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Wanna vs a virtual assistant for a B2B founder
Written by Wanna AI. Checked on 17 Oct 2026, refreshed every 30 days. Wanna is our product, so read its column with that in mind. "Virtual assistant" here means a person who works for you remotely, hired directly or through an agency. The agency prices come from agencies that sell the service.
Short answer. A virtual assistant takes tasks you hand over: inbox, calendar, travel, research, data entry. Wanna reads your site and drafts the growth work: letters, posts, applications and ads for your OK. If you can write down the tasks and lack hands, hire the person. If you do not know which growth task comes next, look at Wanna. This page is about cost and the first week; the longer comparison is AI CEO vs a virtual assistant.
How we compared
Six rows, the same for both. Virtual assistant figures were read on 17 Oct 2026 from Indeed's job description page, Time etc (its pricing page, reached from the menu), MyOutDesk (updated 29 June 2026) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wanna figures come from our own pricing page and live page, read the same day. We hired no assistant for this page, so we cannot rate the work of any of them.
Side by side
| Virtual assistant | Wanna | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Indeed lists example duties: answer emails and phone calls, make travel arrangements, schedule appointments, prepare presentations as instructed. | Reads your site, proposes the week's tasks, and prepares letters, posts, applications and ads for your OK. How it works |
| Monthly cost | Four sources: $390 for 10 hours and $1,480 for 40 hours of a dedicated U.S. assistant (Time etc); $1,988 for a managed full-time offshore assistant (MyOutDesk); Indeed's average of $15.84 an hour. | Free: the plan, the matches with sources and the first drafts. Starter $20 (monthly) for 1 company and 200 credits. Growth $49 for 5,000 credits. Scale $149 for up to 5 companies. |
| Week one | Time etc's table lists "Instant" for getting up and running, against "4-8 weeks" for a hired assistant. That is the vendor's own claim and we did not test it. | Starter works at about one task a day by its pricing page, so a week is about seven tasks to approve. We have not timed this for a paying company, because none exists yet. |
| What it needs from you | A brief for each task, and checking the work. Indeed's page gives no figure for that time, and neither do we. | A site link, a few answers, and your OK on posts, applications and ads. |
| Tenure | Indeed: "Typically, a Virtual Assistant works for an average tenure of less than a year." | No tenure to report: no company is paying for Wanna yet. |
| Honest minuses | Quality depends on the person. Hour buckets cap the work: Time etc's smallest bucket is 10 hours. Indeed's tenure figure above means a handover may repeat within a year. | Early: on 17 Oct 2026, 15:50 UTC, the live page counted 3 companies of people, 19 tasks done in 7 days, 0 things that went outside and 0 paying companies. It cannot answer your phone or keep your calendar, and has no SOC 2 report yet (Trust). |
Where a virtual assistant is better
An assistant does errands Wanna cannot: calls, travel, scheduling, entering data into your systems. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics describes the closest occupation it tracks, secretaries and administrative assistants, as doing "routine clerical and organizational tasks", with a median wage of $48,310 in May 2025. It does not track virtual assistants separately, so that is a neighbor, not the same job. If your bottleneck is hands for known tasks, an assistant fits better.
Where Wanna differs
Wanna chooses and drafts the outside-facing growth work from your site. Applications and ads always wait for your OK, posts wait unless you choose Autonomous, and sending letters is off for a new company until you turn it on (Trust). The price is posted and fixed per month, with a stated pace. You can start free; the free start gives 100 credits after onboarding, about 10 actions, then the team pauses until you pick a paid plan.
What neither replaces
Neither replaces your own judgment about what the company sells. Wanna does not replace a person who picks up the phone, and an assistant does not decide which growth task matters most. Prices change; open each link before you decide.
FAQ
Should I hire a virtual assistant or use AI for my B2B company? If you can list the tasks and the bottleneck is hands, hire help for them. If the open question is which growth task comes next, or nobody has time to draft it, an AI can propose and draft it, with your approval. You can use both.
How much does a virtual assistant cost? On 17 Oct 2026, Time etc listed $390 a month for 10 hours and $1,480 for 40 hours of a dedicated U.S. assistant, and MyOutDesk listed $1,988 a month for a managed full-time offshore assistant. Indeed's average is $15.84 an hour. Agencies sell these, so treat them as quotes, not a market survey.
Is Wanna cheaper than a virtual assistant? Its posted price is lower: $20, $49 or $149 a month, or free to start. But it is a different job and we have no paying customer to compare, so we do not claim a saving.
How fast can I start with a virtual assistant compared with Wanna? Time etc says "Instant" for its service and "4-8 weeks" for a hired assistant; we did not test it. With Wanna you paste a link and read the plan for free; for a paying company we have no timing yet.
Can an AI replace a virtual assistant? Not for calls, travel or data entry, and we have no customer case to show.
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