# Boba vs Tab > Tab and Boba score within a point of each other for assistants reached by message, 10.7 and 10.3 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md (~3,100 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.min.md (~480 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 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 & pricing. Both do assistants reached by message. - 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 - 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 - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Boba (F) Good for: Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images. Ahead on: - Reliability, 15 against 5 - Payments & pricing, 30 against 0 Also in its favour: - Free to start without a card Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ### Tab (F) Good for: A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls. Ahead on: - Maintenance & community, 58 against 2 - Transparency & trust, 45 against 39 Watch for: Private beta behind a waitlist. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Boba | Tab | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 5 | Boba +10 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 4 | Tab +4 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | Boba +30 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 58 | Tab +56 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 45 | Tab +6 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **10.7 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Boba | Tab | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | Terrasoft, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | no | | Terms last updated | | | | Privacy policy last updated | | | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | ## 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.** 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. ## Before you call either ### Boba 1. Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app. 2. Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models. ### Tab 1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread. 2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Tab? 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 & pricing. ## For agents - 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 - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "boba", "b": "tab-bot"}`. 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[Tab vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.md) - [Tab vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.md) ## 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. - 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.