# AstrBot vs Pally (slim)

> AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) to Pally's 37.8 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message.

- AstrBot: C 58.8, rank #585 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/astrbot.min.md
- Pally: F 37.8, rank #956 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.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 15; Schema & documentation, 62 against 33; Agent ergonomics, 54 against 31; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 81 against 75. Also Open source.
- Pally, good for A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 73 against 40. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | AstrBot | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 81 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 62 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 31 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 40 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | AstrBot | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | AstrBotDevs | Pally Technologies, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` |
| Transports |  | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-or-later | Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). |
| Tools exposed | none | 2 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |
| Last release | 2026-09-27 | 2026-10-12 |
| 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 |