Squint vs AIDA by Autafy

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Squint compared with AIDA by Autafy
Detail	Squint	AIDA by Autafy
What it does	Press a hotkey, drag a box around anything on your screen, and get instant AI explanations without switching apps	Self-hosted personal AI agent for working professionals that handles email, calendar, files and tasks with a one-time license
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	CA
Pricing model	Freemium	Free trial
Pricing	Free: $0 per month (3 captures daily, 10 per week, Fast model only, up to 2 follow-ups). Plus: $10/month or yearly with 17% savings (2,000 credits monthly, both Fast and Best models, up to 10 follow-ups). A capture costs 1 credit on Fast model and 20 credits on Best model.	AIDA Self-Hosted: CAD $197 one-time license (founding price for first 50 seats, then $397). Autafy Setup service: $697 CAD one-time. Custom Automation builds: from $497 CAD. 7-day free trial available with no credit card required.
Key features	Hotkey activation for instant capture Streaming answers while capturing Follow-up questions within the same capture Two AI models (Fast and Best) Rich formatting with Markdown and code blocks 16 color themes including Dracula and Nord Multiple regions selection (up to 4) Local searchable chat history Multilingual support for 8+ languages	Inbox triage with scheduled monitoring and customizable urgency filtering Email management with read, send, summarize and search capabilities for Gmail and Outlook Calendar and scheduling with event creation, availability checking and daily briefings File and document search, read and summarization in Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive Task management for Google Tasks and Microsoft To Do Custom AI skills for business processes like quoting and client onboarding Scheduled cron jobs and recurring automations including morning briefings and weekly reports Persistent memory across conversations with episodic recall of past events Access via WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, web chat and desktop PWA Support for 20+ built-in tools and MCP server extensions
What makes it different	No app switching or context loss during workflow Fast enough that using it never becomes a decision Free plan is a real plan with no trial countdown or feature restriction Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux Captured content is deleted after answer returns	One-time lifetime license instead of recurring subscription Fully self-hosted on your own server with no data centralization Model-agnostic with bring-your-own-API-key and local Ollama support
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	3 −1 (down) since last check	2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	5	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	25	15
Referring domains (Majestic)	65	5

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