# Atticus vs OpenClaw (slim)

> OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) to Atticus's 42.9 (E) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Atticus's 42.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that remember you.

- Atticus: E 42.9, rank #974 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.min.md
- OpenClaw: B 67.1, rank #280 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.min.md
- Atticus, good for A person on macOS 26 with a Claude Pro or Max plan who wants voice control of apps, windows, files and the browser. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where OpenClaw loses 8 points for them.
- 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 Reliability, 75 against 68; Schema & documentation, 84 against 15; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 9; Security & auth, 74 against 49; Maintenance & community, 86 against 51; Transparency & trust, 68 against 56.

| Category | Atticus | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 9 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 51 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Atticus | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) | OpenClaw Foundation |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Free |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-12 |
| Popularity | 163 stars | 392k stars |