Comparison
Syniaps or Limova?
A Nice startup born in late 2024, nine first-named agents in one subscription, growing more on television than on product
What Limova sells: "An AI that does, not one that promises": AI employees with first names (Tom, Charly, John, Elio...) available around the clock for €69.90 excl. tax a month, without a line of code, with a 7-day trial and no card.
Syniaps
4.0 / 5
Limova
2.6 / 5
Surveyed on 15 September 2026 from the publisher's public pages, cited at the foot of this page. Offers change: check with the publisher before you decide.
Limova at a glance
- Who
- Kainotom.ia, Nice, 2024, ~45 staff
- Published by KAINOTOM.IA (Nice), launched in December 2024 by Yoan Drahy and his co-founder; around €5m raised then crowdequity at a €65m valuation (May 2026), ~35,000 users across 35 countries, announced ARR of €7m to €8m, an OpenAI partnership (September 2026) and shirt sponsorship of OGC Nice. No SOC 2 or ISO certification, only a "Dipeeo compliant" badge on the privacy policy; Trustpilot 4.9/5 across 1,200 reviews, but also reports of a "buggy MVP" and unreachable support.
- What
- Nine role agents, a dashboard, WhatsApp
- A multi-tenant web platform with nine fixed-role agents: Tom (phone and chatbot), Charly+ (driving the others from WhatsApp), John (social media), Lou (SEO and articles), Elio (LinkedIn prospecting), Rony (recruitment), Julia (legal), Manue (accounting) and a customer support agent. Each runs tasks through some forty native connectors (Gmail, Outlook, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, Slack, Stripe, Drive, Dropbox, Meta, LinkedIn) and reports into a dashboard.
- How it gets set up
- One agent at a time, instructions written by you
- A self-serve account, then for each agent: pick the type, the name and the avatar, write the instructions with a "helper" that asks questions, upload business documents, set the human handover thresholds and authorise the tools over OAuth "in a few clicks". Testers count 30 minutes to 2 hours per agent, a week of adjustments before going live and 3 to 5 hours of weekly supervision at the start; an onboarding session with the team is included in every pack.
- Which models
- Unnamed third-party LLMs, OpenAI in front
- Limova builds no model of its own and never names the one it orchestrates: the FAQ speaks of "AI like ChatGPT", the press cited Claude (2025) then an OpenAI partnership with early access (September 2026). The customer gets no choice of model and no step-up mode; inference goes to whichever American provider Limova has picked.
- Price
- €69.90 to €119.90 excl. tax, €0.20 a minute
- Essentiel at €69.90 excl. tax a month (8 agents, 5 users, API), Pro at €119.90 excl. tax a month (adds Tom's telephony, the WhatsApp chatbot and the website), Business+ by quote (Charly+, dedicated onboarding); 25% off annually, a 7-day trial with no card, no commitment on the monthly plan. Telephony is billed on top at €0.20 a minute (500 calls of 3 minutes = €300 a month), and annual plans are never refunded.
- Who it is for
- French small companies with no IT department
- Shops, estate agencies, tradespeople and companies of 5 to 100 staff who miss calls and have neither the time nor the skills to post, prospect or write. Genuinely strong at the AI switchboard and automated social presence, weaker on complex sales cycles and on document-heavy work.
Point by point
| Criterion | Limova | Syniaps | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | A third-party LLM that is never named (OpenAI, or Claude depending on the period), with no choice and no mode | Claude Sonnet 5 / Opus 5 / Fable 5, GPT through Codex or the model of your choice, with Standard / In-depth / Maximum modes | Syniaps |
| "Execute" | Actions through API connectors: email, calls, posts, CRM; no files, no code, no browser | Files, code, terminal, a browser on sites without an API, long-running work, hosted apps | Syniaps |
| Knowledge | Documents uploaded agent by agent, Notion connected; no base built on its own | Synapses built and maintained by the agent from documents, email and cloud storage, with OCR and retrieval | Syniaps |
| Setup | Instructions to write for each agent, 30 minutes to 2 hours each, a week of tuning | A short wizard, then the agent proposes by itself, with "it prepares, you confirm" cards | Syniaps |
| Learning | Nothing documented beyond tone and rule settings | Retains corrections and preferences, and proposes what it has learnt for approval | Syniaps |
| Sovereignty | Multi-tenant SaaS, a French company, announced EU hosting (Firebase / Render), US inference | A dedicated OVH machine in France, a sandbox per user, AI processed in Europe if the company chooses, or at the provider of the connected account | Syniaps |
| Entry and price | Self-serve, a 7-day trial with no card, €69.90 excl. tax all in for 5 users | A 7-day trial open within minutes, a card with no charge before it ends, from €99 excl. tax with AI included | The alternative |
| Scope | Nine closed roles, very strong on the phone and on social media | Eleven expert teams and open-ended missions, but no AI switchboard | Level |
What each one does better
Where Syniaps wins
An agent that really acts
Where Limova chains API calls, Syniaps reads and writes files, writes code, drives a browser on sites without an API and hosts what it builds.
