Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
asaply vs Del
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
asaply F
Best for People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Del F
Best for People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 25 against 10
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 0
- Maintenance & community, 60 against 2
- Transparency & trust, 57 against 43
Also in its favour
- Free to start without a card
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | asaply | Del | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 10 | 25 | Del +15 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 0 | 30 | Del +30 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 2 | 60 | Del +58 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 43 | 57 | Del +14 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 7.6/100 | F 20.6/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | asaply | Del |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Asaply Inc. | Human Interface, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under asaply's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Messaging Terms (Asaply Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). | Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | ||
| Privacy policy last updated | ||
| Customer content may train models | ||
| Terms restrict automated access | ||
| Terms restrict benchmarking | ||
| Terms or service can change without notice | ||
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |
Verdicts
asaply
asaply is a text-only errand assistant in early access that orders, books and pays through Apple Pay after showing the total, and can read and change a connected Google Calendar and Gmail. No outside agent can call it, the service fee isn't published, and no status page or security contact was found.
Del
Del is a hosted texting assistant and task workspace across iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, Discord and Slack, with a near-daily public changelog and a card-free 14-day trial. No outside agent can call it, no status page or security contact was found, and recent updates let some email actions skip approval.
Before you call either
asaply
- Don't plan to call asaply from another agent. It answers only texts from the owner's phone number and group chats it joins.
- Tell the owner each errand adds an unpublished service fee to the order total.
Del
- Don't plan to call Del from another agent. It answers only the owner's messaging threads and web workspace.
- Tell the owner web browsing tasks are limited to five a month on Standard and unlimited on Pro.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, asaply or Del?
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.
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- Del vs Tomo
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Disclosure
asaply competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.
Del competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.
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