{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "boba", "name": "Boba", "vendor": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://getboba.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Boba is a free AI assistant people text over iMessage, RCS or SMS, one to one or in group chats. It plans with groups, answers questions, drafts messages, makes and edits images and writes songs.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json", "license": "Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans\u0026 ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No app or sign-up form. Sending the pre-written first text, which carries an invite code, is the sign-up (https://getboba.ai). The privacy notice describes optional Google account access through Google APIs (https://getboba.ai/privacy).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "\"No subscription, no ads. Free to use\" (https://getboba.ai, checked 14 October 2026). The terms say no fees are charged today and fees may apply in future (https://getboba.ai/terms).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on getboba.ai or its terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "no-card" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Boba competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 10.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1004, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 38, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 39 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Boba is a free texting assistant for one-to-one and group chats over iMessage, RCS and SMS, started by sending one message with no card or app. No outside agent can call it, its privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train its models with no opt-out found, and no status page or security contact was found.", "bestFor": "Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.", "disclosure": "Boba competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.", "strengths": [ "Free, with no subscription, ads, card or app.", "Works in group chats that mix iPhone and Android.", "Google user data isn't used for advertising or for models beyond the owner's personalised model, and is deleted within 60 days of a request." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train or fine-tune its models, with no opt-out found.", "No retention period stated for messages.", "No status page, changelog, security.txt or named subprocessors." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.", "Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 10.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 47 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/boba" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "domain": "getboba.ai", "domainRegistered": "2026-04-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://getboba.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://getboba.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy notice name humans\u0026 ai, inc. and were last updated on 5 October 2026.", "getboba.ai has no robots.txt (404). security.txt, llms.txt and sitemap.xml return 404. No status page or changelog was found. Contact hello@getboba.ai.", "No X account is linked from getboba.ai.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-04-30 for getboba.ai." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.json" }, "answer": "Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "boski", "name": "Boski", "vendor": "Boski, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.boski.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Boski is a hosted personal AI agent that works on the owner's goals between conversations. It checks in, calls, reminds, schedules and runs errands over Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram, the Boski app and email.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boski.json", "license": "Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An account through Boski's web checkout. Connected services authorise with tokens and scopes recorded by Boski (https://www.boski.com/terms and https://www.boski.com/privacy). The Boski plugin for ChatGPT and Codex signs in with the Boski account and is read-only (https://www.boski.com/support).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Launched to everyone on 11 September 2026 with \"experimental pricing of $5/week\" (https://www.boski.com/blog/boski-is-live-for-everyone). The terms describe one public plan with a one-week billing and allowance period and 5,000 Credits a period, price shown at checkout (https://www.boski.com/terms, checked 14 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on boski.com, llms.txt or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://www.boski.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.inbound", "voice.calls", "tasks.create", "memory.user", "email.send" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Boski competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 26.2, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 981, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 23, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 13, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 10, "reliability": 25, "schema": 15, "security": 45, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Boski is a hosted personal agent that works on its owner's goals over messaging channels for $5 a week, and its plugin lets ChatGPT and Codex read saved preferences under a read-only OAuth scope. No free option, status page or security contact was found, and the plugin's tool definitions weren't readable.", "bestFor": "People who want an agent working on personal goals between conversations, and who want ChatGPT or Codex to read their saved preferences.", "disclosure": "Boski competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.", "strengths": [ "The plugin's OAuth metadata names one read-only scope, and the support page says it can't change saved information.", "The privacy policy says Boski doesn't train foundation models on user content, and names its providers.", "Boski starts without access to the owner's calendar, email or personal data, per the launch post." ], "weaknesses": [ "No free plan or trial found.", "The plugin's endpoint isn't documented, and its tool definitions weren't readable.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "Boski may search public sources to match information about a new user, per the privacy policy." ], "agentNotes": [ "Use the Boski plugin only to read the owner's saved preferences and constraints. It can't save changes.", "Ask the owner to finish Boski's onboarding interview if the plugin says it's incomplete, then retry." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 26.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 13, "maintenance": 23, "payments": 10, "reliability": 25, "schema": 15, "security": 45, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/boski" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Boski, Inc.", "domain": "boski.com", "domainRegistered": "2003-05-05", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.boski.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.boski.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.boski.com/blog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms are effective 20 August 2026 and the privacy policy 4 September 2026.", "boski.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page was found. The blog carries dated product posts.", "Weekly pricing has no matching unit in the price table, so no unitPrices entry was written.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2003-05-05 for boski.com, which predates the company." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "b": "Boski, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans\u0026 ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026).", "b": "Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Boski?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.", "slug": "boba", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 25 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 15 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 13 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 45 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 23 against 2", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 39" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "People who want an agent working on personal goals between conversations, and who want ChatGPT or Codex to read their saved preferences.", "slug": "boski", "watchFor": "No free plan or trial found." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "Boba vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Boba vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.json", "title": "Boba vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Boba vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Boba vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Boba vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-haven.json", "title": "Boba vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Boba vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Boba vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Boba vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Boba vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Boba vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-natura.json", "title": "Boba vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Boba vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Boba vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Boba vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boba vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally.json", "title": "Boba vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.json", "title": "Boba vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Boba vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.json", "title": "Boba vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Boba vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Boba vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.json", "title": "Boba vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Boba vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Boba vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-brea.json", "title": "Boski vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.json", "title": "Boski vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Boski vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-natura.json", "title": "Boski vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Boski vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Boski vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boski vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-pally.json", "title": "Boski vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-szn.json", "title": "Boski vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Boski vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Boski vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Boski vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boski.