sitting. The first week is for checking that it does the job the way you want.
Hire an AI agentIs it safe to let an AI agent act for you?
It is as safe as the controls around it and the care you take with them. A Monmo agent reads, researches and drafts without asking, and stops before it sends, pays, posts, publishes or changes anything in your apps. A card says what it will do, why, where and what to expect, and you allow or decline. You remain responsible for what you approve.
Approvals and controlHow much does an AI agent cost?
On Monmo, an AI agent costs between $0 and $100 a month, and the price is for the plan, not for each agent. Free is $0 with one agent. Plus is $15 a month with up to 10 agents, Pro is $50 with up to 20 and Ultra is $100 with up to 50. Paid plans add a more powerful computer, more usage and a team inbox.
AI agent pricing