Operater's site says accounts open in numbered cohorts of 50, and Cohort 1 starts on 2 November 2026. We read the site on 31 October, so no general customer has it yet as far as its pages show. Its page is detailed on price and method, and the product is about to open. Treat this page as a snapshot, which is why it's short.
What Operater says its sales agent does
Onboarding asks what you built and roughly who it's for. The agent reads your site, repo and docs, works out who has the problem, and shows you real people and companies before it writes anything. It buys sending domains in your company's name, warms them for three weeks, and starts sending fully on its own at about day 22. Your real company email isn't touched. Replies change the stages, and it reports what it changed and why.
Its site is direct about the limits. If you already have a salesperson and a working process, it says the gain is small. If your product needs a long consultative sale into an enterprise, it says a person closes that. We find that candour useful.
What's live and what's coming
| Agent or item | Status on its page | Nautis equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Marked live now, opening to Cohort 1 on 2 November | Leads CRM and MailBox. Finding prospects isn't covered in the guides, and sends ask for approval by default |
| Support | Marked next | Not covered in the guides |
| Marketing | Marked coming | Social calendar, custom forms, GTM planner |
| Customer success | Marked coming | Not covered in the guides |
| Finance and ops | Marked coming: runway, invoices, numbers for investors | Available now: Startup Health, invoices, expenses, planner |
| Engineering | Left to you, by design | Not a coding tool |
Its FAQ describes these agents sharing one workspace, and calls that an operating system. As of today, the sales agent is the live part of that plan. The two companies may look more alike in a year, but we can only compare what is here now.
Who decides what gets sent?
This is the sharpest difference. Operater's agents have standing permission to act, and its page contrasts them with assistants you have to brief. You see every message before the first campaign goes out and can keep approval on permanently. It also says most people turn that off in week two, and its FAQ describes it changing subject lines without asking.
Nautis goes the other way, with capabilities defaulting to Ask every time, and sends showing recipients and text first. If you know nothing about sales, having to approve everything slows you down, and you may not be able to judge what you approve. Operater argues exactly that. If you care more about what goes out in your company's name, you will prefer the slower design.
What does each cost?
| Plan | Per month | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Operater Free | $0, no card | Finds 50 people a month, drafts you send yourself, no follow-ups sent for you |
| Operater Solo | $39 | 400 people a month, 1 domain, 1 mailbox, up to 25 emails a day, follow-ups |
| Operater Growth | $99 | 1,600 people a month, 2 domains, 3 mailboxes each, up to 150 emails a day |
| Operater extras | $7.50 per mailbox | Plus domains at cost, about $12 a year, which you keep |
| Nautis Launch, Voyage, Fleet | $49, $99, $129 | 5, 10 or 25 members across all modules, with capped AI credits |
A $9 one-time founding membership includes a Cohort 1 seat, the first Solo month and 50% off for 12 months, in return for allowing anonymised publishing of your results. It's refundable until your account opens and for 14 days after. Nautis has no free tier and starts with a 14-day trial with no card.
What isn't published yet
- Results. There are no customer outcomes we could read, since the cohort hasn't started. Reply rates on its page describe what is normal for cold outreach, and don't measure its own performance.
- Team and backers. The homepage's "Backed by" strip shows Google for Startups, Cloudflare for Startups, NVIDIA Inception and Plug and Play. The homepage text we read doesn't name the team.
- Compliance detail. It describes verified addresses, volume limits and one-click unsubscribe. Cold email rules differ by country, and the page doesn't go through them, so check your own market.
- After-beta terms. Its FAQ gives Solo as $39 a month after launch. Whether Growth's $99 changes after the beta isn't stated.
Which should you look at?
Join Operater's line if you have shipped something, can't get anyone to look at it, and want the sales work done for you. It costs nothing to wait in line. Pick Nautis if your problem is the rest of the company, or if you need fundraising and runway tools now. The Nautis guides don't cover finding customers for you. Its Leads CRM tracks the ones you find. These two could sit together, with sales in Operater and everything else in Nautis, but check that once it's open. Nautis is also young, with a July 2026 launch and few independent reviews. See Nautis for technical founders for how it suits people who would rather build.
FAQ
What is the difference in Nautis vs Operater?
Operater is an AI sales agent in closed beta that finds prospects and sends outreach. Nautis is a live workspace for a startup's fundraising, finance, sales records and tasks, with an AI Chief of Staff that asks before it acts. They overlap little today.
How much does Operater cost?
As of October 2026, its site lists a $0 tier with no card, Solo at $39 and Growth at $99 a month, and extra mailboxes at $7.50 a month each. A $9 optional founding membership skips the line and includes a first month of Solo.
Can I use Operater today?
When we read its site on 31 October 2026, Cohort 1 was due to open on 2 November with 50 seats, followed by further cohorts of 50. Joining the line is free, and everyone in line gets the $0 tier when their cohort opens.
Disclosure: We make Nautis, so we have a stake in this comparison. It's based on published information, not a scored hands-on test. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
Sources
- Operater: homepage, pricing and FAQ (checked Oct 31, 2026)
- Operater: AI sales agent page (checked Oct 31, 2026)