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Endearist vs Orvo
A fair, specific comparison — written so you'd be comfortable if a Orvo engineer read it.
Fairness pledge
Orvo is the closest thing to us on the axis most people mean when they say "privacy": it stores your data on servers in the European Union, under GDPR, and says plainly that it doesn't sell it. In a category where almost everything defaults to US cloud, that is worth naming, and if EU hosting is your requirement, Orvo meets it and we won't pretend otherwise. It is also the more capable product on paper — a visual relationship map, a Command Center that ranks today's actions, voice transcription, AI summaries, and Google, Outlook, and WhatsApp sync. What it is not is local-first: EU servers are still servers, and Orvo can read what's on them. That distinction is the whole reason this page exists, and it matters less than we'd like it to for most people — but if it matters to you, it decides the question.
Where does my data live with Orvo versus Endearist?
Orvo: cloud-hosted on servers in the EU, GDPR-compliant, TLS in transit. Your contacts and notes sit in Orvo's database, where Orvo's AI features can reach them — that's not a criticism, it's how the product works. Endearist: not publicly available yet. The primary copy is intended to stay on your device. End-to-end encrypted sync over storage you run yourself — a local or shared folder, or a WebDAV server — is planned for v1. Google Drive as a destination is not decided yet. Managed sync on Endearist Cloud is planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only.
How does each tool access AI?
Orvo's AI — summaries, voice transcription, the Command Center's prioritisation — runs server-side on your stored data. It's the same trade every hosted AI CRM makes, and Orvo makes it inside the EU, which is the better version of that trade. Endearist is designed with no AI by default: Magic Buttons are meant to run client-side. AI is planned as opt-in — bring your own key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini), kept on your device, or, if you'd rather not manage a key, managed AI in a proposed Pro Cloud subscription whose budgets and prices are not approved yet. AI with your own key: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: managed AI (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only) and Endearist Cloud (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only). Specific budgets, routing and prices require approval. Family sharing: not decided yet; no included family seat is promised.
What do Orvo and Endearist cost over three years?
Orvo Pro: $15/month. Orvo Business: $30/month. No lifetime tier. Over 3 years on Pro: ~€540. Endearist cannot be bought yet; its proposed prices are Free at €0, Pro Lifetime at €69 once — about five months of Orvo Pro — and Pro Cloud at €9.99/month (~€360 over 3 years). Orvo's price is one you can pay today; ours are proposals. If you need the Business tier's shared contacts and pipeline, Endearist is not designed to offer an equivalent at any price. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: local core and data export. The proposed 25-contact limit is not a confirmed entitlement. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: local app and AI with your own key (planned for v1). Sync over your own storage is planned for v1. Managed cloud services are not a lifetime feature. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: managed AI (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only) and Endearist Cloud (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only). Specific budgets, routing and prices require approval. Family sharing: not decided yet; no included family seat is promised.
What doesn't Endearist do?
We don't have a leads pipeline, an analytics dashboard, team seats, or an RSS newsfeed on your contacts — and we don't intend to. Orvo's Kanban pipeline is a sales shape applied to relationships, which is a legitimate thing to want and the opposite of what we build; Endearist is organised per person, not per deal. We also don't do WhatsApp or Outlook contact sync, and we don't have Orvo's visual relationship map, which is a genuinely nice piece of interface.
Feature matrix
Side-by-side.
| Feature | Endearist | Orvo |
|---|---|---|
| Local-first data storage | Designed so the primary copy lives on your device, not on a server. Local-first vault, fully offline: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1. | No — cloud-hosted, though the cloud is in the EU. |
| EU data residency | Designed to keep data on your device, wherever you are; a managed Endearist Cloud is proposed for later; where it would be hosted is not decided. Managed sync on Endearist Cloud: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only. | Yes — servers in the EU, GDPR-compliant. Their strongest claim, and a real one. |
| End-to-end encrypted sync | End-to-end encrypted sync over storage you run yourself — a local or shared folder, or a WebDAV server — is planned for v1. Google Drive as a destination is not decided yet. Managed sync on Endearist Cloud is planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only. | Transport TLS; the server holds readable data so the AI features can run. |
| Relationship map / network visual | No — circles and cadence lists, no graph view. | Yes — a visual relationship map. Nice piece of interface, and we don't match it. |
| Contact sync (Google / Outlook / WhatsApp) | No live contact sync; vCard/CSV import is planned, and a read-only calendar overlay is not decided. vCard and CSV import: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1. | Yes — Google, Outlook, and WhatsApp. Materially more automatic than us. |
| Leads pipeline / Kanban | No — deliberately. Relationships per person, not stages per deal. | Yes, on the Business tier, plus an analytics dashboard. |
| AI features | Planned as strictly opt-in — your own key, or managed AI in a proposed Pro Cloud subscription. AI with your own key: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: managed AI (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only) and Endearist Cloud (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only). Specific budgets, routing and prices require approval. Family sharing: not decided yet; no included family seat is promised. | Server-side: AI summaries, voice transcription, Command Center prioritisation. |
