{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "brea", "name": "Brea", "vendor": "Brea AI LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://brea.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Brea is a hosted personal AI assistant people text in iMessage. It replies to email, books flights and handles tasks across more than 2,000 connected apps, and uses a cloud browser for sites without an integration.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brea", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brea.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brea.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/brea.json", "license": "Closed service under Brea's terms (Brea AI LLC, last updated 2 July 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign up with a phone number at https://app.brea.ai/start, then text Brea in iMessage (https://brea.ai/llms.txt). Brea texts a secure link to connect an app when it needs one, and OAuth tokens are stored encrypted by its managed OAuth provider. Site logins are saved on a secure page, never in chat (https://brea.ai and https://brea.ai/privacy).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "\"Every account starts free, with every feature included. You do not need a credit card to sign up\" (https://brea.ai, FAQ, checked 14 October 2026). The docs name three plans, Free, Starter and Pro, which differ in monthly AI usage (not numbered) and connectors (1, 3 and no limit), billed monthly or yearly, with current prices shown only on the in-app Plan page (https://docs.brea.ai/settings/plan/). No paid price was published.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on brea.ai, llms.txt or the terms, checked 14 October 2026. Purchases use one-time cards through Link by Stripe.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.brea.ai", "llmsTxt": "https://brea.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "browser.hosted", "commerce.checkout", "payments.card-token", "travel.booking", "memory.user", "notify.push" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "ios", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Brea 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 12.9, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1001, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 36, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 7, "transparency": 48 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Brea is an iMessage assistant with a free plan that needs no card, approval by reply before it sends, deletes or pays, and one-time Link cards for purchases. No outside agent can call it, paid prices sit inside the app, and no changelog or subprocessor list was found.", "bestFor": "An iPhone user who wants an assistant across many apps and websites with per-action approval.", "disclosure": "Brea 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.", "strengths": [ "Free plan with every feature and no credit card, per the FAQ and docs.", "Asks before sending, inviting, deleting, paying or changing settings, with ALLOW, ALWAYS or DENY replies.", "Each purchase uses a new one-time card approved in Link.", "A published security reporting address, read by a person." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "Paid plan prices appear only on the in-app Plan page.", "No changelog, release notes or status page found.", "No hosting, model or OAuth providers named." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Brea from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage thread.", "Tell the owner that replying ALWAYS stops Brea asking again for that action." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 12.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 7, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 55 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/brea" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Brea AI LLC", "domain": "brea.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-08-25", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://brea.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://brea.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms were last updated on 2 July 2026 and the privacy policy on 28 September 2026.", "brea.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2023-08-25 for brea.ai, which may predate the product." ], "score": 55 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brea.json" }, "answer": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on security \u0026 auth.", "b": { "slug": "del", "name": "Del", "vendor": "Human Interface, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.withdel.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Del is a hosted personal assistant and task workspace reached by text over iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, Discord or Slack. It keeps tasks, notes and reminders, reads and edits calendars, and handles Gmail and web tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json", "license": "Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "\"No app, no login, just text Del\" to start, with a web app for the workspace (https://www.withdel.com). Google access uses the calendar.events and gmail.modify scopes. gmail.modify cannot permanently delete messages, and disconnecting deletes the stored tokens (https://www.withdel.com/privacy). Website logins are kept in a Vault (https://www.withdel.com/updates).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "\"Free to get started\" with a 14-day trial that needs no card, per the home page and the updates page (https://www.withdel.com and https://www.withdel.com/updates, checked 14 October 2026). The updates page records the monthly price lowered from $20 to $14.99 and names Standard and Pro plans, with web browsing tasks limited to five a month on Standard and unlimited on Pro. No pricing page was found.", "priceSummary": "$14.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on withdel.com, llms.txt or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://withdel.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "browser.hosted", "tasks.create", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "llms-txt", "no-card" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Del 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 20.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 991, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 28, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Del is a hosted texting assistant and task workspace across iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, Discord and Slack, with a near-daily public changelog and a card-free 14-day trial. No outside agent can call it, no status page or security contact was found, and recent updates let some email actions skip approval.", "bestFor": "People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.", "disclosure": "Del 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.", "strengths": [ "Dated changelog entries on most days, the latest on 7 October 2026.", "Card-free 14-day trial.", "The privacy policy names hosting providers and regions, and says user content doesn't train generalised models.", "Gmail access uses the modify scope, which can't permanently delete messages." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "Since late September Del saves Gmail drafts, and sends email when the owner is the only recipient, without asking.", "No pricing page, and Standard and Pro aren't priced separately.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "A Human Interface employee may review requests, which Del discloses in the conversation." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Del from another agent. It answers only the owner's messaging threads and web workspace.", "Tell the owner web browsing tasks are limited to five a month on Standard and unlimited on Pro." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 20.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 54 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/del" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Del subscription", "unit": "month", "usd": 14.99, "note": "Lowered from $20, per the updates page. Plan tier not stated for this price." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Human Interface, Inc.", "domain": "withdel.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-05-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.withdel.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.withdel.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.withdel.com/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms were last updated on 5 August 2026 and the privacy policy on 30 September 2026.", "withdel.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page was found.", "robots.txt carries Content-Signal search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-05-14 for withdel.com." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Brea AI LLC", "b": "Human Interface, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under Brea's terms (Brea AI LLC, last updated 2 July 2026).", "b": "Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-10-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Brea or Del?