Kestrel or software?
Kestrel or automation software?
Buy software when you already know the one task to automate and a product is built for it. Call us when you don’t know where the hours go, or the work runs across several systems.
When software is the better buy
- You know the exact task, like emailed purchase orders into your ERP or bills into accounting, and a product is built for that one job.
- Your ERP already offers it. Ask your ERP partner first: some systems now read emailed orders themselves.
- Someone on your team likes building and running automations in a tool like Zapier or Power Automate.
When Kestrel is the better call
- Your team is busy with repetitive work, but nobody is sure where the hours go.
- The work crosses several systems: email, spreadsheets, an ERP, a CRM or accounting software.
- You want people on site who watch the work before anything is built.
- You want each automation built with your team, one workflow at a time.
Side by side
| Order-entry or AP software | DIY tools like Zapier | Kestrel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who finds the work to automate | You do | You do | We do, with your team and our read-only agent |
| What it covers | One kind of document, such as orders or bills | What your team builds | The workflow we agree with you in writing, then the next |
| Who builds it | The vendor’s product, set up with your team | Your team | We help your team build it |
| How you pay | Usually a subscription | Usually a subscription | The call and walkthrough are free, then a scope agreed in writing |
Questions to ask any automation vendor, including us
- What can it read in our systems, and what can it change?
- Which AI services see our data, and in what form?
- Who at your company can see our data?
- How does our IT switch it off, and how fast?
- What happens when it isn’t sure?
- Can we talk to a customer like us?
For more, see how to choose an AI consulting firm: 10 questions to ask.
Our answers
- Our agent reads only what your IT approves and changes nothing. Anything we build or change is agreed in writing first.
- Before any text reaches an AI model, names, email addresses, phone numbers and invoice numbers become code names. The only AI service that gets your data is Anthropic’s business API.
- Only the two founders.
- Your IT can cut off our access in minutes, without calling us.
- The automation drafts, and anything unusual goes to a person. Nothing runs until your team switches it on.
- Not yet. Our agent is ready for testing, and we’re taking on a small number of first projects.
The details are in Security and your data.
Common questions
No. Kestrel is a consulting firm. Our AI agent, which only reads, finds the repetitive work, and we help your team build the automation.
Yes. We start from the systems you already run. The software names on our site are examples, not a list of finished integrations, so tell us yours when you book a call.
Start with one conversation.
30 minutes with Bom and Andre, on Google Meet.
- 01You tell us where the repetitive work is.
- 02We say honestly whether we can help.
- 03If we can, we plan a free walkthrough at your site.