{ "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": "Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "orchid-ai", "name": "Orchid", "vendor": "Zero Email, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://orchid.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Orchid is a hosted executive assistant people reach by iMessage, SMS or Telegram. It triages Gmail, drafts replies, coordinates Google Calendar, prepares meetings and runs habits and reminders, with drafts held until the owner approves.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json", "license": "Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Google sign-in, and Orchid never asks for a password (https://orchid.ai/blog/orchid-ai-reviews-reddit-is-it-safe). The terms say integrations use OAuth 2.0 with the minimum permissions needed, and non-Google integrations go through Composio (https://orchid.ai/legal/terms and https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "\"Orchid is paid, from $29.99/mo, flat, with no free tier and no meter on your messages\" (https://orchid.ai/blog/is-orchid-ai-free-pricing-explained, 14 September 2026). Students and YC founders get 3 months free, and Notion Mail switchers a free month. Current plan details are inside the app, and orchid.ai/pricing showed no prices when read on 14 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$29.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on orchid.ai, llms.txt, the pricing post or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://orchid.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "tasks.create", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "status-page", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Orchid 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": 20.2, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 992, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 29, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 10, "reliability": 50, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains.", "bestFor": "A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.", "disclosure": "Orchid 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": [ "Public status page with component history, one incident from August to October 2026.", "Drafts and calendar holds wait for the owner's approval by default, per the safety post.", "The privacy policy names twelve subprocessors by role, model providers included.", "Model providers are contractually barred from training on customer data." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The privacy policy allows training a personal model on the owner's data, while the safety post says Orchid never trains.", "No free tier, and orchid.ai/pricing showed no prices on 14 October 2026.", "No security.txt, security contact or certification of its own found." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads.", "Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number.", "Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it." ], "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": 20.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 10, "reliability": 50, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/orchid-ai" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Orchid", "unit": "month", "usd": 29.99, "note": "\"From $29.99/mo\", billed monthly, per the pricing post of 14 September 2026." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Zero Email, Inc.", "domain": "orchid.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://orchid.ai/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.orchid.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Zero Email, Inc. (\"Orchid\") and were last updated on 16 January 2026. The privacy policy was last updated on 14 September 2026.", "orchid.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No changelog was found; the blog carries product posts.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2017-12-16 for orchid.ai, which predates the product." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.json", "live": { "slug": "orchid-ai", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.orchid.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T01:33:09.414260421Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:33:09.414260421Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "b": "Zero Email, 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 Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "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": "Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Orchid?" } ], "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, 50 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 24 against 2", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 39" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.", "slug": "orchid-ai", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.json", "title": "asaply vs Boba", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "asaply vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba.json", "title": "Asmi vs Boba", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Asmi vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Boba", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "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" }, { "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-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-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boski vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Brea vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Caddy vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Del vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "folk vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "GAIA vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Haven vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Instinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Lindy vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "nanobot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Dots vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Orbits vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.json", "title": "Orchid vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orchid vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.json", "title": "Orchid vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.json", "title": "Orchid vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs ZeroClaw", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Boba vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-leon.json", "title": "Boba vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Boba vs Talorys", "url": "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/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Orchid vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "boba": 15, "by": 35, "edge": "orchid-ai", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "orchid-ai": 50, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 10, "edge": "orchid-ai", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "orchid-ai": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "orchid-ai": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "orchid-ai": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "boba": 30, "by": 20, "edge": "boba", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "orchid-ai": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 2, "by": 22, "edge": "orchid-ai", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "orchid-ai": 24, "weight": 7 }, { "boba": 39, "by": 21, "edge": "orchid-ai", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "orchid-ai": 60, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 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.", "orchid-ai": "Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.min.md" }, "markdown": "Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 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- Orchid: grade F, 20.2/100, rank #992 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.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### Orchid (F)\n\nGood for: A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 50 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 24 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 39\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Boba | Orchid | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 50 | Orchid +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 10 | Orchid +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\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 | 24 | Orchid +22 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 60 | Orchid +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **20.2 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Boba | Orchid |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | humans\u0026 ai, inc. | Zero Email, 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 Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\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**Orchid.** Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains.\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### Orchid\n\n1. Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads.\n2. Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number.\n3. Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Orchid?\n\nOrchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 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-orchid-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"boba\", \"b\": \"orchid-ai\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare boba orchid-ai`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Boba or Orchid\n\n- [asaply vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md)\n- [asaply vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Asmi vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba.md)\n- [Asmi vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.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 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 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 Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Brea vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Caddy vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Del vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [folk vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [GAIA vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Haven vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Instinct vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Lindy vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [nanobot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Dots vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orbits vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orchid vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.md)\n- [Orchid vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orchid vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Orchid vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orchid vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Leon vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orchid vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-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- [Orchid vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.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- Orchid 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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