Alternatives to pclip
pclip: Hosted Paperclip instances for running teams of AI agents, with backups, updates and an iPhone app to manage them. Here are 24 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 19 have a free plan.
- AgentDM
Gives each AI agent an alias so agents and people can message each other over MCP and A2A, with a Slack bridge.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Composio
Gives AI assistants and agents authenticated access to over 1,500 apps so they can take actions, with a managed MCP gateway.
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- Desktop Commander
Lets ChatGPT, Claude and other AI chat apps read files and run commands on your own machine or server.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- gripui
Lets coding agents drive Chrome or Firefox on your own machine while you handle logins and 2FA when needed.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Velane
Hosts agents, small APIs and internal tools with sandboxes, secrets, environments and many app connections, run from your editor.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- EventSend
Send app events with one HTTP call, then search them and get them delivered to Slack, Discord, Telegram or webhooks.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Fiwano
One API for sending and receiving WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger messages from your CRM, helpdesk or AI agent.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Agencies
- Lumbox
Gives each AI agent a real email address, and soon a phone number, so it can read mail, reply and use login codes.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Ohita
One API key that lets an AI agent call GitHub, YouTube, Hacker News, finance data and more without setting up each service.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Opposable
Lets Claude, Codex or other AI agents tap, type and read the screen on your iPhone or Android phone, or on a rented cloud phone.
Free plan · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Pullfrog
A GitHub app that runs AI agents in GitHub Actions to review pull requests, triage issues and fix failing CI.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Revdoku
Gives AI agents email inboxes of their own to get mail, reply and keep files, with spam filtering, via API, MCP or CLI.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Skyvern
AI agents that run browser tasks like logging into portals, filling forms and pulling out data, without fragile scripts.
Since 2024
Subscription · Developer tools
- Vessel
A desktop browser that lets AI assistants click, fill forms and browse websites while you watch and step in.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- goguma
Mac utility that wakes a sleeping laptop just before cron and agent jobs are due, then lets it sleep again.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Parley
Lets a team's AI coding agents pass work to each other over MCP and pings a person in Slack when stuck.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Toolport
Desktop app where you set up MCP servers once and every AI coding agent on your machine can use them.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Dorothy
Mac app for developers to run, watch and coordinate several AI coding agents side by side with a task board.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- AI Commander
Lets AI assistants like Claude, Codex or ChatGPT run shell commands and background jobs on machines you own, with no inbound ports opened.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AgentsProof
Traces AI agent runs, scores them against your own rules and test cases, and gives a shareable report link.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- KyttoMCP
Local Mac and Windows tool to list, test and switch the MCP servers configured in Codex, VS Code, Cursor and Claude.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- localscreenshot
Lets AI assistants and developers grab clean web page screenshots from 227 countries through MCP, a CLI or a REST API.
Free plan · Developer tools · Agencies
- Selfship
Watches your AI agent's real traffic, finds where it fails customers and opens tested pull requests with fixes.
Since 2026
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- SendRaven
Lets AI agents send, receive and reply to email in threads over an API or MCP, with usage limits and approvals.
Free plan · Transactional email · Developers