SendToTeam vs Virtual Assistants
Virtual assistants need training, management, and time off. SendToTeam's AI employees work around the clock with consistent quality — and you still approve everything.
| Feature | SendToTeam | Virtual Assistants |
|---|---|---|
| No training or onboarding required | ||
| Available 24/7 | ||
| Consistent output quality | Varies | |
| Handles multiple workflows in parallel | ||
| Review-before-sending workflow | Sometimes | |
| Phone calls and live conversations | ||
| Cost per month | From $49/mo | $1,500+ |
| Scales instantly with demand |
Hiring a virtual assistant (VA) can be a game-changer for busy founders and small teams. Someone else handles your inbox, schedules meetings, and manages routine tasks so you can focus on higher-leverage work. But anyone who has hired a VA knows the reality: there's a training curve, communication overhead, quality inconsistency, and the ever-present risk that your VA moves on and you have to start over.
SendToTeam gives you the benefits of a virtual assistant without the management burden. Your AI employees handle outreach, content creation, reporting, and customer support — the same categories of work you'd delegate to a VA — but with instant onboarding, zero training, and perfectly consistent output. You set the parameters once, and the work gets done the same way every time.
Cost is another significant factor. A competent VA typically runs $1,500 to $3,000 per month or more, depending on skill level and location. They work set hours, need time off, and can only handle one task at a time. SendToTeam's AI employees cost a fraction of that, work 24/7, and can handle multiple workflows in parallel. For the price of one part-time VA, you can have an entire AI team handling outreach, content, and reporting simultaneously.
The human-in-the-loop design also solves one of the biggest pain points with VAs: quality control. With a traditional VA, you often don't see mistakes until after they've been sent or published. With SendToTeam, every piece of work enters a review queue for your approval before anything goes out. You maintain full control without micromanaging.
That said, VAs excel at tasks requiring real-time judgment, phone calls, or highly nuanced personal interactions. For everything else — the repeatable, scalable business workflows that eat up your week — SendToTeam delivers faster, cheaper, and more reliably. It's not about replacing the human touch; it's about automating the work that doesn't need it.
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