Comparison, verified November 2026
Motion launched named AI Employees in 2025. On November 13, 2026, Motion's AI Employees page redirected to its homepage, and its homepage and pricing page did not mention them. Motion now sells a work-management app with AI credits, from $19 per seat per month on its pricing page. Machine-like is a managed service that builds, runs and fixes custom AI agents for one defined job, at $297 per workload per month. Choose Motion to plan and schedule your team's own work. Choose Machine-like to hand a job off.
Published by Machine-like. Pricing and features were verified against each company's public pages on . This page does not report a hands-on test of Motion. Reviewer comments are paraphrased from the review sites cited.
At a glance
Each row states what each company publishes. Rows where Motion has the advantage say so.
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| Topic | Machine-like | Motion |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A managed service. Machine-like designs, builds and runs custom AI agents for a small business. M2 | A work-management app. Motion describes itself as the AI powered SuperApp for work: projects, tasks, calendar, docs and meeting notes with AI. U1 |
| Who sets it up | Machine-like. You describe the job in one call of about 30 minutes and authorize your tools. M1 | Your team. You move your projects and tasks into Motion and build its workflows. U1 |
| Who checks the work and fixes failures | Machine-like. Monitoring, maintenance, fixes and upgrades are included. M1 | Your team. Motion is software you operate; the pages checked describe no managed review of AI output. U1 U3 |
| Best at | One recurring job with a clear finish, run from start to end. M1 | Planning and scheduling a person's or a small team's work: scheduling the day, re-planning when things change, turning meeting notes into tasks. U1 |
| Requests on the fly | Not offered. Agents do the defined job only. M1 | Yes, through AI chat inside Motion, using the work stored in Motion as context. Advantage: Motion. U3 |
| Starting price | $297 per workload per month. M1 | $19 per seat per month for Pro AI, as shown on the pricing page. Advantage: Motion. U2 |
| Volume pricing | $197 per workload per month at four or five workloads. Six or more are quoted. M1 | $29 per seat per month for Business AI. The pricing page offers annual billing at a discount. U2 |
| Usage limits | No seats, no meters, no platform fee. Scope is defined before the build. M1 | AI credits per seat: 7,500 a month on Pro AI and 15,000 on Business AI. Extra credits cost 25 cents per 100 on Pro AI. U2 |
| Free to start | Signing up is free. Each worker agent has a 14-day evaluation that starts when the agent goes live. No card required. M1 | A free trial is offered on the pricing page. U2 |
| Time to first work | About 72 hours to build and test, by published estimate. M1 | Immediate for scheduling and task planning. Advantage: Motion. U1 |
| Approvals | You define what needs approval and when to pause. Every run is reviewable in the Terminal. M1 | Not described on the pages checked. U1 U2 |
| Integrations | Connects to the tools you already use. Unlimited connectors are included. M1 | Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Outlook 365, plus Zapier and an API. U4 |
| Cancelling | Pause or cancel anytime. Completed work stays with you. M1 | The pricing page says cancel anytime. U2 |
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Pricing
Motion charges per seat, with a monthly allowance of AI credits per seat. Machine-like charges a flat monthly price per workload. They are priced for different things: an app your team works in, and a job done for you.
Motion's pricing page shows two AI plans. It shows no separate AI Employees plan. U2
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| Plan | Price shown | AI credits |
|---|---|---|
| Pro AI | $19 per seat per month | 7,500 per seat per month |
| Business AI | $29 per seat per month | 15,000 per seat per month |
Extra credits cost 25 cents per 100 on Pro AI. The pricing page has a toggle between monthly and annual billing, so check which term a price belongs to before buying. U2
Machine-like costs $297 per workload per month for one to three workloads, and $197 each for four or five. Building, hosting, monitoring, maintenance and fixes are included. There are no seats, meters or platform fees. M1
Example: a weekly reporting job that pulls data, checks it and sends the report.
Motion is cheaper, and it is a different product. Motion organizes the work your team does. Machine-like does a defined job and is responsible for keeping it done.
This is arithmetic from published prices, not a measured bill. Verified .
The two companies
Motion is a work-management app. Motion describes itself as the AI powered SuperApp for work: AI projects and tasks, calendar scheduling, docs, a meeting notetaker, dashboards and AI workflows built from your procedures. It is billed per seat, with AI credits included per seat. U1 U2
Motion is self-serve. Your team moves its projects and tasks into Motion and builds the workflows it wants. U1
Motion introduced AI Employees in 2025 as named, role-based agents that work from the projects, docs and meeting notes stored in Motion. U5
On November 13, 2026, Motion's AI Employees page redirected to the Motion homepage. The homepage and the pricing page did not mention AI employees, and the pricing page showed no AI Employees plan. One use-case page, for sales teams, still described AI employees and a custom AI employee you create by typing what you need. U1 U2 U3
This page does not report why Motion made the change, or whether a new account can still create an AI employee. Ask Motion before buying for that feature.
