# AstrBot vs Del > AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) to Del's 20.6 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.md (~3,300 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.min.md (~680 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.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 AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Del's 20.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Del leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message. - AstrBot: grade C, 58.8/100, rank #585 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/astrbot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/astrbot.json - Del: grade F, 20.6/100, rank #991 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.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 ### AstrBot (C) Good for: Someone who wants one self-run bot answering on QQ, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Lark or WeCom, in private or group chats, with scheduled tasks, a knowledge base and plugins. Ahead on: - Reliability, 81 against 25 - Schema & documentation, 62 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0 - Security & auth, 44 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 30 - Maintenance & community, 81 against 60 Also in its favour: - Open source Watch for: No approval step before any tool call. The agent sends messages, creates scheduled tasks and calls MCP tools without asking ### Del (F) Good for: People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use. Ahead on: - Transparency & trust, 57 against 40 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | AstrBot | Del | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 81 | 25 | AstrBot +56 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 10 | AstrBot +52 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 0 | AstrBot +54 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 0 | AstrBot +44 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | AstrBot +30 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 81 | 60 | AstrBot +21 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 40 | 57 | Del +17 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **58.8 · C** | **20.6 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | AstrBot | Del | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | AstrBotDevs | Human Interface, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | AGPL-3.0-or-later | 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 | no | yes | | Last release | 2026-09-27 | 2026-10-07 | | Terms last updated | 2026-01-12 | | | Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | | | 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 | | | Popularity | 42k stars | none | ## Verdicts **AstrBot.** Fourteen official messaging adapters, scheduled tasks and scoped API keys come in one AGPL-3.0 program with releases most weeks. No tool call asks for approval, no mail, calendar or long-term memory connector is built in, and usage statistics, including the machine's hostname, are sent by default. **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 ### AstrBot 1. Set `ASTRBOT_DISABLE_METRICS=1` before the first start. Statistics, including the hostname, are sent to tickstats.soulter.top by default 2. Set `dashboard.host` to 127.0.0.1 in `data/cmd_config.json`, or the `DASHBOARD_HOST` variable, unless remote access is intended. The default is 0.0.0.0 3. Create an `abk_` key in Settings, OpenAPI with only the scopes needed, and send it as `Authorization: Bearer` or `X-API-Key` 4. Include `username` in every `POST /api/v1/chat` body. Without the `chat:admin` scope an administrator ID is rejected 5. Check Extensions, Future Tasks after asking for a schedule. One-off tasks are deleted after their run even when the run fails ### Del 1. Don't plan to call Del from another agent. It answers only the owner's messaging threads and web workspace. 2. 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, AstrBot or Del? AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Del's 20.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Del leads on transparency & trust. ### Are AstrBot and Del open source? AstrBot is open source (AGPL-3.0-or-later). No open-source release is listed for Del. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "astrbot", "b": "del"}`. 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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.