# Boba vs OpenClaw (slim)

> OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) 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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OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Boba: F 10.3, rank #1004 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.min.md
- OpenClaw: B 67.1, rank #270 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.min.md
- Boba, good for Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images. Also 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 15; Schema & documentation, 84 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 0; Security & auth, 74 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 86 against 2; Transparency & trust, 68 against 39. Also Open source.

| Category | Boba | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 39 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Boba | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | OpenClaw Foundation |
| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 392k stars |