Allying vs
Time etc.
Time etc gives you a dedicated U.S. assistant from ten hours a month at $390, cancel any time. 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. Here is what each is for.
What Time etc does well
Time etc is the small-plan specialist: a dedicated U.S. assistant from ten hours a month, matched to you, with unused hours rolling over on the larger plans, extra assistants and sharing with your team free, a complete satisfaction guarantee, and the right to switch plans or cancel any time [1]. They have done it since 2007 for people in 22,000+ companies, and say their assistants are 100% U.S. based [2]. The work they list is email, scheduling, admin, content marketing, personal tasks and social media [2]. For an owner who needs a few reliable hours a week from a U.S. person, without a contract, this is one of the cleanest offers in the market.
How Time etc is sold
Ten hours a month for $390, which their page works out as $39 an hour; twenty hours $760 ($38 an hour); forty hours $1,480 ($37 an hour); sixty hours $2,160 ($36 an hour); larger plans on request [1]. From twenty hours up, unused hours roll over [1]. Every plan lists a dedicated U.S. assistant, expert matching, free extra assistants, free sharing with your team, the satisfaction guarantee, and switch or cancel any time; a comparison table on the page gives twelve years' average experience [1]. No setup fee or minimum term appears on the page.
The honest differences
Both are easy to start. The difference is what the month buys: a block of hours, or the job.
| What a job is | Time etc | Allying |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | One U.S.-based assistant, matched to you, for the hours on your plan; more assistants free. | Allying does the whole job on the posting, with a named specialist who answers for it. |
| The first week | Choose a plan and start; no free week is described, and you can cancel any time. | 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 assistant, backed by Time etc's satisfaction guarantee. | 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 | The pages we read do not say. | 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 | $390 a month for ten hours; $1,480 for forty. | $1,380 a month on a $55,000 posting (about 30% of the posted salary, after a free week) |
What Time etc charges
| Plan | What their page says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ten hours a month | $390 a month; their page calls it $39 an hour. | [1] |
| Twenty hours a month | $760 a month ($38 an hour); unused hours roll over. | [1] |
| Forty hours a month | $1,480 a month ($37 an hour); unused hours roll over. | [1] |
| Sixty hours a month | $2,160 a month ($36 an hour); unused hours roll over; larger plans on request. | [1] |
| Terms | Dedicated U.S. assistant on every plan; extra assistants and team sharing free; complete satisfaction guarantee; switch plans or cancel 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 Time etc when
- A few hours a week of email, scheduling and admin is the whole need.
- You want a U.S.-based person and no contract.
- You want to start small, at $390 a month, and grow the plan.
- Unused hours rolling over matters to you.
Choose Allying when
- You posted a job and want the job done every week, not hours used up.
- The first week before the first dollar matters more than a small first plan.
- You want a specialist in that job, learning your preferences from every edit.
- You want every action on the record, in your own channels.
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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
- Time etc, Pricing. Read on 2026-09-18. Ten hours "$390 /month" ("That's $39 per hour"); twenty hours "$760 /month" ($38); forty hours "$1480 /month" ($37); sixty hours "$2160 /month" ($36); "Unused hours rollover" from the twenty-hour plan; every plan: "Dedicated U.S. assistant", "Expertly matched to you", "Add extra assistants (free)", "Share with your team (free)", "Complete satisfaction guarantee", "Switch plans or cancel any time"; "12 years average experience" in the comparison table.
- Time etc, home page. Checked on 2026-09-18. "100% U.S. based Virtual Assistants"; "Since 2007, we've assisted people in 22,000+ companies"; tasks listed: "Email, Scheduling, Admin, Content marketing, Personal tasks, Social media"; "complete satisfaction guarantee for the life-time of your account". No price is quoted on this page.