A: Hermes is a different beast, main idea is to have a server running Hermes and orchestrating agent for you from your messaging apps like WhatsApp or Telegram.

Alter is more hands-on and direct use while you work: meetings, dictation, workflows around your note taker. Of course you might have similar workflows that could work on both like managing your inbox but overall Alter lives with you at the same time. Hermes is more async.