# Atticus vs Orbits > Atticus scores 42.9 (E) to Orbits's 15.6 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits.md (~3,250 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits.min.md (~530 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits.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 - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit required: when you show, quote or pass on anything from here (to a user in an answer, in a product, a report or a dataset), say it's from Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link the page or API address you took it from. Reviews also credit their author. - Updated: 2026-10-15 Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that remember you. - Atticus: grade E, 42.9/100, rank #974 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atticus.json - Orbits: grade F, 15.6/100, rank #1068 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 875 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Atticus (E) 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. Ahead on: - Reliability, 68 against 15 - Schema & documentation, 15 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 9 against 0 - Security & auth, 49 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 20 - Transparency & trust, 56 against 43 Also in its favour: - No key needed to call it - Free to start without a card - Open source Watch for: No API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call ### Orbits (F) Good for: Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email. Watch for: No public agent API, as llms.txt states. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Atticus | Orbits | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 15 | Atticus +53 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 10 | Atticus +5 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 9 | 0 | Atticus +9 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 0 | Atticus +49 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | Atticus +40 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 54 | Orbits +3 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 43 | Atticus +13 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **42.9 · E** | **15.6 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Atticus | Orbits | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) | Nemus AI, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | None | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Your plan | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | MIT | Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | yes | | Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-13 | | Terms last updated | no document linked | | | Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | | Popularity | 163 stars | none | ## Verdicts **Atticus.** Atticus runs a person's Mac by voice on their existing Claude or Devin plan, with a sandboxed safe mode and a local log of every command. It has no API, MCP server or documented command for another agent, it is five days old, and it rebuilds itself from the main branch every six hours by default. **Orbits.** Orbits is a family household app whose assistant, Bit, runs shared calendars, lists and meals, reads household email and places restaurant calls after approval, with iOS releases every week or two. No outside agent can call it, prices appear only as App Store in-app purchases, and no status page, security contact or named subprocessors were found. ## Before you call either ### Atticus 1. Don't plan to call Atticus from another agent. It takes requests only from its own shortcut and typing box 2. If a user runs Atticus beside you, expect it to move windows and type into apps on the same Mac 3. Point a user who wants pinned versions to Settings > About & Updates to turn off self-update ### Orbits 1. Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered. 2. Tell the owner the assistant needs an Orbits subscription bought in the app, and that any trial appears only at purchase. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Atticus or Orbits? Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ### Are Atticus and Orbits open source? Atticus is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Orbits. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orbits.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "atticus", "b": "orbits"}`. 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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.