Ace vs smao

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Ace compared with smao
Detail	Ace	smao
What it does	Voice AI assistant that lives on your computer and phone to help with screen explanations, writing, notes and study tools	AI phone assistant that answers calls, clarifies inquiries, and hands over to your team
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2025
Based in	US	DE
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free Play: 2,000 free credits with no card required. Pay as you go: $10 for 5,000 credits or $50 for 20,000 credits. Pocket Pair: $30/month for 10,000 credits monthly. Full House: $50/month for 30,000 credits monthly with $25 refill option for 10,000 credits. High Roller: $100/month for 60,000 credi	Pay as you Go: 0.35 € per minute without base fee; Advanced: 249 € per month (annual contract) or 299 € monthly, 1,250 minutes included; Scale: 449 € per month (annual contract) or 499 € monthly, 3,000 minutes included; Enterprise: from 0.15 € per minute; additional chat messages at 0.006 € each, SM
Key features	Screen understanding: explain visible questions and documents Writing assistance in apps you already use like Google Docs Cross-device synchronization: Mac, Windows, Linux, web and mobile Stealth mode for private work on your own machine Ace Mobile app for connecting iPhone to Mac	Call analysis: automatically evaluates conversations and transfers inquiries, contact details and urgency to CRM, ticketing or workflows Internal dashboard chat for simulating calls and testing knowledge database Outbound calling: scheduled or event-based calls with clean tracking Personal call transfer to the right contact person Call transcripts: all conversations documented, traceable and exportable Widgets for simple interfaces leading callers to the AI assistant Knowledge database: answers from your own know-how, versioned and controllable Support for 10+ languages including German and Swiss German On-Premises deployment option on customer's Linux and Docker infrastructure
What makes it different	Voice-first interface: hold a key and speak naturally instead of typing Sees your screen when you ask: understands context from what's visible to help Works in apps you already use without switching context One account for computer, phone and web with shared credits	No OpenAI or US AI subprocessors in conversation processing Cloud hosting in Germany with GDPR and EU AI Act compliance No AI training with customer data Setup in minutes without technical knowledge required 50 free minutes for testing without credit card
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)	50 +6 (up) since last check	35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	1	12
Citation Flow (Majestic)	42	26
Referring domains (Majestic)	49	44

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