Knowledge built on its own
Synapses assemble themselves from documents, email and the mirrored cloud, with nothing to upload into an agent.
Frontier models, your choice
Sonnet, Opus, Fable, GPT or the model of your choice with three step-up modes, against an anonymous LLM with no setting at Limova.
A dedicated machine in France
One OVH server per customer and a sandbox per user, against a multi-tenant SaaS on Firebase that "does everything it can" to stay in the EU.
Learns continuously
Corrections, skills and preferences are retained and proposed for approval, where Limova is tuned once through a form.
Where Limova wins
An AI switchboard
Tom answers around the clock in 140 languages, qualifies, books appointments and transfers with the context: Syniaps has no inbound voice equivalent.
Immediate and cheap entry
Self-serve, 7 days with no card, €69.90 excl. tax for 5 users, where Syniaps asks for a card for its trial and starts at €99 excl. tax for one user.
Proven commercial traction
35,000 users, €7m to €8m of ARR in 18 months, TV and metro campaigns and OGC Nice sponsorship: a brand French small businesses already know.
Driven from WhatsApp
Charly+ takes a voice note on the move and dispatches it to the other agents, a mobile channel Syniaps only covers at the start of a conversation.
Roles ready to use
Nine packaged jobs with an avatar, a dashboard and call playback reassure an owner who does not want to define what an agent should do.
Two caveats on its promise
- "Without a line of code" is not "without configuration": each agent needs its written instructions, its documents and its thresholds, which independent tests put at 30 minutes to 2 hours per agent followed by weeks of supervision, and the negative reviews mention bugs and a support team that does not reply.
- Sovereignty is on display (a French company, EU hosting) but the AI model is never named, inference goes to OpenAI, the stack rests on Google Firebase, there is no certification, and the published price omits the €0.20 a minute of telephony that can triple the bill.
The ten criteria, scored and justified
Intelligence
Frontier models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) and ways to step up a gear
Syniaps 5/5
Claude Sonnet 5, Opus 5 and Fable 5, GPT through Codex, or the model of your choice; Standard, In-depth and Maximum modes.
Limova 2/5
No model named publicly, a single orchestrated third-party LLM (OpenAI since the September 2026 partnership), and no step-up mode or customer choice.
Execution power
Actually acts: files, code, browser, sites without an API, long-running work
Syniaps 5/5
Files, code, terminal, a browser for sites without an API, long jobs in the background, hosted apps.
Limova 2/5
The agents send emails, place calls, publish and fill CRMs through API connectors, but write no code, handle no files or browser and cannot act on a site without an API.
Company knowledge
A base built and maintained on its own from documents, email and cloud storage
Syniaps 4/5
Synapses built by the agent, OCR, a full cloud mirror; still young on very large volumes.
Limova 2/5
Knowledge is limited to the documents uploaded into each agent and to a search across connected Notion or Drive; no company base is built or maintained on its own.
Zero setup
Nothing to brief, trigger or tick; the tool proposes, the human confirms
Syniaps 4/5
A short wizard, and the agent proposes its automations in conversation; site connections still have to be made once.
Limova 2/5
Every agent is configured through a form (written instructions, documents, thresholds, hours, tone), 30 minutes to 2 hours per agent and a week of adjustments according to independent tests.
Continuous learning
Remembers corrections and preferences without being asked to
Syniaps 4/5
Corrections, skills and preferences are retained and proposed for approval; no learning across customers yet.
Limova 1/5
Neither the website, nor the documentation, nor the tests describe any memory of corrections or preferences; the agents stay as they were configured.
