eden vs Martin: Multi-Channel Concierges Compared
Martin is one of the more established names in the text-your-assistant category, a Y Combinator company that has been running a multi-channel concierge for a while now. You reach it by phone, SMS, WhatsApp, email and Slack, and it handles calendar, email, reminders and tasks, sends daily summaries and makes calls on your behalf. If you are comparing Martin with eden, the two overlap on a lot. The differences are memory depth, payments, hardware, and price. Here is the honest read.
TL;DR
- Martin is a proven multi-channel assistant on phone, SMS, WhatsApp, email and Slack, plus an iOS app. It makes calls and sends daily summaries. It is paid, with no free tier, from about $21 a month billed yearly.
- eden is a concierge native to WhatsApp, Telegram and iMessage worldwide, with an effectively unlimited memory, a predictive layer, built-in payments, a hardware ring, and free use in beta.
- Pick Martin if you want an established multi-channel assistant and do not mind paying from day one.
- Pick eden if you want deeper memory and prediction, built-in payments, hardware, and a free beta.
At a glance
| eden | Martin | |
|---|---|---|
| Lives in | WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, worldwide | Phone, SMS, WhatsApp, email, Slack, iOS app |
| Memory | Effectively unlimited, cross-app | Remembers your tasks and preferences |
| Acts before you ask | Yes, predictive intelligence | Daily summaries |
| Phone calls | Onboarding and outbound calls | Makes calls |
| Payments | Unified wallet + Sealed Sign-In Vault | Not a built-in payments product |
| Hardware | Ring, and more coming | None |
| Price | Free in beta | From ~$21/mo yearly, no free tier |
Where they overlap, and where they split
Both are multi-channel, both reach WhatsApp, and both make calls and keep your day moving. The split is depth. eden runs an effectively unlimited memory across every app, with a timeline, a map of your people and projects, and sources for what it learned, and its predictive intelligence acts before you ask rather than summarizing after the fact. Martin is a capable, proven assistant; eden leans harder into remembering you and getting ahead of you.
Payments, hardware and price
eden adds three things Martin does not. Payments are built in: a unified wallet the agent can spend from, under a spend limit and an approval page, with credentials in a Sealed Sign-In Vault where the agent never sees the secret. Hardware is here: the eden Ring you tap and talk to, with more devices coming. And eden is free while it is in beta, where Martin has no free tier and starts at a monthly subscription. If you want to try a concierge without paying, and have it transact for you, that is the gap.
How to choose
If you want an established, multi-channel assistant and are ready to pay, Martin is a solid, proven pick. If you want deeper memory and prediction, built-in payments, hardware, and a free beta to try first, eden is built for that. The deciding factors are depth, payments and whether you want to start free.
Our perspective
We build eden, so weigh this accordingly. Martin helped prove that people want an assistant across their channels, and that is no small thing. Our difference is how far we take memory, prediction and payments, and that we meet you first in the messengers you already use, for free, with hardware you can hold. If you are choosing between the two, those are the lines we would weigh.
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Where eden fits
If you want a multi-channel concierge with deep memory, prediction, built-in payments and hardware, eden is built for exactly that. You can start with eden, confirm it is free to use, or read our ranking of the best AI personal assistants of 2026. The security page covers how your data is protected.
FAQ
Is there a free version of Martin?
Martin is paid, with no free tier, starting at around $21 a month billed yearly. eden is free to use while it is in beta.
Do both make phone calls?
Yes. Martin makes calls on your behalf, and so does eden, including a friendly onboarding call that learns how you work.
Which has deeper memory?
eden is built around an effectively unlimited memory that follows you across every app, with sources you can check. If memory depth is the priority, that is eden's core.
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