# Asmi vs Instinct (slim)

> Asmi scores 33.3 (F) to Instinct's 7.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Asmi scores 33.3 (F) on agent readiness against Instinct's 7.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Asmi: F 33.3, rank #973 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asmi.min.md
- Instinct: F 7.3, rank #1009 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md
- Asmi, good for An agent that needs phone calls, texts and emails to businesses done for its owner. Ahead on Reliability, 30 against 10; Schema & documentation, 20 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 43 against 0; Security & auth, 49 against 3; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Instinct, good for People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone.

| Category | Asmi | Instinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 10 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 20 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 43 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 3 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 2 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Asmi | Instinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Humint Labs, Inc. | Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://prod.asmiai.com/mcp/claude/` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under Asmi's Terms of Service (Humint Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective October 2026). | Closed service under Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026). |
| Tools exposed | 12 | none |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-08-26 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-08-26 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |