# Boski vs OpenInstinct (slim)

> Boski scores 26.2 (F) to OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenInstinct leads on reliability, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Boski: F 26.2, rank #981 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.min.md
- OpenInstinct: F 21.8, rank #988 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.min.md
- Boski, 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 Schema & documentation, 15 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 13 against 0; Security & auth, 45 against 0.
- OpenInstinct, good for Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet. Ahead on Reliability, 33 against 25; Payments & pricing, 50 against 10; Maintenance & community, 66 against 23. Also Open source.

| Category | Boski | OpenInstinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 33 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 13 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 23 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Boski | OpenInstinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Boski, Inc. | Merit Systems, Inc. |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026). | MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.). |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-05 |