Yes. Sabi is a free AI assistant for business owners to start: you get a starter grant of credits and no credit card, and you decide whether to hire her when the credits run out. The credits pay for real work, such as inbox triage, drafted replies and booked meetings, by text.
By Bruce van Zyl, co-founder of Sabi · Updated October 29, 2026
The day-one jobs. With the free starter credits Sabi triages your inbox, drafts replies, follows up with leads, summarizes meetings, builds briefings and posts content. You connect Gmail, Outlook or Microsoft 365 with one tap and talk to her over iMessage or SMS.
The one thing held back for paying customers is Night Shift, the overnight work that tags new emails by project and drafts a Monday brief. Sabi's free starter credits cover real tasks like inbox triage, drafted replies in your voice and meeting booking, with no credit card on file.
Sabi's starter credits are free. There is no card to enter, the credits run down as Sabi does real work, and when they are gone you choose whether to hire her. There is no card on file to charge in the meantime.
That makes the decision yours, made after seeing the work rather than before. Sabi's starter credits need no card; when they run out you decide whether to hire her at $195 a month.
Because they wait. ChatGPT waits for you to ask and needs a good prompt every time; it does not know your clients, your voice or your tools, and it does not remember the last session. Every task starts with you explaining, then copying the answer into the app where the work happens.
An assistant that is connected and remembers skips that loop. ChatGPT waits for a good prompt every time; Sabi comes to you with follow-ups and finished work, already knowing your voice, audience and tools.
Sabi Pro is $195 a month. It is month to month with no contract, no exit fees and no per-seat surprises, and you can cancel anytime. For comparison, a human executive assistant at this level runs $7K to $12K a month in the US, and a full-time US EA runs $84K to $144K a year plus benefits and management.
A virtual assistant costs less than a full-time EA but works 8 hours, takes vacation and eventually quits. Sabi Pro is $195 a month, month to month with no contract, against $7K to $12K a month for a human executive assistant in the US.
Three to know before you start. Sabi is single-user today, built around one founder, with team seats on the roadmap. She writes posts, newsletters and emails but does not make images yet. And Night Shift, the overnight work, is for paying customers.
A human assistant still wins on relationships and judgment in the room, which is why a few founders keep a part-time human alongside Sabi. Sabi is free to start and single-user today, and Night Shift's overnight work, including the Monday brief, is for paying customers.
Starter credits with no card; hire Sabi when the first week has earned it.
No. Sabi starts with a grant of free credits and asks for no card. You only enter payment details if you choose Sabi Pro.
You decide whether to hire Sabi. Nothing is charged, because there is no card on file; Sabi Pro is $195 a month when you choose it.
Yes. Sabi Pro is $195 a month, month to month, cancel anytime, with no contract and no exit fees.
Yes. Sabi has an iPhone app at meetsabi.com/ios and an Android app at meetsabi.com/android, and you can also start by iMessage or SMS with no app at all.
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