| What | Coupleship | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Available at 11pm | Genuinely better than a human | A real advantage |
| Cost | A fraction of counselling | A real advantage |
| Never gets tired or defensive | True | A real advantage |
| Reads the room | Only what you type | A real limitation |
| Holds clinical risk | No | A real limitation |
| Accountable to a licensing body | No | A real limitation |
| Will tell you it is out of its depth | Yes, by design | What to demand of any of them |
How to tell a serious one
It names its method, it states its limits without being asked, it has a real privacy mechanism rather than a policy page, and it tells you when to talk to a person.
What to be wary of
Anything promising to fix your relationship, scoring it out of ten, labelling your partner, or claiming outcomes it cannot source.