Allying vs
Boldly.
Boldly gives you a fractional executive assistant with ten or more years of experience, a Boldly employee, in blocks of 40 hours a month and up, from $2,600. Allying does the job you posted for 30% of the salary in your posting, a month, with a monthly minimum for each job and the first week done before any conversation.
What Boldly does well
Boldly sells what it calls premium subscription staffing: fractional executive assistants with ten or more years of experience, employed by Boldly rather than contracted [2] [1]. Their strongest number is tenure: four years, they say, is how long clients stay with Boldly, and with the same Boldly EA, on average [2]. You meet the person and both confirm the fit before you start; the EA learns your business, how you like to work and the tools you use, with Boldly's internal support teams behind them [2]. Beyond executive assistance the pricing page lists administration, project management, marketing and social media, customer service, bookkeeping, multilingual support and personal assistance [1].
How Boldly is sold
Plans are blocks of hours a month: 40 hours $2,600; 60 hours $3,900; 80 hours $5,200; 100 hours $6,500; plans up to 160 hours on request [1]. Project management, web development, blog writing, design and other specialist tasks are billed at $79 an hour [1]. Prices assume monthly payment by ACH direct debit; cards carry a 2.9% processing fee. No start-up fees; upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time [1]. The pricing page offers your choice of North America or Europe based staff; the home page says Boldly EAs are US-based W2 employees [1] [2].
The honest differences
Both give you an experienced person over time. The difference is whether you are buying hours or the job.
| What a job is | Boldly | Allying |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | One experienced person, a Boldly employee, for the hours you buy each month, over years. | Allying does the whole job on the posting, with a named specialist who answers for it. |
| The first week | You meet the EA and both confirm the fit; the plan starts when the hours do. No start-up fee, no free week described. | The first week of the job is done before any conversation and before the first dollar; then a free week, starting with a short call. |
| Who answers for it | The EA, with Boldly's internal support teams behind them, in their words. | A named person with a face, a phone number and expertise in the job. Every action is on the record, with a daily note and a weekly report. |
| Where the work happens | In the tools you like to use, the home page says. | In your own channels, Slack, Teams, text, WhatsApp or email, with its own phone number. Nothing reaches a customer without your yes until you say it no longer needs asking. |
| What it costs | $2,600 a month for 40 hours; $79 an hour for specialist work. | $1,380 a month on a $55,000 posting (about 30% of the posted salary, after a free week) |
What Boldly charges
| Plan | What their page says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 40 hours a month | $2,600 a month. | [1] |
| 60 hours a month | $3,900 a month. | [1] |
| 80 hours a month | $5,200 a month. | [1] |
| 100 hours a month | $6,500 a month; plans up to 160 hours on request. | [1] |
| Specialist tasks | $79 an hour for project management, web development, blog writing, design and other specialist work. | [1] |
| Terms | Monthly payment by ACH; cards carry a 2.9% fee. No start-up fees. Upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. | [1] |
We checked this on 2026-09-18. Prices and plan names change; the links in the sources are the ones to trust.
When to choose which
Choose Boldly when
- You want one experienced person you will keep for years.
- The work is executive support by the hour: calendar, inbox, travel, projects.
- You want an employee of the agency, not a contractor, on North American or European hours.
- Forty or more hours a month is the right size.
Choose Allying when
- You posted a job, not hours: marketing, support, admin, writing, design, research.
- You want to see the first week before you commit.
- You want a specialist in the job, learning your preferences from every approval and edit.
- You want the work in your own channels, every action on the record.
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Hiring for this job
Your contact for anything on this page is Mae Santos, co-founder of Allying: hello@allying.com.
The work is done with AI and overseen by a named specialist who answers for it.
Sources
- Boldly, Pricing. Read on 2026-09-18. 40 hours a month "$2600/mo", 60 hours "$3900/mo", 80 hours "$5200/mo", 100 hours "$6500/mo"; plans up to 160 hours, "Ask us for pricing"; "Project Management, web development, blog writing, design and other specialist tasks are billed at $79/hr"; "Prices are based on monthly payment by ACH Direct Debit. Credit card payments incur a processing fee of 2.9%"; "Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel at any time"; "No start-up fees"; staff "employed by us" with "10-15 years of experience"; "Your choice of North America or Europe-based staff".
- Boldly, home page. Checked on 2026-09-18. "Boldly EAs are US-based, Boldly W2 employees"; "premium remote EAs who have 10+ years' experience"; "Fractional EAs for years, not months"; "Four years. That's how long clients stay with Boldly"; "premium subscription staffing"; you meet and both confirm the fit; the EA learns "how you like to work, and tools you like to use". No price is quoted on this page.