Choosing administrative support isn’t just about offloading tasks. It’s about aligning with a partner who scales with you.
Below, we compare BELAY and Zirtual across all the most important dimensions.
You’ll see where Zirtual works, and where BELAY brings strategic depth.
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Category |
Zirtual |
BELAY |
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Assistant Model |
U.S.-based assistants via monthly plans; add hours or users as needed. |
U.S.-based assistants and executive assistants backed by full account management, continuity planning, and cross-functional scalability. |
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Recruiting & Matching |
Screening and matching based on credentials and capacity. |
Deep vetting, ongoing performance alignment, and match decisions based on your leadership style, system preferences, and long-term fit. |
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Support Scope |
Primarily executive and administrative support. |
Full assistant support plus the ability to add roles in bookkeeping, marketing, content, and other functions all under one umbrella. |
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Scalability |
Scales in hours and users, but function expansion often requires bringing on another provider. |
Scales both in hours and domains. No need for multiple vendors or duplicate onboarding when you expand. |
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Continuity & Oversight |
Offers standard coverage for absences, service continuity, and client support at plan level. |
Robust oversight, proactive continuity planning, backup protocols, and account-level quality checks throughout your relationship. |
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Pricing Approach |
Transparent monthly plans with fixed hourly equivalence. |
Pricing is custom-built to your needs, support scope, and growth trajectory, eliminating rigid tiers and wasted capacity. |
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Delegation & Process Support |
Provides templates, workflow structures, and matching systems to streamline delegation. |
Offers not just tools, but coaching, frameworks, and leadership resources so delegation becomes a force multiplier. |
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Ideal For |
Teams or leaders who want assistant support with a predictable plan structure. |
Leaders who see support as a strategic lever and want a partner to grow into new functions without friction. |
Zirtual gives you good foundational support.
But when your needs stretch beyond executive tasks — into content, bookkeeping, or marketing — you’ll often need to engage a new service.
With BELAY, you can expand roles under the same system and team, reducing friction and handoffs.
Zirtual’s fixed-plan structure is transparent, but each plan forces trade-offs — either you overcommit or hit ceilings.
BELAY builds a supporting structure tailored to your workload, seasonality, and growth plans, so you get precisely what you need. No wasted hours, no left-behind value.
Zirtual equips you with an assistant and tools.
BELAY goes further: We teach you to lead through delegation, not just hand off tasks. Our frameworks, coaching, and feedback loops help you stretch leverage, not just lighten your load.
Plan-level coverage is helpful, but real continuity comes when the entire engagement runs smoothly through transitions, absences, and scaling.
BELAY embeds oversight, cross-training, and redundancy so that your support stays dependable through every phase.
Zirtual might align well when:
BELAY is a stronger match if:
Zirtual offers solid, accessible assistant support with transparent monthly plans.
But BELAY gives you a framework built for growth — one provider, one system, expanding roles, no friction.
If your goals go beyond today’s tasks, let’s talk support that evolves with you.