{ "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": "Tab and Boba score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 10.7 (F) and 10.3 (F). Boba leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "tab-bot", "name": "Tab", "vendor": "Terrasoft, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://tab.bot", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Tab is a hosted AI assistant in private beta that people text in Messages. It has its own computer and browser, makes phone calls, works with connected accounts, and places orders or pays invoices after the owner approves.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json", "license": "Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Join the waitlist with a name and mobile number. Account access starts with a code sent to the verified number, and web sessions use HttpOnly SameSite cookies with only a keyed hash stored (https://tab.bot and https://tab.bot/security). Connected accounts use the provider's own authorisation flow, and write actions are denied by default unless the exact action is enabled (https://tab.bot/security).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No price or plan was published on tab.bot, checked 14 October 2026. The terms cover purchases the owner approves but name no subscription fee. The value of this field is unconfirmed.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tab.bot, its terms or security page, 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", "browser.hosted", "voice.calls", "commerce.checkout", "payments.card-token", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "waitlist" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Tab 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": 10.7, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1003, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 37, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 0, "reliability": 5, "schema": 0, "security": 4, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.", "bestFor": "A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.", "disclosure": "Tab 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": [ "Saved passwords are encrypted and filled inside a separate boundary, with only an opaque ID passed to the AI.", "Checkout is bound to the merchant, cart, recipient and exact total, and a charge is attempted once.", "Write actions on connected accounts are denied by default unless the exact action is enabled.", "Dated updates on eight days in September 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "Private beta behind a waitlist.", "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No price or plan published.", "The privacy policy says nothing on training with user content, and the home page loads ad pixels." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.", "Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 10.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 0, "reliability": 5, "schema": 0, "security": 4, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tab-bot" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Terrasoft, Inc.", "domain": "tab.bot", "domainRegistered": "2026-08-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://tab.bot/terms", "privacy": "https://tab.bot/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://tab.bot/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy name Terrasoft, Inc. and are effective 2 September 2026. The security page was last reviewed on 21 August 2026.", "tab.bot/.well-known/security.txt and llms.txt return 404. No status page was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-08-21 for tab.bot." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "humans\u0026 ai, inc.", "b": "Terrasoft, 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 Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "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": "Tab and Boba score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 10.7 (F) and 10.3 (F). Boba leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Tab?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 15 against 5", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0" ], "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": [ "Maintenance \u0026 community, 58 against 2", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 45 against 39" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.", "slug": "tab-bot", "watchFor": "Private beta behind a waitlist." } ], "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": 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"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-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boba vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "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-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-tab-bot.json", "title": "Boski vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Brea vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Caddy vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Dots vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Orbits vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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/pally-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Pally vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Poke vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "szn vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Tab vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.json", "title": "Tab vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Tab vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Tab vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Tab vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "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/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Leon vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Tab vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Tab vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo" } ], "scores": [ { "boba": 15, "by": 10, "edge": "boba", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "tab-bot": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "boba": 0, "by": 4, "edge": "tab-bot", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "tab-bot": 4, "weight": 14 }, { "boba": 30, "by": 30, "edge": "boba", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "boba": 2, "by": 56, "edge": "tab-bot", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "tab-bot": 58, "weight": 7 }, { "boba": 39, "by": 6, "edge": "tab-bot", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "tab-bot": 45, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Tab and Boba score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 10.7 (F) and 10.3 (F). Boba leads on reliability and 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.", "tab-bot": "Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.min.md" }, "markdown": "Tab and Boba score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 10.7 (F) and 10.3 (F). Boba leads on reliability and 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- Tab: grade F, 10.7/100, rank #1003 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.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- Reliability, 15 against 5\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\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### Tab (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.\n\nAhead on:\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 58 against 2\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 45 against 39\n\nWatch for: Private beta behind a waitlist.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Boba | Tab | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 5 | Boba +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 4 | Tab +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | Boba +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 58 | Tab +56 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 45 | Tab +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **10.7 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Boba | Tab |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | humans\u0026 ai, inc. | Terrasoft, 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 Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\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**Tab.** Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.\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### Tab\n\n1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.\n2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Tab?\n\nTab and Boba score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 10.7 (F) and 10.3 (F). Boba leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"boba\", \"b\": \"tab-bot\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare boba tab-bot`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Boba or Tab\n\n- [asaply vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md)\n- [asaply vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Asmi vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-boba.md)\n- [Asmi vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-boba.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot.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 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 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 Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Brea vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Caddy vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Del vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [folk vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Haven vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Lindy vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [nanobot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Dots vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Pally vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Poke vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [szn vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Tab vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Tab vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Tab vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tab vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tab vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zo-computer.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- [Gemini Spark vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Leon vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Tab vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Tab vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.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- Tab 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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