# Boski vs GAIA > GAIA scores 49.5 (D) 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-gaia - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.md (~3,250 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.min.md (~630 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.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 GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Boski's 26.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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 - GAIA: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #816 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.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. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them Watch for: No free plan or trial found. ### GAIA (D) Good for: It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source. Ahead on: - Reliability, 67 against 25 - Schema & documentation, 51 against 15 - Agent ergonomics, 54 against 13 - Security & auth, 54 against 45 - Payments & pricing, 20 against 10 - Maintenance & community, 78 against 23 Watch for: The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Boski | GAIA | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 67 | GAIA +42 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 51 | GAIA +36 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 13 | 54 | GAIA +41 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 54 | GAIA +9 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 20 | GAIA +10 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 23 | 78 | GAIA +55 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 60 | Boski +3 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -5 | | | **Total** | | **26.2 · F** | **49.5 · D** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Boski | GAIA | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Boski, Inc. | The Experience Company | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth | | Pricing | Paid | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026). | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | | Read-only variant documented | yes | no | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | Last release | none | 2026-09-14 | | Terms last updated | | 2026-08-14 | | Privacy policy last updated | | 2026-08-07 | | Customer content may train models | | not found in the text | | Terms restrict automated access | | yes | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text | | Terms or service can change without notice | | yes | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | yes | | Popularity | none | 308 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. **GAIA.** GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use. ## 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. ### GAIA 1. Set Settings > Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking. 2. Expect no public API on the hosted service. The backend turns off its OpenAPI document in production, so reach GAIA through its apps, bots or CLI. 3. Check the plan before relying on the hosted service. The README and docs describe a Free plan, and the pricing page says GAIA is a paid product. 4. For self-hosting, prepare Docker, Node.js 20, a WorkOS account and a model key first, and confirm the use is noncommercial under the licence. 5. Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Boski or GAIA? GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Boski's 26.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "boski", "b": "gaia"}`. 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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.