# Boba vs PicoClaw (slim)

> PicoClaw scores 46.1 (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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PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) 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
- PicoClaw: D 46.1, rank #883 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/picoclaw.min.md
- Boba, good for Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images. Also No incidents deducted, where PicoClaw loses 7 points for them.
- PicoClaw, good for A person who wants a chat-app assistant on a cheap Linux board, an old Android phone or a home server, with reminders, web search and file memory, and who accepts running software its maker calls pre-production. Ahead on Reliability, 54 against 15; Schema & documentation, 51 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 0; Security & auth, 51 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 22 against 2; Transparency & trust, 56 against 39. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Boba | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 54 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 22 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 39 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Boba | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | Sipeed |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | MIT |
| Last release | none | 2026-07-03 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 30k stars |