# Boba vs Tab (slim)

> 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.

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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: F 10.3, rank #1004 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.min.md
- Tab: F 10.7, rank #1003 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.min.md
- Boba, 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 Free to start without a card.
- Tab, 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.

| Category | Boba | Tab |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 5 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 4 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 58 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 39 | 45 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Boba | Tab |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | Terrasoft, Inc. |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| 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). |