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Boski", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boski" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "Boski vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Boski vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Boski vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Boski vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Boski vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Boski vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-haven.json", "title": "Boski vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Boski vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Boski vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Boski vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-leon.json", "title": "Boski vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Boski vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Boski vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Boski vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Boski vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Boski vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Boski vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke.json", "title": "Boski vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Boski vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Boba vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Boski vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Boski vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-wajo" } ], "scores": [ { "boba": 15, "boski": 25, "by": 10, "edge": "boski", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 0, "boski": 15, "by": 15, "edge": "boski", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "boba": 0, "boski": 13, "by": 13, "edge": "boski", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "boba": 0, "boski": 45, "by": 45, "edge": "boski", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "boba": 30, "boski": 10, "by": 20, "edge": "boba", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 2, "boski": 23, "by": 21, "edge": "boski", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "boba": 39, "boski": 63, "by": 24, "edge": "boski", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do assistants reached by message.", "verdicts": { "boba": "Boba is a free texting assistant for one-to-one and group chats over iMessage, RCS and SMS, started by sending one message with no card or app. No outside agent can call it, its privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train its models with no opt-out found, and no status page or security contact was found.", "boski": "Boski is a hosted personal agent that works on its owner's goals over messaging channels for $5 a week, and its plugin lets ChatGPT and Codex read saved preferences under a read-only OAuth scope. No free option, status page or security contact was found, and the plugin's tool definitions weren't readable." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.min.md" }, "markdown": "Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- Boba: grade F, 10.3/100, rank #1004 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json\n- Boski: grade F, 26.2/100, rank #981 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boski.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Boba (F)\n\nGood for: Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### Boski (F)\n\nGood for: People who want an agent working on personal goals between conversations, and who want ChatGPT or Codex to read their saved preferences.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 25 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 15 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 13 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 45 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 23 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 39\n\nWatch for: No free plan or trial found.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Boba | Boski | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 25 | Boski +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 15 | Boski +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 13 | Boski +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 45 | Boski +45 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 10 | Boba +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 23 | Boski +21 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 63 | Boski +24 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **26.2 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Boba | Boski |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | humans\u0026 ai, inc. | Boski, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans\u0026 ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Terms last updated | | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Boba.** Boba is a free texting assistant for one-to-one and group chats over iMessage, RCS and SMS, started by sending one message with no card or app. No outside agent can call it, its privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train its models with no opt-out found, and no status page or security contact was found.\n\n**Boski.** Boski is a hosted personal agent that works on its owner's goals over messaging channels for $5 a week, and its plugin lets ChatGPT and Codex read saved preferences under a read-only OAuth scope. No free option, status page or security contact was found, and the plugin's tool definitions weren't readable.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Boba\n\n1. Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.\n2. Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models.\n\n### Boski\n\n1. Use the Boski plugin only to read the owner's saved preferences and constraints. It can't save changes.\n2. Ask the owner to finish Boski's onboarding interview if the plugin says it's incomplete, then retry.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Boski?\n\nBoski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"boba\", \"b\": \"boski\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare boba boski`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boski.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Boba or Boski\n\n- [asaply vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md)\n- [asaply vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boski.md)\n- [Asmi vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba.md)\n- [Asmi vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boski.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.md)\n- [Boba vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea.md)\n- [Boba vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Boba vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boba vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.md)\n- [Boba vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Boba vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Boba vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-haven.md)\n- [Boba vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boba vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Boba vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Boba vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Boba vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Boba vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-natura.md)\n- [Boba vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Boba vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Boba vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boba vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally.md)\n- [Boba vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.md)\n- [Boba vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Boba vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.md)\n- [Boba vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Boba vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.md)\n- [Boba vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Boba vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Boba vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Boski vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-brea.md)\n- [Boski vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.md)\n- [Boski vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Boski vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-natura.md)\n- [Boski vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Boski vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Boski vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boski vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-pally.md)\n- [Boski vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-szn.md)\n- [Boski vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boski vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Boski vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boski.md)\n- [Boski vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Boski vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Boski vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Boski vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Boski vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Boski vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Boski vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-haven.md)\n- [Boski vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Boski vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Boski vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Boski vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-leon.md)\n- [Boski vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Boski vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Boski vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Boski vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Boski vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Boski vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Boski vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke.md)\n- [Boski vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Boski vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-town.md)\n- [Boski vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Boski vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Boba vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Boba vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-leon.md)\n- [Boba vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Boba vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Boski vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Boski vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-wajo.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Boba competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.\n- Boski competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. 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