Comparison
Enlogical vs SaaS “AI employee” platforms
Viktor, Lindy, Relevance, AgentTeams and the like got a lot right. They brought the hiring vocabulary and the idea of named agents. We differ on three points that matter to a Portuguese SMB.
Where the data lives. On a SaaS platform, your ERP credentials, email and documents pass through the vendor's server — almost always outside the EU. With Enlogical, agents run on your VM; only Teams messages cross the tunnel.
How you pay. Credits and tokens make the bill vary with use, and buyer research says the “surprise bill” is the number-one pilot killer. We charge a fixed operations fee plus monthly seats.
Who owns it. On a SaaS, you rent. With us, the client owns the repository, the containers, the charters and the memories — and the hand-over is documented.
Side by side
What changes in practice.
| Enlogical | SaaS “AI employee” platforms | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to first agent | Chief of Staff in week 2; first role agent in week 3 | Minutes to hours |
| Where the data lives | On your VM or private cloud | In the vendor's cloud, usually in the US |
| Who holds the credentials | The vault on your server; agents never see secrets | The SaaS, to connect to your systems |
| Integrations | Built by the agent for your tools (Primavera, PHC, Moloni, Redmine…), reviewed by us | Huge catalogs of generic connectors |
| Cost | Fixed: operations + seats; no per-token billing | Credits or tokens: the bill varies with use |
| Where agents work | In your Teams, as named coworkers | In the vendor's app; Slack / Teams as a channel |
| Human approval | Platform rule: Approve / Reject card on every consequential action | Varies by product |
| Who owns it | You: code, agents, memory, transcripts | You rent; little remains when you leave |
| Portuguese legal layer | Lei 13/2023, Lei 58/2019, certified invoicing handled in the governance pack | On you |
Honesty
When to choose a SaaS platform.
- You want to try something this afternoon, with no server and no project.
- The task is marketing or sales and lives in US cloud tools (HubSpot, Gmail, LinkedIn) where the data already is.
- No client, employee or invoicing data is involved.
- A usage-based variable cost is acceptable for your budget.
And when not
When to choose Enlogical's digital coworkers.
- Agents will touch client, employee, health or invoicing data — and GDPR and Portugal's Lei 58/2019 apply for real.
- You want the digital coworkers inside the Teams your team already uses, not in another app.
- You need predictability: a fixed monthly cost the owner approves once.
- You want to own what remains — code, agents, memory — and be able to leave without losing everything.
- You want the Portuguese legal layer handled (worker information, certified invoicing), not left to you.