The short answer: yes. On alfred_’s team plan, each person gets their own alfred_ on their own inboxes and calendars, and each person’s mail and data stay private to them. A coordinator can help with a teammate’s client email only when that teammate shares, and every read and send is logged where the teammate can see it. Shared rules stay off for each person until they turn them on. One company bill, from 2 seats.
The question every account manager asks first
You own a 15-person agency with six account managers. You want each of them to have an assistant: the morning list of what needs them, client emails answered by text from a shoot, the Monday list of who they’re waiting on.
The first question in the team meeting isn’t about features. It’s “so can you read my email now?” And the second: “can Sam see my clients?”
If the honest answer is “sort of,” nobody connects their inbox, and the rollout dies.
How alfred_’s team plan works
One alfred_ per person. Each account manager signs in, connects their own Gmail or Outlook (up to six accounts) and their calendars, and gets their own assistant. What they ask it, what it finds, the drafts it writes and the routines they turn on are theirs.
Mail stays private. Each person’s mail and data stay private to them. Being the owner or the admin of the team doesn’t give you access to anyone’s inbox.
A coordinator, only when shared. Some teams have someone who covers client email when an account manager is out. That person can read and answer a teammate’s client email only after the teammate shares it. Only the teammate can turn it on, and every read and send is logged where the teammate can see it.
Shared rules, opt-in. An admin can share rules and skills with the whole team, such as “anything from @harborcoffee.com is a client, put it first.” Each shared rule is off for a person until they turn it on.
One bill. $49.99 a seat a month, or $41.67 a seat billed annually, from 2 seats, with 5,000 credits a seat and a 7-day free trial. The pricing page has the current plans.
The native ways, and where they stop
A shared inbox. Tools built around one shared inbox give everyone the same view. That’s the opposite of what an account manager with their own client relationships wants.
Everyone on their own. Each person picks their own tools and pays for them. Nobody gets the same rules, and nobody covers for anyone when they’re out.
Rolling it out
- Start a team trial from the pricing page and invite your account managers.
- Each person signs in and connects their own inbox and calendar. Sign in with Google or Microsoft; passwords stay with them.
- Share the rules you want everyone to have, and let each person turn them on.
- If someone covers client email for others, the people they cover share it with them, on their own terms.
The honest caveat
Each person’s assistant reads only the inboxes and calendars that person connects. A client email that lands in someone else’s inbox stays there; it doesn’t show up in the account manager’s list unless it’s forwarded. Coordinator access is something each teammate grants, not something an admin can switch on. alfred_ is a paid product; plans are on the pricing page.
