# Boski vs Orchid > Boski scores 26.2 (F) to Orchid's 20.2 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.md (~3,250 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.min.md (~480 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.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 Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Orchid leads on reliability. Both do assistants reached by message. - 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 - Orchid: grade F, 20.2/100, rank #992 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.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: - Schema & documentation, 15 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 13 against 0 - Security & auth, 45 against 0 Watch for: No free plan or trial found. ### Orchid (F) Good for: A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves. Ahead on: - Reliability, 50 against 25 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Boski | Orchid | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 50 | Orchid +25 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 10 | Boski +5 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 13 | 0 | Boski +13 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 0 | Boski +45 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 10 | even | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 23 | 24 | Orchid +1 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 60 | Boski +3 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **26.2 · F** | **20.2 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Boski | Orchid | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Boski, Inc. | Zero Email, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Paid | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026). | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | yes | no | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | 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 **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. **Orchid.** Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains. ## 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. ### Orchid 1. Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads. 2. Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number. 3. Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Boski or Orchid? Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Orchid leads on reliability. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "boski", "b": "orchid-ai"}`. 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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. - Orchid 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.