DeskFerry

DeskFerry is an AI agent platform that automates daily business tasks across 1,500+ apps by letting users describe jobs in plain English — no code or engineering hiring required.

What is DeskFerry?

DeskFerry is a cloud-based AI automation platform where users describe a task once in natural language and DeskFerry builds, connects, and runs the agents that complete it. It integrates natively with 1,500+ apps, including Gmail, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, Google Sheets, Jira, Zendesk, Stripe, and Calendly. The platform offers two modes: DeskFerry Assist for simple everyday asks and Agent Builder for complex multi-step workflows that run on schedules or triggers. It is made by DeskFerry (deskferry.com) and is free to try with no credit card.

What makes DeskFerry stand out?

• Plain-English automation — Describe a workflow like "pull new leads from HubSpot, research each company, and post the ones worth calling into Slack" and DeskFerry builds the agent, connects the tools, and schedules it, without rule-based logic or code.
• 1,500+ app connectors — Native integrations for email, CRM, support, docs, and productivity tools; agents read, write, and act inside those apps.
• Choice of AI models — Pick from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, xAI (Grok), DeepSeek, Mistral, and Perplexity, all built in, with no API keys required; switch models per task.
• Assist and Agent Builder — Assist handles quick questions inside Gmail/Slack and can run simple tasks on repeat; Agent Builder orchestrates longer jobs that span multiple apps and may pause for human approval.
• Human approvals — Agents can hold actions before sending, updating, or spending, so critical messages and transactions are reviewed by a person.
• Scheduling and triggers — Automations run hourly, daily, weekly, or instantly when an event fires in another app.
• Knowledge and memory — Agents pull context from indexed docs, databases, and URLs, and remember preferences and past conversations so no one re-explains the same thing.
• Activity log — Every run is recorded, including which apps were touched and where it paused, retried, or held for approval.

Who should use DeskFerry?

• Operations managers — Automate invoice follow-ups, data entry, and weekly reports; one tester reported saving 12 hours per week on operations.
• Sales teams — Qualify new leads from HubSpot, research accounts, draft first emails, and post the best prospects to Slack; one customer reported a 3x increase in leads qualified per week.
• Customer support leads — Let an agent handle Tier-1 queries instantly and escalate with full context; one team saw a 60% reduction in response time.
• Founders and lean teams — People who already own a process can describe it and deploy an agent without handover to engineering.

What can you do with DeskFerry?

• Lead qualification briefs: Pull every new lead from HubSpot every weekday at 08:00, research each company, draft a first email, and post the best ones to Slack before standup.
• Customer support triage: On a new Zendesk ticket, read the account plan in Stripe, draft a reply in the brand voice, and file a bug in Jira with priority and summary — all before asking a human to approve.
• Branded reporting: Convert raw data into weekly ops dashboards designed for sharing, then file the output into the team's tools with the fields they expect.
• Standby scheduling: Run the same agent on a timer, on an event, or from a widget on a website, an API call, a Slack message, or email.

How does DeskFerry work?

DeskFerry's three-step build process is: (1) connect the tools your agents will use (Gmail, Slack, Notion, Salesforce, and 1,500+ others); (2) choose the AI model for each task from supported vendors; (3) add custom skills such as matching your brand voice, building branded artifacts, or formatting outputs for your systems. Once built, agents can be triggered by schedules or app events and will pause for human approval when needed.

Pricing

DeskFerry is a paid product with Starter, Growth, and Pro plans, all including unlimited agents — the plans choose how much work they do per month. A free trial is available on every plan with no credit card required.

Alternatives

• Zapier — rule-based automation tool that moves data between apps when a trigger fires, lacking agentic reasoning.
• Make — similar rule-based no-code automation platform.
• CrewAI — an open-source Python framework that requires developers, rather than a no-code agentic platform.

FAQ

What is an AI employee?

An AI employee is an AI agent assigned to a recurring job like sales outreach, support triage, bookkeeping, or lead qualification. It acts on a schedule or trigger, uses the tools your team already has, and returns with the work done, unlike a chatbot that waits to be asked.

How is DeskFerry different from Zapier, Make, or CrewAI?

Zapier and Make are automation tools that execute rule-based if/then flows between apps, while DeskFerry's AI employees can reason, make decisions, and run multi-step workflows autonomously across 1,500+ apps. CrewAI requires Python development skills, whereas DeskFerry works in plain English with no code.

Which AI models does DeskFerry use?

DeskFerry supports top-tier LLMs including OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, xAI Grok, and open-source models. The system chooses the best model based on your use case and privacy needs, and you can switch anytime.

Is my data safe with DeskFerry?

DeskFerry states that your AI agents work in a secure, siloed environment with enterprise-grade encryption. Your data is isolated to your own workspace, so business secrets stay within your AI agent. It also supports human approvals to gate sensitive or external actions.

What apps does DeskFerry connect to?

DeskFerry connects natively to over 1,500 apps, including Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Gmail, Google Sheets, Notion, Stripe, Zendesk, and Jira. New integrations are added regularly, and users can request custom connections.