Autonomy
Missions and automations server-side, computer switched off, human approval on sensitive moves
Syniaps 4/5
Missions and scheduled actions run server-side with your computer off, with approval cards; mission ceilings still need tuning.
Limova 3/5
The agents run well as a 24/7 SaaS and hand over to a human beyond their remit, but each covers a narrow predefined flow rather than an open-ended mission.
Integrations and connections
Everyday tools, MCP, cloud storage, email, sites without an API
Syniaps 4/5
Email, cloud storage, meetings, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, MCP, sites without an API; fewer native connectors than a Zapier.
Limova 4/5
Some forty native connectors (email, calendar, CRM, Notion, Slack, Stripe, Drive, Dropbox, social networks), with WhatsApp and telephony included, but no MCP and no action on sites without an API.
Sovereignty and security
EU hosting, per-customer isolation, EU or on-premise inference, certifications
Syniaps 3/5
A dedicated machine in France (OVH), strong per-user isolation and AI processed in Europe if you choose; no on-premise option and no certification.
Limova 3/5
A French publisher with announced EU hosting and data not used for training, but a multi-tenant SaaS on Google Firebase, inference at OpenAI outside the EU, no certification and a model that is never named.
Teamwork
Shared spaces, roles, delegation, company-wide memory
Syniaps 4/5
Company sources connected once, shared synapses, role profiles, shared skills and conversations, shared mailboxes in missions; no SSO and no fine-grained roles.
Limova 3/5
5 users included per pack and several workspaces to separate departments, but no documentation on roles, delegation or a shared company memory.
Price and access
Total cost (tool + AI + machine) against what you get, and how easily you start
Syniaps 3/5
A dedicated machine, AI included and a 7-day trial that opens within minutes, from €299 excl. tax a month; a card is required for the trial and there is no free tier.
Limova 4/5
Self-serve with a 7-day trial and no card, €69.90 to €119.90 excl. tax a month for 5 users, AI included; not a 5 because telephony at €0.20 a minute and non-refundable annual plans weigh on the real cost.
Verdict
Two ways of "doing": a catalogue of agents to brief, or AI employees who already know your company
Limova
Limova sells closed roles that are cheap and immediate, including a switchboard that justifies the subscription on its own for a shop.
Natural fit: very small companies and shops of 1 to 20 people who miss calls and want a social presence without thinking about it.
Syniaps
Syniaps sells an intelligence that already knows the whole company and runs open-ended missions on a dedicated machine, with no role to define.
Natural fit: document-heavy companies (legal, finance, consulting, tech) that want end-to-end missions and real isolation.
Limova sets the psychological price of the small-business market (€70) and the "a first name per job" reflex; Syniaps should not imitate it, but should make its own entry just as simple.
Do not add a catalogue of roles or a switchboard in response: the value of Syniaps is knowledge built on its own and genuine execution, which must be visible within the first hour of a trial. Entry (a trial with no card, a lower floor price) is the one ground where Limova clearly wins: saying plainly that the AI, the dedicated server and €10 of partner credits a month are included in the plan is worth addressing.
Public sources (18)
- https://www.limova.ai/
- https://www.limova.ai/offres
- https://www.limova.ai/integrations
- https://www.limova.ai/agents/charly
- https://www.limova.ai/agent/tom
- https://www.limova.ai/legal/politique-de-confidentialite
- https://www.limova.ai/legal/conditions-generales-de-vente
- https://www.maddyness.com/2026/01/29/agents-ia-entreprises/
- https://www.presse-citron.net/ia-fait-promet-startup-nicoise-reconcilier-pme-intelligence-artificielle/
- https://entreprisma.fr/article/ia-automatisation/limova-et-openai-la-start-up-francaise-veut-accelerer-les-agents-ia-dans-les-pme
- https://www.investincotedazur.com/en/limova-ai-ogc-nice-premium-partner-ai-startup/
- https://ai-first.fr/blog/agents-vocaux-limova-test-avis-pme
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/limova.ai
- https://www.capterra.com/p/10028625/Limova-ai/
- https://vivre-en-bourse.com/faut-il-investir-dans-limova/
- https://jerwis.fr/articles/limova-vs-claude-code
- https://mirax.fr/blog/limova-2-0-avis-agent-ia-automatisation-entreprise
- https://www.pappers.fr/entreprise/kainotomia-982965600
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