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Contact Book runs on infrastructure we operate ourselves under German jurisdiction.
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No Google Analytics, no Hotjar, no advertising pixels. The marketing surface stays as quiet as the app.
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No sales call. No enterprise tier hidden behind a contact form. The pricing card is the price.
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Both buttons live in account settings. No mail to support, no churn interview.
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Same product, same surface for humans and assistants. We ship a CLI, an MCP server, drop-in clients in 15 languages.
Docs: CLI + MCP + clients
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A directory vs a relationship log: where each one shines and where they don't.
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Monica is mature + open-source; we're newer + sharper. Both are honest options.
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When the spreadsheet feel cracks, here's what a real personal CRM gives you.
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Cloze ingests your inbox; we don't. That's the design choice.
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Both nudge you to follow up. The difference is what happens after the nudge.
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Folk leans team-shape; we lean personal. Where each one fits cleanly.
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Build-it-yourself flexibility vs purpose-built speed. Where each makes sense.
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Two design-first personal CRMs, two different posture choices.
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Smaller scope vs broader scope on the same problem.
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Plain-text vault vs structured tool. Honest about both sides.
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Build vs buy, with the costs everyone forgets to count.
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Phonebook vs relationship log on the Apple ecosystem.
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