# Asmi vs OpenInstinct (slim)

> Asmi scores 33.3 (F) to OpenInstinct's 21.8 (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 OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. OpenInstinct leads on payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Asmi: F 33.3, rank #973 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asmi.min.md
- OpenInstinct: F 21.8, rank #988 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.min.md
- Asmi, good for An agent that needs phone calls, texts and emails to businesses done for its owner. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 20 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 43 against 0; Security & auth, 49 against 0. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- OpenInstinct, good for Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 50 against 30; Maintenance & community, 66 against 3; Transparency & trust, 59 against 51. Also Open source.

| Category | Asmi | OpenInstinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 33 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 20 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 43 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Asmi | OpenInstinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Humint Labs, Inc. | Merit Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://prod.asmiai.com/mcp/claude/` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under Asmi's Terms of Service (Humint Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective October 2026). | MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.). |
| Tools exposed | 12 | none |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-05 |