# Boski vs Poke (slim)

> Poke scores 37.6 (F) to Boski's 26.2 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Boski's 26.2 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Boski leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Boski: F 26.2, rank #981 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boski.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #960 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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 Security & auth, 45 against 24; Transparency & trust, 63 against 58.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 25; Schema & documentation, 42 against 15; Agent ergonomics, 30 against 13; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Maintenance & community, 31 against 23.

| Category | Boski | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 13 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 23 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Boski | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Boski, Inc. | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Closed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026). | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |