# Boski vs CowAgent > CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) to Boski's 26.2 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.md (~3,350 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.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 CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Boski's 26.2 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Boski leads on transparency & trust. Both do proactive personal assistants. - Boski: grade F, 26.2/100, rank #981 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boski.json - CowAgent: grade C, 58.5/100, rank #592 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/cowagent.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 ### Boski (F) Good for: People who want an agent working on personal goals between conversations, and who want ChatGPT or Codex to read their saved preferences. Ahead on: - Transparency & trust, 63 against 45 Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them Watch for: No free plan or trial found. ### CowAgent (C) Good for: One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers. Ahead on: - Reliability, 84 against 25 - Schema & documentation, 67 against 15 - Agent ergonomics, 59 against 13 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 10 - Maintenance & community, 83 against 23 Also in its favour: - Free to start without a card - Open source Watch for: Source and Docker installs default to full-access, and no mode asks the owner before a shell command, a file send or an MCP call ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Boski | CowAgent | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 84 | CowAgent +59 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 67 | CowAgent +52 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 13 | 59 | CowAgent +46 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 43 | Boski +2 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 60 | CowAgent +50 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 23 | 83 | CowAgent +60 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 45 | Boski +18 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | | | **Total** | | **26.2 · F** | **58.5 · C** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Boski | CowAgent | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Agent harness | | Vendor | Boski, Inc. | zhayujie | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | HTTP | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Paid | Free | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026). | MIT | | Read-only variant documented | yes | yes | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | Last release | none | 2026-09-30 | | Terms last updated | | no document linked | | Privacy policy last updated | | no document linked | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | | Popularity | none | 47k stars | ## Verdicts **Boski.** Boski is a hosted personal agent that works on its owner's goals over messaging channels for $5 a week, and its plugin lets ChatGPT and Codex read saved preferences under a read-only OAuth scope. No free option, status page or security contact was found, and the plugin's tool definitions weren't readable. **CowAgent.** MIT software with seven releases in 90 days, memory kept as plain files in the owner's workspace and three per-session permission modes. Source and Docker installs default to full-access, no action asks for approval, and an open report of 31 July 2026 says group members could reach the owner's files through the bot. ## Before you call either ### Boski 1. Use the Boski plugin only to read the owner's saved preferences and constraints. It can't save changes. 2. Ask the owner to finish Boski's onboarding interview if the plugin says it's incomplete, then retry. ### CowAgent 1. Set `agent_permission_mode` to `workspace-write` or `read-only` before connecting any channel. Source and Docker installs default to `full-access` 2. Keep the bot out of group chats that include other people. Any member who mentions it reaches the same tools as the owner 3. Set `web_password` before changing `web_host` to `0.0.0.0`. The password is empty by default 4. Set `external_api_token` to enable `POST /v1/chat/completions`, and send `conversation_id` to keep one session. The `model` field does not select a model 5. Run it in a container for a hard boundary. The docs and the source both say the permission modes are not isolation ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Boski or CowAgent? CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Boski's 26.2 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Boski leads on transparency & trust. ### Are Boski and CowAgent open source? No open-source release is listed for Boski. CowAgent is open source (MIT). ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-cowagent.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "boski", "b": "cowagent"}`. 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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.