Best Virtual Personal Assistant Services

Time etc’s virtual assistant team is led by Penni Pike, who served as the personal assistant to Virgin Group founder Richard Branson for 31 years. The company offers virtual assistants to more than 22,000 clients.

Time etc offers only U.S.-based VAs, who have an average of 12 years experience and are vetted using a 10-step selection process. Skills offered by VAs include administration and organization, writing, marketing, social media, researching, sales administration, and more.

Time etc users get access to a dedicated virtual assistant who gets to know their business inside and out, as well as access to VAs with specific skills for no extra cost. Clients can even share their assistants with colleagues.

Users can request services online, via a mobile app, by email, or by phone. The company offers a 100% money-back guarantee, same-day turnaround, and the option to cancel services anytime.

Time etc offers virtual assistant packages priced by total monthly hours with no setup costs.

Even though the first task is free, and any unused hours can be rolled over into the next month, we found the service to be extremely expensive for the limited number of hours you can use per month. Users have access to only 60 hours of assistance per month.

India-based MyTasker was founded in 2012 to offer 24/7 virtual assistant services in any country and time zone.

Rather than relying on a network of work-from-home virtual assistants, MyTasker's VAs work in one office with 24/7 security camera monitoring for additional accountability and security. VA skills include administrative assistance, accounting, writing and editing, web design and development, digital marketing, and IT support.

MyTasker always trains a backup VA so that if a client's assigned VA has to miss work, MyTasker is still able to respond quickly to emergency requests. MyTasker can assign an account manager to any user who needs VAs with multiple skills. This point of contact will help brainstorm and scope out the needs of each user and collaborate on implementation strategies.

The company offers monthly plans priced by total hours, pay-as-you-go pricing, and pricing for a dedicated, full-time virtual assistant. Discounts are available for paying for three months, six months, or one year at a time.

Moving back to that trial, users can try out MyTasker's services, but each task will cost you $1. Plus the details of this trial are fuzzy at best.

You can get a full-time virtual assistant for $1,200 a month, and you can pay as you go for $18 per hour.

Fancy Hands offers U.S.-based virtual assistant services to clients around the world.

Fancy Hands offers two types of requests. A standard request is for a maximum of 20 minutes of work is answered in less than 24 hours. These requests are best for research or tasks that involve a lot of back-and-forth. If a request takes longer than 20 minutes, the assistant will communicate with the client to discuss how many requests it will use up and request approval.

Live requests connect users with an assistant via text or webchat for requests up to a maximum of 10 minutes of work. Live requests are charged by the minute, so a request that takes 12 minutes will count as two requests, leaving the user eight more minutes for their second request.

Users also can request recurring tasks that can be set to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or on weekdays. Fancy Hands also will send an email one day prior, giving users the option to skip or stop the request completely. Any unused requests are rolled over into the next month.

Features

• Up to 20 minutes of work
• Rollover requests
• Referring new users get free months
• Usage stats
• Recurring requests
• Third-party integrations
• VIP customer service

Like most virtual assistant services, Fancy Hands offers monthly pricing by the total amount of requests, but the company also offers annual rates at a discount. Users can request a dedicated VA, billed by the minute, with whom they can communicate using any tools they prefer (e.g., email, Slack).

WoodBows boasts more than 1,100+ clients and a 98.9% client-retention rate. It provides dedicated, English-fluent virtual assistants based in the Philippines or India. U.S.-based native English-speaking VAs are available at a higher cost. The company selects only the top 3% of the VA applicants it receives and hires only college-educated candidates with 10 or more years of experience in their fields. Virtual assistants are available for bookkeeping, accounting, real estate, software development, digital and social media marketing, customer support, writing, and graphic and web design.

Every WoodBows client is assigned a dedicated virtual assistant who can be reached by video, phone, or web chat any time of the day or night. Dedicated VAs will schedule appointments, coordinate meetings, and manage your calendar for you.

All VAs work from well-supervised offices and are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.–6 p.m. in your time zone.

Pricing is based on the number of hours the VA works per month, and clients can get a lower hourly rate if they sign up for longer time periods. You can pay monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually. The prices below reflect the price if you purchase the plan on a monthly basis. There is also a custom plan that clients can build with WoodBows depending on how many hours of support they need.

Prialto is a U.S.-based virtual assistant company offering VAs for executive teams. The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a global network of talent in the Phillipines, Kenya, and Guatemala.

Rather than assigning a single virtual assistant, Prialto offers clients a team with an engagement manager, a primary assistant, a backup assistant, and a team lead.

Prialto trains its virtual assistants to be proficient in popular administrative tools and tasks. Once a client is onboarded, the company works with users to get their assistants trained on any specific processes. Assistants can be reached via email, chat, or phone.

All of Prialto’s virtual assistants work in offices secured with desktop monitoring, security cards, IP restrictions, video monitoring, and more. All client processes are documented, and a backup is trained if a client’s primary assistant is unavailable.

Prialto offers simple pricing without any extra fees or hourly charges. But we found Prialto's prices on the steeper side compared to similar services. And pricing for organizations is not disclosed on the company's website, so if your business requires services, you'll have to contact Prialto directly.