# asaply vs OpenClaw > OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) to asaply's 7.6 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw.md (~3,400 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message. - asaply: grade F, 7.6/100, rank #1006 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/asaply.json - OpenClaw: grade B, 67.1/100, rank #270 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openclaw.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### asaply (F) Good for: People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where OpenClaw loses 8 points for them Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ### OpenClaw (B) Good for: A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete. Ahead on: - Reliability, 75 against 10 - Schema & documentation, 84 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 77 against 0 - Security & auth, 74 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 0 - Maintenance & community, 86 against 2 - Transparency & trust, 68 against 43 Also in its favour: - Open source Watch for: Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off ## Score by category | Category | Weight | asaply | OpenClaw | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 75 | OpenClaw +65 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 84 | OpenClaw +74 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 77 | OpenClaw +77 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 74 | OpenClaw +74 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 60 | OpenClaw +60 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 86 | OpenClaw +84 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 68 | OpenClaw +25 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -8 | | | **Total** | | **7.6 · F** | **67.1 · B** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | asaply | OpenClaw | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Agent harness | | Vendor | Asaply Inc. | OpenClaw Foundation | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Pay per use | Free | | 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). | MIT | | Read-only variant documented | no | yes | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | Last release | none | 2026-10-12 | | Terms last updated | | no document linked | | Privacy policy last updated | | no document linked | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | | Popularity | none | 392k stars | ## 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. **OpenClaw.** Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with state, memory and credentials kept on the owner's machine and no paid tier. A fresh install runs tools on the host with full access, no approval prompt and no sandbox, and the project has published 722 security advisories since January 2026, 14 of them critical. ## Before you call either ### asaply 1. Don't plan to call asaply from another agent. It answers only texts from the owner's phone number and group chats it joins. 2. Tell the owner each errand adds an unpublished service fee to the order total. ### OpenClaw 1. Set a session permission mode of `guarded` or `workspace`, or `tools.exec.mode`, before connecting mail. The default runs host commands without approval 2. Turn on `agents.defaults.sandbox` for any agent that reads mail, web pages or attachments. Sandboxing is off by default 3. Set `tools.message.crossContext.allowAcrossProviders` and `allowWithinProvider` to `false` to confine sends to the current conversation 4. Route incoming mail to a restricted reader agent, as the IMAP and Gmail guides show, and deny `gateway`, `cron`, `sessions_spawn` and `sessions_send` for it 5. Run `openclaw security audit` after setup, and treat the Gateway token as an owner credential. `POST /tools/invoke` accepts it with full operator access ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, asaply or OpenClaw? OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. ### Are asaply and OpenClaw open source? No open-source release is listed for asaply. OpenClaw is open source (MIT). ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openclaw.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "asaply", "b": "openclaw"}`. 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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.