Comparison
Sifta vs alfred_ for Real Estate Agents (2026)
alfred_ is a general AI executive assistant: it triages email, drafts replies, manages a calendar and can be texted. Sifta is an AI assistant built only for real estate agents. It lives in client threads and deal group chats, chases lenders, books showings, pulls comps and updates the CRM. alfred_ is general; Sifta is in the deal.
What alfred_ is
alfred_ is a New York company selling an AI executive assistant for $29.99 a month with a 7-day free trial, aimed at founders, consultants, executives, lawyers, coaches, accountants and real estate professionals.
It describes itself as an AI executive assistant that triages your inbox, drafts replies, manages your calendar and extracts tasks. It connects to Gmail and Outlook, works from a web app, and lets you text your assistant by SMS.
It also sells a team plan at $34.99 per seat a month with a two-seat minimum. Source: get-alfred.ai, September 2026.
Side by side
alfred_ is a general text assistant; Sifta is an assistant built only for real estate, and it is in the deal.
Both read email, both draft replies, and both can be reached by text. The difference is scope and position. alfred_ is one assistant for many professions.
Sifta is built for one profession and does the jobs specific to it.
| Sifta | alfred_ | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it lives | Your Messages app | Web app; you can text it by SMS |
| Works inside your text threads | Yes | You can text alfred_, but it does not sit in your client threads |
| In deal group chats | Yes, add it to the chat | Not published |
| Reads your email | Yes, Gmail and Outlook | Yes, Gmail and Outlook |
| Requires an app | No | No (web app, optional mobile app) |
| Built only for real estate | Yes | No. Founders, consultants, executives, lawyers, coaches, accountants and real estate |
| Pricing shown publicly | Yes, on the pricing page | Yes, $29.99 a month |
Where Sifta is different
Sifta knows what a lender, a title company, an appraisal contingency and a Zillow lead are, and it acts on each one differently.
A general assistant sees an email from a lender as an email. Sifta sees a deal that is waiting on documents and chases them.
A general assistant can draft a reply to a lead; Sifta drafts it in the agent's voice with real showing times from the calendar, then books the showing when the buyer picks one, then remembers what the buyer said about schools. Sifta also pulls comps from public listing sources and logs to Follow Up Boss.
None of that is in a general assistant's job description.
Sifta does not make phone calls and does not do compliance paperwork. If you are a consultant or a lawyer, alfred_ is built for you and Sifta is not.
Price
alfred_ costs $29.99 a month; Sifta is one flat monthly price, set against an inside sales agent, not against an app.
The comparison that matters for an agent is not Sifta against a general assistant but Sifta against the person or the lost lead. A full-time inside sales agent averages $44,158 a year in base salary (ZipRecruiter, August 2026).
If Sifta doesn't catch something worth more than the price in week one, you don't pay.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is alfred_ built for real estate agents?
alfred_ lists real estate among several professions it serves, alongside founders, consultants, executives, lawyers, coaches and accountants. Sifta is built only for real estate agents and does real estate jobs: leads, comps, showings, lender chasing, CRM updates.
Can alfred_ be texted?
Yes. alfred_ lets you text your assistant by SMS and also works from a web app. Sifta lives entirely in Messages and can be added to your client threads and deal group chats.
Which one reads my email?
Both connect to Gmail and Outlook. Sifta also reads your client texts and group chats, which is where most of a real estate deal actually happens.
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