One place to read your messages, or one place to finish them.
Kinso brings Gmail, Slack, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and more into one unified view — impressive channel breadth, with AI-drafted replies across all of them. this+that covers fewer channels but goes further: tasks extracted automatically, workflows run, and team-level coordination across the channels it does support.
Aggregation vs. action
Kinso solves a real problem: your messages are scattered across a dozen channels, and reading them requires jumping between apps. By pulling everything into one workspace with AI prioritization and cross-platform topic stitching, it reduces the friction of staying caught up. this+that starts from the same premise — messages are scattered — but draws a different conclusion. The problem is not just that messages are hard to read; it's that every message contains work you now have to do. this+that extracts that work automatically, tracks it, assigns it, and handles the follow-through through automated workflows. If the goal is a single place to stay informed, Kinso is compelling. If the goal is a single place where incoming messages become finished work, that's what this+that is built for.
Feature by feature
How the two products compare across the things that matter most.
| Topic | Kinso | this+that |
|---|---|---|
| Core thesis | Unify your channels into one intelligent view. AI-prioritized by business impact. | Turn messages into work. Extract tasks, run workflows, keep teams coordinated. |
| AI-drafted replies | AI-drafted replies available across connected platforms. Kinso can suggest responses to messages in Gmail, Slack, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp. | AI draft replies and emails as workflow actions. Drafts are triggered by workflow logic rather than surfaced per-message in a unified inbox. |
| Task extraction | Not available. Messages are prioritized and surfaced; work items are not extracted from them. | Automatic. DoBox scans every message for requests, commitments, deadlines, decisions, and follow-ups. |
| Workflow automation | Not available. Kinso reads and prioritizes; it does not execute processes. | Full workflow builder. 32 action types. Plain-language creation. IF/ELSE branching, calendar automation, MCP tool calls. |
| Channel breadth | Gmail, Slack, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram — and more. Strong social and messaging channel breadth. | Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar. No LinkedIn, WhatsApp, or Instagram yet — but covers the full Outlook and Teams stack that Kinso does not. |
| Cross-channel stitching | Topic stitching across platforms — the same conversation thread surfaces across channels. Strong. | Not available in the same way. Messages are read per-channel; cross-channel threading is not a feature. |
| Team features | Individual-focused. No shared views, task assignment, or team coordination features. | Shared task view, task assignment, workflow delegation across teammates. |
| AI prioritization | AI ranks messages by business impact. Morning briefing surfaces what matters most. | DoBox tasks have priority levels (urgent/high/medium/low), due dates, and assignment — user or AI-set. |
| Relationship mapping | Semantic contact and relationship tracking across channels. | Not a feature. |
| Calendar automation | Not available. | Calendar actions as workflow steps: RSVP, create event, reschedule, manage attendees. |
| External integrations | Channels are the integration. No open tool-connection standard. | Open MCP standard. GitHub, Notion, Jira, HubSpot, Dropbox, Box built-in. Connect any tool with an API. |
| Availability | Still in closed beta. Founded by Greeff brothers (Realbase exit). No public pricing. | Available now. Free during beta. |
- Channel breadth: LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, and more — social and messaging channels this+that does not support yet.
- AI-drafted replies across all connected platforms — Gmail, Slack, LinkedIn, WhatsApp — from a single inbox.
- Cross-channel topic stitching: the same conversation across platforms is threaded together automatically.
- Morning briefing: a daily AI-prioritized summary of what matters most across all channels.
- Semantic search and relationship mapping across every connected channel.
- For executives who need to stay across many channels without switching between apps, the unified view is genuinely useful.
- Task extraction from messages: every request, commitment, deadline, and follow-up becomes an actionable item in DoBox.
- Workflow automation: describe a process in plain language; this+that builds and runs it across email, Slack, calendar, and connected tools.
- Team-aware: task assignment, shared views, workflow delegation. Not just an individual tool.
- Calendar automation as a workflow step: RSVP, create, reschedule, manage attendees.
- Open MCP integration: connect GitHub, Jira, Notion, or any tool with an API.
- Available now. Kinso is still in closed beta.
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