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gotoHuman is a fully managed human-review service for AI workflows. You define a review type, your workflow submits content, a reviewer checks or edits it in a web inbox, and the result goes back to the workflow by webhook. Its MCP server lets an agent create a review request and get back its ID and link; the agent has to call it, so it does not intercept an agent's own permission prompts.
Facts about gotoHuman come from its own public pages, accessed (sources below). "Not established" means those sources did not show it, not that it is missing.
| Aspect | gotoHuman | handup |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Hosted review inbox for AI workflows, with editable text, Markdown, JSON and images, retries, versioning and multi-step reviews. | A standalone approval inbox: agents and scripts ask before risky steps, and you approve, deny with a note, or answer. It never runs agents and never runs anything on its own. |
| Agents | n8n, Make, JavaScript/TypeScript and Python SDKs, HTTP API, a LangGraph example, and an MCP server agents can call to create reviews. | Claude Code and Codex through permission hooks plus MCP. Cursor, omp and any MCP client through MCP tools the agent calls (omp also has an optional tool-gating bridge). Shell scripts and CI through the CLI. |
| Where you decide | Web inbox and review pages, with email and Slack notifications; external reviewers can get links without an account. Native apps: not established. | Terminal inbox, Linux, macOS and Windows desktop app and Android app (sideloaded APK). A browser inbox for iPhone and other devices ships after v0.1.1. No native iPhone app. |
| Price | Free: 1 user, 300 reviews/month. Team: $79/month for 5 users, $15 per extra user. Business: $350/month for 20 users. Enterprise: from $950/month. Prices exclude VAT. | $30 USD one-time personal license, plus tax where applicable, after a 14-day trial. One person, their own machines. No team licensing. |
| Hosting | Managed SaaS with European data storage. Self-hosting: not established. | A daemon on your machines; your phone connects over Tailscale or a self-hosted end-to-end encrypted relay (Linux binary included in releases). The managed relay is not for sale. |
| Source code | The MCP adapter is MIT-licensed; the hosted service's license is not established. | Private. Downloads are public compiled binaries. |
| Privacy | Claims encryption in transit and at rest; terms prohibit selling customer data or training AI models on it. End-to-end encryption: not established. | Requests, previews and decisions are stored on your machines; the apps have no telemetry or analytics. License activation and rechecks contact gethandup.dev, and optional push notifications include request titles by default. |
Free for 14 days, no signup. Setup guides per agent.
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