| Mobile native apps (iOS / Android) | Flutter apps in development; nothing to install yet. Native Android app: planned for v1. The first release is intended for Android and Windows. Native Windows app: planned for v1. The first release is intended for Android and Windows. Native iPhone and iPad app: planned for later. The first release is intended for Android and Windows only. Native macOS app: planned for later. The first release is intended for Android and Windows only. Native Linux app: planned for later. The first release is intended for Android and Windows only. | Source check for Orvo (2026-09-30): Listed platforms: Web. Native availability for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux is unverified. getorvo.com relationship management; orvo.app healthcare and orvo.io Microsoft administration are different products. Check current availability and account/region limits with the vendor. We have not tested the apps ourselves. |
| Desktop native apps | Native desktop apps in development; nothing to install yet. Native Android app: planned for v1. The first release is intended for Android and Windows. Native Windows app: planned for v1. The first release is intended for Android and Windows. Native iPhone and iPad app: planned for later. The first release is intended for Android and Windows only. Native macOS app: planned for later. The first release is intended for Android and Windows only. Native Linux app: planned for later. The first release is intended for Android and Windows only. | Source check for Orvo (2026-09-30): Listed platforms: Web. Native availability for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux is unverified. getorvo.com relationship management; orvo.app healthcare and orvo.io Microsoft administration are different products. Check current availability and account/region limits with the vendor. We have not tested the apps ourselves. |
| Pricing | Proposed, not purchasable yet: free up to 25 contacts; Pro Lifetime €69 once, Pro Cloud Light €4.99/mo, or Pro Cloud €9.99/mo. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: local core and data export. The proposed 25-contact limit is not a confirmed entitlement. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: local app and AI with your own key (planned for v1). Sync over your own storage is planned for v1. Managed cloud services are not a lifetime feature. Proposed plan, not purchasable yet: managed AI (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only) and Endearist Cloud (planned for after v1, as part of the Pro Cloud subscription only). Specific budgets, routing and prices require approval. Family sharing: not decided yet; no included family seat is promised. | Pro $15/month, Business $30/month. Free trial, no card. No one-time option. |
| Open source code | Pledged source release if we ever shut down or get acquired. | No — proprietary. |
| Plain-Markdown export | Planned — plain Markdown you can read without any app. Markdown, CSV and vCard export: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1. The documented implementation has a separate readable ZIP export with media and a report of omissions; legacy exports remain partial. This is not device or release acceptance. | Export available; format not Markdown. Verify before you rely on it. |
| Journal / reflection | Journal, weekly ritual, and appreciation prompts are meant to be built in, not built by you. Local-first vault, fully offline: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1. | Notes and interaction logs per contact; no journal surface. |
| Relationship depth (how-we-met, pets) | Designed with ready-made fields: how-we-met, pets, custom pronouns, life events, debts, attachments. Local-first vault, fully offline: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1. | Professional-shaped: company, role, tags, follow-ups. Career networks over households. |
When to pick Orvo
When is Orvo the better choice?
Pick Orvo if you need EU data residency and a hosted product in the same box, and you're building a career network rather than tending a household. The Command Center — one ranked list of who to act on today — is a better answer to "where do I start?" than a contact list, and the relationship map is the kind of thing people actually open. If your relationships are professional, if you want Google, Outlook, and WhatsApp to keep the address book current without you, and if GDPR compliance on paper is what your employer or your conscience requires, Orvo is a defensible and honest choice. Be clear-eyed about one thing: EU hosting answers where your data is, not who can read it. Orvo can. If that's fine — and for most people it genuinely is — then the €540 over three years buys you a more automatic product than the one we're building, and one you can use today, while Endearist is not released yet.
Switching
How do I switch from Orvo to Endearist?
If you're on Orvo and want to switch: export your contacts from Orvo (Settings → Export) and keep the resulting CSV or vCard — Endearist is not released yet, and while vCard and CSV import is planned, how names, emails, phone numbers, companies, and tags would carry across has not been verified. What wouldn't migrate anyway: the relationship map's layout, Command Center rankings, and any analytics history, all of which are computed views rather than stored records. Pull your notes and interaction logs out in the same export and check they're populated before you cancel; per-contact notes are the part worth being careful about. If you're leaving mainly for data custody rather than price, take the export while your account is still active — a GDPR data request works too, but it's slower than the button. vCard and CSV import: not publicly available yet. Status: planned for v1.
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Prices and positioning verified 2026-08-06.
Platform information updated 2026-09-30; source-check dates are shown in the table.
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