# Boba vs GAIA (slim)

> GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Boba's 10.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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 & pricing. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Boba: F 10.3, rank #1004 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.min.md
- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #816 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- Boba, good for Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them.
- GAIA, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 15; Schema & documentation, 51 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0; Security & auth, 54 against 0; Maintenance & community, 78 against 2; Transparency & trust, 60 against 39.

| Category | Boba | GAIA |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 39 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Boba | GAIA |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | The Experience Company |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-08-07 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | none | 308 stars |