# Asmi vs Zo Computer > Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) to Asmi's 33.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zo-computer - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zo-computer.md (~3,550 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zo-computer.min.md (~730 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zo-computer.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 Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Asmi's 33.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Asmi leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do assistants reached by message. - Asmi: grade F, 33.3/100, rank #973 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asmi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/asmi.json - Zo Computer: grade E, 43.1/100, rank #915 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.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 ### Asmi (F) Good for: An agent that needs phone calls, texts and emails to businesses done for its owner. Ahead on: - Reliability, 30 against 15 - Agent ergonomics, 43 against 34 - Security & auth, 49 against 37 Watch for: Tool JSON Schemas and annotations can't be read before OAuth (unauthenticated initialize returns 401). ### Zo Computer (E) Good for: One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step. Ahead on: - Schema & documentation, 73 against 20 - Payments & pricing, 40 against 30 - Maintenance & community, 68 against 3 - Transparency & trust, 60 against 51 Watch for: The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Asmi | Zo Computer | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 15 | Asmi +15 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 20 | 73 | Zo Computer +53 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 43 | 34 | Asmi +9 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 37 | Asmi +12 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Zo Computer +10 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 3 | 68 | Zo Computer +65 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 60 | Zo Computer +9 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **33.3 · F** | **43.1 · E** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Asmi | Zo Computer | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | HTTP API | | Vendor | Humint Labs, Inc. | Zo Computer Company | | Hosted endpoint | `https://prod.asmiai.com/mcp/claude/` | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` | | Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP | | Auth | OAuth | API key | | Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under Asmi's Terms of Service (Humint Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective October 2026). | Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service | | Tools exposed | 12 | none | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | yes | | Last release | none | 2026-09-14 | | Terms last updated | | 2025-08-08 | | Privacy policy last updated | | 2026-05-20 | | Customer content may train models | | not found in the text | | Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text | | Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text | ## Verdicts **Asmi.** Asmi is a hosted errand service with a 12-tool MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Muse, using OAuth with separate scopes for tracking tasks and for contacting people. Tool schemas sit behind sign-in, the outreach scope is ticked by default, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found. **Zo Computer.** Zo publishes an OpenAPI file, Markdown docs, plan prices and a named list of the providers that receive user content. One access token grants full access to the workspace, no approval step before sending or buying was found in the reviewed docs, and no status page, rate limit or SLA is published. ## Before you call either ### Asmi 1. Use the endpoint for your own client (/mcp/claude/, /mcp/openai/ or /mcp/meta/). A token from another client gets 403. 2. Call discover_search before execute_start, then poll execute_status with the task id instead of starting the task again. 3. Answer Asmi's questions with execute_advance. Calls already placed can't be recalled by execute_cancel. 4. Expect outreach_not_permitted if the owner unticked contact people. Ask them to reconnect rather than retrying. 5. Check billing_status before starting a task, since each outreach task uses one of the month's quota. ### Zo Computer 1. Send `POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask` with `Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_...` and an `input` string. The owner creates the token under Settings > Advanced 2. Pass `persona_id` for a persona with a narrow tool set. The token itself carries every permission the owner has 3. Set `memory_mode` to `off` to keep workspace memory out of a request. The field is in the OpenAPI file and absent from the API guide 4. Do not retry `/zo/ask` blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented and the request may already have sent a message 5. Append `.md` to any guide or reference URL for Markdown ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Asmi or Zo Computer? Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Asmi's 33.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Asmi leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and security & auth. ### Can an agent call Asmi and Zo Computer without installing anything? Yes. Asmi has a hosted endpoint at https://prod.asmiai.com/mcp/claude/ and Zo Computer at https://api.zo.computer/mcp. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zo-computer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zo-computer.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "asmi", "b": "zo-computer"}`. 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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.