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Deiko vs Elbow

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Deiko compared with Elbow
DetailDeiko logo DeikoElbow logo Elbow
What it doesPoint at anything on your Mac and speak to give your coding agent a brief with screenshots More intelligence per engineer
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inIN Not given
Pricing modelNot given Paid
PricingFree: two hours of monthly transcription included. Pro (monthly): $6.99/month for ten hours of transcription. Pro (yearly): $69/year for ten hours of transcription. Pro (lifetime): $169 one-time for ten hours of transcription. Not given
Key features
  • Point and speak to create briefs with annotated screenshots
  • Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, ChatGPT, Claude.ai and more
  • Mixed-language support in single sentence
  • Three customizable persona templates for brief format
  • Offline operation with fallback to on-device processing
  • Automatic credential detection and withholding
  • One-line command installation
  • No account or sign-up required
  • Works with Claude Code, Codex, Conductor, T3 Code
  • Fast, Balanced and Thinking modes with automatic optimization
  • Monthly budgets for organization, teams and individuals
  • Alerts at 80% and 100% budget by email and Slack
  • Spend tracking by repository, team and session
  • Session history with steps, duration and cost
  • Failover between providers when one slows down
  • Audit log and device management
  • Self-updating CLI for engineers
  • Transcript control and compliance options
What makes it different
  • Everything stays on your Mac—no data is kept on servers, and screenshots never leave unless you send them to an agent yourself
  • Automatic task memory means your agent remembers context from previous conversations about the same issue
  • Fully open source under MIT licence so you can verify all privacy and security claims
  • Supports mixed-language voice input in a single sentence
  • Four times the work per dollar compared to Opus 5.5
  • Engineers keep their existing tools, prompts and settings
  • Intelligent cost optimization that picks thinking mode for each step
  • Complete visibility into team AI spending and usage
  • Engineers never hold provider keys, reducing security risk
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check3 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)30
Citation Flow (Majestic)2512
Referring domains (Majestic)381

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