A Dex alternative that runs your professional network for you

Run your network without running a CRM

You don't keep a CRM because you love filing contacts — you keep one because business runs on follow-through. The prospect you said you'd circle back to. The conference connection going cold. The customer due for a check-in. The intro you promised three weeks ago. Dex is a beautifully kept rolodex; the catch is that you have to keep it. Fasrad keeps it for you and acts on what's in it.

Here's what changes:

• Meeting prep is in chat before the calendar reminder fires. Recent emails, last call notes, what they care about, what you owe them — one brief. You skip the pre-meeting tab dance.
• Sweeps replace timeline scrolling. "Who from the conference still needs a follow-up?" — answer with drafts attached, ready to send. No view to configure.
• The network updates itself. Inbound and outbound email ties to the right contact automatically — including thread context, attachments, and what was promised.
• Profile context comes to you. LinkedIn, X, company news — your assistant browses on demand using your credentials and lands the context inside your brief, not a separate tab.
• Conference connections capture themselves. Voice memo from a booth, badge photo, forwarded intro, web profile clip — each one attaches to the right contact with the right tag.

Switching from Dex takes one upload — your contacts come across with LinkedIn, company, titles, tags, and the full interaction timeline intact. Standard column names auto-map without a setup wizard.

Dex is a database you tend. Fasrad is the colleague who tends it, surfaces who's slipping, and drafts the follow-up before you've remembered to send it. The network is still yours; the bookkeeping is gone.

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• AI CRM Agent — No more dashboard discipline: it logs every call and email, moves deals by what was actually said, and emails you an honest pipeline.
• AI Personal CRM That Remembers People — Never let a relationship go cold: it logs every contact, surfaces the detail you forgot, and flags who’s about to go quiet.
• AI Virtual Assistant — An assistant that does the work, not just the chat: its own inbox and calendar, your meetings booked, the replies you’d forget chased down.
• Covve Alternative — Covve reminds you to reach out; Fasrad does it — reads the inbox, logs the interaction, and drafts the next touch itself.
• Folk Alternative — Folk is still a CRM you have to tend. Fasrad skips the pipeline and just does the work — drafts the email, runs the follow-up, captures from anywhere.
• Clay Alternative — Clay nails the relationship layer; Fasrad acts on it — drafting the emails, booking the meetings, and running the follow-up you’d never get to.
• Monica Alternative — Monica remembers the people in your life — if you keep journaling. Fasrad keeps the history current itself and surfaces what matters before you reach out.
• BigContacts Alternative — BigContacts remembers your contacts; Fasrad works them — drafts the follow-up, books the call, and logs it without you opening the record.

Frequently asked questions

How do I migrate my Dex contacts?

Export your contacts from Dex (Settings → Export → CSV), then ask your assistant to import the file. Standard column names — Name, Email, Phone, Company, Title, LinkedIn, Website, Tags — auto-map without changes.

Will my Dex notes and interaction timeline come across?

Yes — contacts, notes, and the full interaction timeline import in a single CSV. Every email, meeting, and note you logged in Dex lands against the right contact, with original timestamps preserved. Nothing is lost.

Does Fasrad sync with LinkedIn?

Yes. The LinkedIn URL on each contact is preserved, your assistant browses a profile with your credentials whenever you ask, and you can put that on a schedule — "refresh my key contacts' LinkedIn each Monday" — so profile changes and company news land against the right contact automatically.

How do follow-up sweeps work?

Ask in chat — "who from the conference still needs a follow-up?", "which clients are due for a check-in?", "who haven't I replied to from this week's intros?" — and your assistant reviews the network and returns a list with drafts attached, ready to send. No view to configure, no pipeline to maintain.

Can I set custom reminder cadences per contact?

Yes — weekly, monthly, quarterly, or never. Your assistant respects the cadence and surfaces accordingly. You don't get pinged on a manual date; you get told who's slipping with a draft already written.

Does it work on mobile?

Fasrad is web-first and works in any browser, including mobile. Telegram is supported as a chat surface, so your assistant is reachable anywhere — including from a phone screen during a meeting.

What if I want my data back out?

You own your CRM. Standard CSV export is supported, and our APIs give you direct access to the underlying records.