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      "name": "Boba",
      "vendor": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://getboba.ai",
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      "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).",
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      "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": []
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      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
      },
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        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.memory",
        "messaging.rcs",
        "messaging.inbound",
        "memory.user",
        "web.search"
      ],
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        "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",
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        "graded": true,
        "score": 10.3,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1004,
        "ranked": true,
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        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "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": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments \u0026 pricing.",
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      "slug": "gaia",
      "name": "GAIA",
      "vendor": "The Experience Company",
      "vendorUrl": "https://heygaia.io",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "GAIA is a personal AI assistant from The Experience Company for email, calendar, todos and scheduled workflows. It runs as a hosted service at heygaia.io with messaging bots, and its source is published for noncommercial self-hosting.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia",
      "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@heygaia/cli"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "oauth",
      "authNotes": "People sign in to the hosted app in a browser, and the backend uses WorkOS for sign-in. Integrations connect by OAuth on the provider's consent screen, through Composio for built-in ones, and Gmail asks for the `gmail.modify` scope. Custom MCP servers take no auth, a bearer token or OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, with tokens Fernet-encrypted in PostgreSQL. Bot users link a chat identity with `/auth`. No API key for outside callers was found (https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/blob/master/apps/api/app/config/oauth_config.py; https://docs.heygaia.io/guides/adding-mcp-integrations).",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Pro is $30 a month on the pricing page, the only plan shown there, and its FAQ says GAIA is a paid product. The README and docs also describe a Free plan with daily caps and an Enterprise plan by contact, so whether a new account can use the hosted service without paying was not established. Payments run through Dodo Payments. Self-hosting is free for noncommercial use, plus model usage and a WorkOS account (https://heygaia.io/pricing; https://docs.heygaia.io/guides/usage-subscription; checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "$30 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the backend source (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 308,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.heygaia.io",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.heygaia.io/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.self-hosted",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "source-available",
        "noncommercial-licence",
        "self-hosted",
        "messaging",
        "imessage",
        "whatsapp",
        "telegram",
        "slack",
        "discord",
        "gmail",
        "mcp-client",
        "status-page",
        "llms-txt",
        "approval-off-by-default"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-14",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 49.5,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 816,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1010,
        "categoryRank": 11,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 78,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 67,
          "schema": 51,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": -5,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "-3. The release notes of 26 August 2026 say GAIA pauses and asks before a tool that deletes, sends or overwrites, the privacy policy (7 August 2026) says destructive actions require explicit approval, and the pricing page says anything outward-facing waits for the owner's OK. The source at `api-v0.24.0` (14 September 2026) and on master sets the default mode to `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated until flipped after launch. Read from source, not from a live account. https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/blob/master/apps/api/app/models/hil_models.py",
          "-2. The pricing page FAQ, read on 12 October 2026, says GAIA never shares data with model providers. Section 3.1 of the privacy policy says content, files and data from connected accounts are shared with third-party AI model providers. https://heygaia.io/pricing and https://heygaia.io/privacy"
        ],
        "verdict": "GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use.",
        "bestFor": "It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.",
        "strengths": [
          "The whole product is in a public repository under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0, including the approval gate, memory engine and five messaging bots.",
          "Approval settings have three modes and per-tool overrides, and adding an MCP server, pairing a device or disconnecting an account asks in every mode.",
          "Memory is visible in Settings as facts, a journal, four documents and a graph, and each item can be edited or deleted, with a clear-all control.",
          "A BetterStack status page covers the API, web app and four bots, and lists no incident in the 90 days to 12 October 2026.",
          "Three sets of tagged releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, the latest on 14 September, with 91 commits on master in the last 30 days."
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval.",
          "The pricing page FAQ says data is never shared with model providers. The privacy policy says content, including data from connected accounts, is shared with them.",
          "The README lists a Free plan at $0 forever, while the pricing page shows only Pro and says GAIA is a paid product.",
          "Gmail connects with the `gmail.modify` scope, and built-in integrations run through Composio, so a third party holds those OAuth connections.",
          "No security.txt, bug bounty, certification, subprocessor list or DPA was found, and self-hosting needs a WorkOS account and five data services.",
          "The Terms of Service forbid automated systems accessing the Service. Recorded as a fact, and it matters before any probe is run."
