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Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run

Boski vs Tab

Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Tab leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistants reached by message.

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BoskiBoski, Inc. · Platform F26.2/100#981 of 1010 TabTerrasoft, Inc. · Platform F10.7/100#1003 of 1010

Which one, for what

Boski F

Best 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

  • Reliability, 25 against 5
  • Schema & documentation, 15 against 0
  • Agent ergonomics, 13 against 0
  • Security & auth, 45 against 4
  • Payments & pricing, 10 against 0
  • Transparency & trust, 63 against 45

Watch for

No free plan or trial found.

Tab F

Best for A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.

Ahead on

  • Maintenance & community, 58 against 23

Watch for

Private beta behind a waitlist.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runBoskiTabEdge
Reliability16%20255Boski +20
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2150Boski +15
Agent ergonomics13%16.2130Boski +13
Security & auth14%17.5454Boski +41
Payments & pricing10%12.5100Boski +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.82358Tab +35
Transparency & trust7%8.86345Boski +18
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 26.2/100F 10.7/100

Facts side by side

FactBoskiTab
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorBoski, Inc.Terrasoft, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under Boski's Terms of Service (Boski, Inc., a Delaware corporation, effective 20 August 2026).Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).
Read-only variant documentedyesno
llms.txtyesno
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.

Tab

Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.

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.

Tab

  1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.
  2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Boski or Tab?

Boski scores 26.2 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Tab leads on maintenance & community.

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Disclosure

Boski 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.

Tab 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.

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