Best Hone alternatives

"Engines": persistent AI agents that a company assigns to a business outcome such as revenue, procurement or risk, and that work on it continuously.

Last updated October 27, 2026

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Top Hone alternatives on usedby: Writer, C3 AI, and Dust. Hone has 2 public customers on usedby. 9 other tools of the same or a competing category, from other vendors, have public customers.Latest check Oct 27, 2026: 280 of 295 public lines checked. Every public proof counts as a customer, from case studies to job posts. The proof level stays visible: confirmed (a case study, a press release), observed (the vendor’s customer page), signal (a job post, the weakest proof).

Ranked by public customers

Tools of the same or a competing category, from another vendor. Open a row for its customers, sources and facts; shared customers never set the order.

1WriterEnterprise AI agent platform for on-brand, compliant work in marketing, sales and operations70customers
70 customers: 6 confirmed, 64 observed.
Customers include Uber, Vanguard, and Franklin Templeton.
No company is listed on both Writer and Hone yet.
Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: writer.com, latest capture Oct 26, 2026.
Who uses Writer
2C3 AIAgentic AI platform and prebuilt enterprise AI applications for industry, energy, defense and government.46customers
46 customers: 7 confirmed, 39 observed.
Customers include Shell, US Air Force, and Baker Hughes.
No company is listed on both C3 AI and Hone yet.
Source: c3.ai, latest capture Oct 26, 2026.
Who uses C3 AI
Ortec decided to partner with C3 AI because we see C3 AI as the missing link in deploying end user applications in data science.
Luuk Besselink, Ortec. Source
3DustAI work platform for efficient enterprise teams43customers
43 customers: 37 confirmed, 6 observed.
Customers include Doctolib, Mirakl, and Qonto.
No company is listed on both Dust and Hone yet.
Pricing: free plan and paid tiers. Source Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: dust.tt, latest capture Oct 24, 2026.
Who uses Dust
We estimate that Dust AI agents can remove at least 50,000 hours of work per year, and perhaps a lot more. Some use cases pay off in a matter of hours!
Aymeric Augustin, CTO, Qonto. Source
4Palantir AIPEnterprise AI platform that connects LLMs and agents to an organization's data, ontology and operational workflows.28customers
28 customers: 0 confirmed, 28 observed.
Customers include Airbus, Heineken, and General Mills.
No company is listed on both Palantir AIP and Hone yet.
Source: palantir.com, latest capture Oct 8, 2026.
Who uses Palantir AIP
We have a better-balanced schedule; we have a better complement of competencies every single day. A unique feature of this scheduling system also allows us to balance it out in the future.
Dr. Michael Schlosser, MD, MBA, SVP Care Transformation and Innovation, HCA Healthcare. Source
5StackAINo-code enterprise platform to build, deploy and govern AI agents across business systems27customers
27 customers: 8 confirmed, 19 observed.
Customers include Goodwill of Southern Nevada, LifeMD, and Middlesex Federal Savings.
No company is listed on both StackAI and Hone yet.
Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: stackai.com, latest capture Oct 27, 2026.
Who uses StackAI
Since we began using StackAI, the productivity gains have been remarkable. The ability to effortlessly create complex logic has been a game-changer for us.
Yarden Shaked, Founder and CEO, Varos. Source
6Kore.aiEnterprise AI Agents for Work, Service & Process25customers
25 customers: 2 confirmed, 23 observed.
Customers include AMD, Autodoc, and Coca-Cola.
No company is listed on both Kore.ai and Hone yet.
Source: kore.ai, latest capture Oct 22, 2026.
Who uses Kore.ai
7UniphoreBusiness AI Cloud: enterprise platform for agents, models, knowledge and data, rooted in contact center AI.22customers
22 customers: 4 confirmed, 18 observed.
Customers include Atlassian, Skechers, and Allstate.
No company is listed on both Uniphore and Hone yet.
Source: uniphore.com, latest capture Oct 27, 2026.
Who uses Uniphore
8Abacus.AIAI platform giving teams a multi-model assistant, agents, app builder and enterprise ML for forecasting and fraud.19customers
19 customers: 0 confirmed, 19 observed.
Customers include Atlassian, DHL, and Mars.
No company is listed on both Abacus.AI and Hone yet.
Source: abacus.ai, latest capture Oct 21, 2026.
Who uses Abacus.AI
9EmaUniversal AI employee for enterprises13customers
13 customers: 0 confirmed, 13 observed.
Customers include Hitachi, KPMG, and PwC.
Largest industry on usedby: IT Services & System Integration, 3 customers.
No company is listed on both Ema and Hone yet.
Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: ema.co.
Who uses Ema

We’re empowering our crew to work more effectively, more efficiently, and more creatively.

Adam Uhrich, Head of Engagement Strategy, Vanguard. On Writer. Source

Hone and its top alternatives, side by side

Public customers at every proof level, and what each vendor states on its own pages. “Not checked yet” means usedby has no verified value; the vendor may publish it.

Hone and its top alternatives compared
Tool	Customers	Pricing	Free trial	Security
Hone	2	Not checked yet	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Writer	70	Not checked yet	Yes Source	Not checked yet
C3 AI	46	Not checked yet	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Dust	43	free plan and paid tiers Source	Yes Source	SOC 2 Type II Source
Palantir AIP	28	Not checked yet	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
StackAI	27	Not checked yet	Yes Source	Not checked yet

Best Hone alternative by industry

In the industries where Hone has the most customers, the alternative with the most customers of its own there (at least three).

DevTools & InfrastructureAbacus.AI3 customersHone: 1

Questions about Hone alternatives

What are the best Hone alternatives?

Ranked by their public customers on usedby: Writer (70 customers), C3 AI (46 customers), and Dust (43 customers). See who uses Writer.

Which Hone alternatives offer a free trial?

Writer, Dust, and StackAI offer a free trial or a free plan, according to their own pricing pages.

What is the best Hone alternative for DevTools & Infrastructure companies?

Abacus.AI, with 3 customers in DevTools & Infrastructure on usedby. Hone has 1 there. DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby.

Do Hone customers use other tools too?

None of the 2 Hone customers on usedby is listed with another tool on this list yet.

How does usedby rank Hone alternatives?

Only tools of the same or a competing category, from another vendor, count. They are ranked by their public customers at every proof level, job posts included; a tie goes to the stronger proofs (more confirmed, then more observed). Each tool shows its mix: confirmed (a case study, a press release), observed (the vendor’s customer page), signal (a job post, the weakest proof). Shared customers are shown for information and never set the order. Tools of other categories that the same companies use are listed apart, as tools used with Hone. usedby does not publish departures, so no company is shown switching from Hone to another tool.