Motion scored 3.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot across 579 reviews on November 13, 2026. The comments below are paraphrased from Trustpilot. They are reviewers' reports, not findings of this page. R1
Machine-like is the Managed Agent Operations platform that designs, deploys and runs custom AI agents for small businesses. A customer hands Machine-like a defined job, called a workload. Machine-like builds agents for that job, connects them to the customer's existing tools and keeps them working. M1 M2
Machine-like is a service, not a builder. The customer sets the rules and approvals and reviews completed work in the Terminal. Monitoring, maintenance, fixes and upgrades are Machine-like's responsibility. M1
The pick
The deciding question is what you came for: a tool to plan the work your team does, or a job done for you.
The managed model
Define the job. You describe the work, the tools, the rules and the approvals.
Machine-like builds and tests. Agents are built around your process and tested before they touch live work.
The agent goes live. The 14-day evaluation starts here. Machine-like monitors every run, fixes failures and updates the agents when your process changes.
Customer proof
fitDEGREE, a B2B software company, needed relief from repetitive support work. Machine-like connected fitDEGREE's existing support workflow to customer context, billing and product documentation. Agents classified tickets, prepared approved responses, updated records and handed complex cases to people with the context attached. M3
This is a customer result documented in a public case study.
Read the fitDEGREE case studyFAQ
On November 13, 2026, Motion's AI Employees page redirected to the Motion homepage, and Motion's homepage and pricing page did not mention AI employees. A use-case page for sales teams still described them. This page does not report whether a new Motion account can create an AI employee. Ask Motion before buying for that feature. U1 U2 U3
Motion's pricing page shows Pro AI at $19 per seat per month with 7,500 AI credits per seat, and Business AI at $29 per seat per month with 15,000 AI credits per seat. Extra credits cost 25 cents per 100 on Pro AI. The page has a toggle between monthly and annual billing. Prices were verified on Motion's pricing page on November 13, 2026. U2
Motion is best at planning and scheduling work. It schedules tasks on a calendar, re-plans when priorities change and turns meeting notes into tasks. It fits a person or small team whose problem is too many tasks and deadlines, and who is willing to run projects inside Motion. U1
Motion's pricing page offers a free trial and says you can cancel anytime. Some reviewers on Trustpilot report being charged after a trial ended, so check the trial length and renewal terms at sign-up. U2 R1
Machine-like is a good alternative for a business that wanted an AI employee to complete a recurring job, not a planning app. Machine-like builds agents for one defined job, connects them to the tools already in use, monitors every run and fixes failures, for $297 per workload per month. Motion is the better fit for scheduling and managing work your team does itself.
Machine-like costs $297 per workload per month for one to three workloads. Four or five workloads cost $197 each per month, including the first three. Six or more are quoted. Building, hosting, monitoring, maintenance and fixes are included, with no per-seat or platform fee. M1
Yes. Every Machine-like worker agent comes with a 14-day evaluation that starts when the agent goes live on real work, not at sign-up. No credit card is required, and signing up is free. M1
Motion is cheaper: $19 to $29 per seat per month on its pricing page, against $297 per workload per month for Machine-like. The two prices buy different things. Motion's covers an app your team works in. Machine-like's covers building, running, monitoring and fixing an agent that completes a job. U2 M1
Your team describes the job, authorizes access to the tools involved and decides which actions need approval. Once the agent is live, your team handles those approvals and any exceptions that need judgment. Machine-like handles agent operations, monitoring and fixes. M1
Every price and feature on this page was verified against Motion's and Machine-like's public pages on November 13, 2026. The comparison is based on published information and does not report a hands-on test of Motion. Check each company's pricing page before buying.
Sources
Public pages checked on . Product claims are as each vendor describes them.
Machine-like: pricing and included services
Price, volume pricing, what every workload includes, evaluation terms
Machine-like: Managed Agent Operations
Service model and operating responsibility
Machine-like: fitDEGREE case study
Customer result
Positioning and features; where the AI Employees page now lands
Plans, AI credits, trial and cancellation lines
Remaining AI employee description
Named integrations
Motion on YouTube: AI Employees launch video
Motion's 2025 introduction of AI Employees
Score, review count, reviewer comments
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