SEED vs Delphi
Share your expertise. Or preserve what loved ones should receive.
Delphi builds a conversational Digital Mind from someone’s knowledge and voice. SEED Avatar starts within a wider personal vault, alongside identity instructions, private legacy collections, a memoir and health history. The difference is an audience-facing representative versus a whole-life preservation system.
More than the representative
An avatar is one tool; the original records remain useful for other purposes.
Identity and legacy together
Choose whether to authorize representation and what each person may receive.
Different commercial focus
Delphi’s paid plans emphasize distribution and integrations; SEED starts with a free archive and basic Legacy.
The differences at a glance.
Eight useful distinctions. The full toolkit is below.
| What you want to do | SEED Beta & roadmap | Delphi |
|---|---|---|
| Personal avatar | Voice, memories and audience you chooseIn development | Digital Mind with voiceA current product for sharing knowledge and perspective. |
| Original-record vault | Independent archive of email and attachmentsBeta | Knowledge for a Digital MindApproved sources support an audience-facing representative. |
| Identity permissions | Separate choices for avatar, voice and audienceIn development | Tune knowledge, tone & voiceA separate identity/legacy permission card is not documented. |
| Legacy & private messages | Identity card, named recipients and private collectionsIn development | Not documentedNo dedicated equivalent established in the reviewed product. |
| Private recipient access | A separate sign-in and selected collection per recipientIn development | Share or embed a MindPrivate legacy collections are not established. |
| Memoir & life book | Editable chapters from your photos, messages and recordingsIn development | Use the knowledge conversationA dedicated book workflow is not documented. |
| Who runs the AI | Core AI on infrastructure operated by SEEDIn development | Hosted digital-mind serviceFull inference topology not established. |
| Storage allowance | Up to 50 GB in SEED Free at launchIn development | Knowledge-word allowancesNot a general original-file storage quota. |
Compare all 10 tools and the remaining controls + 16 rows
| What you want to do | SEED Beta & roadmap | Delphi |
|---|---|---|
| Search & source answers | Ask your history; return to the original recordIn development | Question a person’s knowledgeSearch and converse with a Digital Mind. |
| Personal coaching | Decisions and next steps grounded in your historyIn development | Learn from a chosen expertTheir perspective, rather than your entire life archive. |
| Family stories & voice | Guided interviews with the original voice preservedIn development | Add stories to a MindOriginal family-recording production is a separate workflow. |
| Health history | A timeline of reports and measurementsIn development | Not documentedNo dedicated equivalent established in the reviewed product. |
| Context for other AI | Selected records through MCP and a ChatGPT pluginIn development | Embeds & API offersCustom integration requires the relevant paid plan. |
| USB archive | An independent copy on a physical driveIn development | Not documentedNo dedicated equivalent established in the reviewed product. |
| Use of your records | No sale, advertising or training of our modelsCommitment | Review creator/privacy termsNo equivalent no-training claim established here. |
| Portability | Download your preserved originals; delete your archiveBeta | Keep your source filesOffline reconstruction of the Mind not established. |
| Verified post-death access | A later release, separate from preparing a Legacy planLater release | Not documentedNo dedicated equivalent established in the reviewed product. |
| Cross-service collection | Gmail beta; more exports, uploads and recordings plannedBeta | Content, files & integrationsDesigned to make expertise conversational. |
| Photo organization | Original photos, dates and the stories behind themIn development | Not documentedNo dedicated equivalent established in the reviewed product. |
| Records & practical briefs | Follow agreements and prepare source-linked summariesIn development | Ask about supplied knowledgeReview answers against the original sources. |
| Share your expertise | Selected knowledge, with a purpose and audienceIn development | A core strengthShare your expertise across your own channels. |
| Export & deletion guides | Free instructions for collecting or removing recordsAvailable | Not documentedNo dedicated equivalent established in the reviewed product. |
| Guide MCP for assistants | Working deletion-guide connection; no vault accessAvailable | Not documentedNo dedicated equivalent established in the reviewed product. |
| Deletion planning | Save a plan; scoped agent draft and status actionsBeta | Not documentedNo dedicated equivalent established in the reviewed product. |
A workflow can use prompts, code or another service. “Not documented” means we could not establish a dedicated equivalent. SEED’s development status is shown per row.
What does it cost?
Compare storage, AI usage and the work around it.
Free · up to 50 GB
At launch, for the first 1,000 people. Includes a digital card and basic SEED Legacy.
- SEED Plus
- Price and tool allowances coming later.
- Optional extras
- Physical card, USB archive, printing and substantial book projects.
Free; Scaler $5,000/year
Scaler + API is $10,000/year; Immortal has tailored pricing. These are the new offers announced in October 2026.
Paid plans are annual. Earlier Builder/monthly prices apply only to qualifying existing subscriptions.
Check Delphi pricingUSD examples, reviewed 31 October 2026. Taxes, region and usage can change the total. SEED’s 50 GB is storage, not unlimited AI. No payment is taken to join the waitlist.
Start with who the representation is for.
Delphi is a current option when you want people to question your expertise. SEED’s planned Avatar and Legacy bring representation into a broader personal archive, with original messages and recipient choices kept distinct. A conversational avatar does not by itself establish verified access after death.
Privacy and processing, in brief
A digital representative needs deliberate audience and content choices. The phrase “digital version of you” does not establish a training policy, a processing location or future access conditions.
SEED’s core AI is designed for infrastructure we operate. We do not sell your records or use them for advertising or to train our models. Material you choose to send to an outside assistant follows that provider’s terms.
How SEED handles your dataQuestions worth asking
Is Delphi a SEED Avatar alternative?
It is a relevant alternative for creating a digital representation from knowledge. Compare intended audience, source material and permissions rather than assuming all representations serve the same goal.
Does a digital mind guarantee access after death?
No. Generating answers and arranging verified future access are separate services. SEED’s real post-death release is reserved for a later release.
Can a recording replace an avatar?
If you want loved ones to hear exactly what you said, an original recording may meet that need. A generated conversation is a separate choice.
Explore the tools.
A private home
for your digital life.
Get SEED updates and an invitation when your access is ready.
See the free plan