# AstrBot vs OpenClaw (slim)

> OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) to AstrBot's 58.8 (C) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against AstrBot's 58.8 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. AstrBot leads on reliability. Both do assistant proactive.

- AstrBot: C 58.8, rank #584 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/astrbot.min.md
- OpenClaw: B 67.1, rank #270 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.min.md
- AstrBot, 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 75. Also Free to start without a card.
- OpenClaw, 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 Schema & documentation, 84 against 62; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 54; Security & auth, 74 against 44; Maintenance & community, 86 against 81; Transparency & trust, 68 against 40.

| Category | AstrBot | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 81 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 62 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 40 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | AstrBot | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | AstrBotDevs | OpenClaw Foundation |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-or-later | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-27 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-12 | 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 | 392k stars |