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set Settings \u003e Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.",
          "Expect no public API on the hosted service. The backend turns off its OpenAPI document in production, so reach GAIA through its apps, bots or CLI.",
          "Check the plan before relying on the hosted service. The README and docs describe a Free plan, and the pricing page says GAIA is a paid product.",
          "For self-hosting, prepare Docker, Node.js 20, a WorkOS account and a model key first, and confirm the use is noncommercial under the licence.",
          "Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "maintenance": 78,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 67,
          "schema": 51,
          "security": 54,
          "transparency": 50
        },
        "provenanceScore": 70
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install -g @heygaia/cli \u0026\u0026 gaia init   # choose Self-Host (Docker), then open http://localhost:3000"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/gaia"
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      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 30,
          "note": "billed monthly, with usage limits the pricing page does not state"
        }
      ],
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        "legalEntity": "The Experience Company, Inc.",
        "domain": "heygaia.io",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://heygaia.io/terms",
        "privacy": "https://heygaia.io/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.heygaia.io",
        "changelog": "https://docs.heygaia.io/release-notes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms of Service (effective 14 August 2026) name The Experience Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Neither the terms nor the privacy policy gives a postal address.",
          "The privacy policy (effective 7 August 2026) gives support@heygaia.so as its contact, a different domain from heygaia.io, where the README's security and contact addresses sit.",
          "heygaia.io/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 12 October 2026. The repository's SECURITY.md gives an email address for reports.",
          "The status page lists api.heygaia.io as the backend. We sent nothing to that host.",
          "heygaia.io's robots.txt allows every path and names ClaudeBot, Claude-Web and anthropic-ai with Allow. docs.heygaia.io carries Content-Signal ai-input=yes. status.heygaia.io returned an empty robots.txt.",
          "The domain's registration date was not looked up."
        ],
        "score": 70
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          "page": "https://status.heygaia.io",
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            "name": "theexperiencecompany/gaia",
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        "npmWeekly": 13,
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          "url": "https://heygaia.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:44:52.096381172Z"
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          "url": "https://docs.heygaia.io/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:11:36.795954568Z"
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            "url": "https://docs.heygaia.io/release-notes",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:15:00.91454251Z",
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        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Platform",
        "name": "Kind"
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      {
        "a": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.",
        "b": "The Experience Company",
        "name": "Vendor"
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      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
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      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
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      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth",
        "name": "Auth"
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        "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": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "2026-09-14",
        "name": "Last release"
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      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "2026-08-14",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
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        "b": "2026-08-07",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
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        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
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        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
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        "a": "",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
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      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "308 stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
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    ],
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      {
        "answer": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) 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 GAIA?"
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        "aheadOn": [
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          "Free to start without a card",
          "No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them"
        ],
        "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."
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      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 67 against 15",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 0",
          "Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 0",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 2",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 39"
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        "slug": "gaia",
        "watchFor": "The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval."
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-gaia.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.json",
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        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba"
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      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.json",
        "title": "Boba vs Boski",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea.json",
        "title": "Boba vs Brea",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.json",
        "title": "Boba vs Caddy",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app"
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-talorys.json",
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        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-wajo.json",
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        "gaia": 60,
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        "weight": 7
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      "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.",
      "gaia": "GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use."
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  "markdown": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) 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- GAIA: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #816 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.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 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### GAIA (D)\n\nGood for: It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 67 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 0\n- Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 39\n\nWatch for: The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Boba | GAIA | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 67 | GAIA +52 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 51 | GAIA +51 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 54 | GAIA +54 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 54 | GAIA +54 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Boba +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 78 | GAIA +76 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 60 | GAIA +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | |\n| **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **49.5 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Boba | GAIA |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | humans\u0026 ai, inc. | The Experience Company |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |\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). | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-14 |\n| Terms last updated |  | 2026-08-14 |\n| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-08-07 |\n| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 308 stars |\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**GAIA.** GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use.\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### GAIA\n\n1. Set Settings \u003e Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.\n2. Expect no public API on the hosted service. The backend turns off its OpenAPI document in production, so reach GAIA through its apps, bots or CLI.\n3. Check the plan before relying on the hosted service. The README and docs describe a Free plan, and the pricing page says GAIA is a paid product.\n4. For self-hosting, prepare Docker, Node.js 20, a WorkOS account and a model key first, and confirm the use is noncommercial under the licence.\n5. Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Boba or GAIA?\n\nGAIA scores 49.5 (D) 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-gaia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"boba\", \"b\": \"gaia\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare boba gaia`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Boba or GAIA\n\n- [asaply vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md)\n- [asaply vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Asmi vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba.md)\n- [Asmi vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-gaia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.md)\n- [Boba vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-boski.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 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- [Brea vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Del vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia.md)\n- [GAIA vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [GAIA vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits.md)\n- [GAIA vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [GAIA vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-szn.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Boski vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Caddy vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gaia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.md)\n- [folk vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia.md)\n- [GAIA vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [GAIA vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven.md)\n- [GAIA vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [GAIA vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct.md)\n- [GAIA vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon.md)\n- [GAIA vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lindy.md)\n- [GAIA vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [GAIA vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.md)\n- [GAIA vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.md)\n- [GAIA vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [GAIA vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-natura.md)\n- [GAIA vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-pally.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.md)\n- [GAIA vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-wajo.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- [GAIA vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Boba competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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