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 7 against 0" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An iPhone user who wants an assistant across many apps and websites with per-action approval.", "slug": "brea", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 25 against 15", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 4", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 48" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.", "slug": "del", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-brea.json", "title": "asaply vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.json", "title": "asaply vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-brea.json", "title": "Asmi vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del.json", "title": "Asmi vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-brea.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea.json", "title": "Boba vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.json", "title": "Boba vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-brea.json", "title": "Boski vs Brea", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-brea" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.json", "title": "Boski vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "Brea vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Brea vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Brea vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Brea vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Brea vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-haven.json", "title": "Brea vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Brea vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Brea vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Brea vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Brea vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Brea vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Brea vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Brea vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-natura.json", "title": "Brea vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Brea vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Brea vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Brea vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Brea vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Brea vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-pally.json", "title": "Brea vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Brea vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke.json", "title": "Brea vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Brea vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-szn.json", "title": "Brea vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Brea vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Brea vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town.json", "title": "Brea vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Brea vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Brea vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Brea vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del.json", "title": "Caddy vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Del vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Del vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Del vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-haven.json", "title": "Del vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Del vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Del vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Del vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Del vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Del vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Del vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Del vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-natura.json", "title": "Del vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Del vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Del vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Del vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Del vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Del vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally.json", "title": "Del vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Del vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke.json", "title": "Del vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Del vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn.json", "title": "Del vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Del vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Del vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.json", "title": "Del vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Del vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Del vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Del vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Brea vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-leon.json", "title": "Brea vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Brea vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Del vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-leon.json", "title": "Del vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Del vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Brea vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Del vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "brea": 15, "by": 10, "del": 25, "edge": "del", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "brea": 10, "by": 0, "del": 10, "edge": "", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "brea": 0, "by": 0, "del": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "brea": 7, "by": 7, "del": 0, "edge": "brea", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "brea": 20, "by": 10, "del": 30, "edge": "del", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "brea": 4, "by": 56, "del": 60, "edge": "del", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "brea": 48, "by": 9, "del": 57, "edge": "del", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do assistants reached by message.", "verdicts": { "brea": "Brea is an iMessage assistant with a free plan that needs no card, approval by reply before it sends, deletes or pays, and one-time Link cards for purchases. No outside agent can call it, paid prices sit inside the app, and no changelog or subprocessor list was found.", "del": "Del is a hosted texting assistant and task workspace across iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, Discord and Slack, with a near-daily public changelog and a card-free 14-day trial. No outside agent can call it, no status page or security contact was found, and recent updates let some email actions skip approval." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.min.md" }, "markdown": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on security \u0026 auth. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- Brea: grade F, 12.9/100, rank #1001 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/brea.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/brea.json\n- Del: grade F, 20.6/100, rank #991 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Brea (F)\n\nGood for: An iPhone user who wants an assistant across many apps and websites with per-action approval.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 7 against 0\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### Del (F)\n\nGood for: People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 25 against 15\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 4\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 48\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Brea | Del | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 25 | Del +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 10 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 7 | 0 | Brea +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Del +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 4 | 60 | Del +56 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 57 | Del +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **12.9 · F** | **20.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Brea | Del |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Brea AI LLC | Human Interface, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under Brea's terms (Brea AI LLC, last updated 2 July 2026). | Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Brea.** Brea is an iMessage assistant with a free plan that needs no card, approval by reply before it sends, deletes or pays, and one-time Link cards for purchases. No outside agent can call it, paid prices sit inside the app, and no changelog or subprocessor list was found.\n\n**Del.** Del is a hosted texting assistant and task workspace across iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, Discord and Slack, with a near-daily public changelog and a card-free 14-day trial. No outside agent can call it, no status page or security contact was found, and recent updates let some email actions skip approval.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Brea\n\n1. Don't plan to call Brea from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage thread.\n2. Tell the owner that replying ALWAYS stops Brea asking again for that action.\n\n### Del\n\n1. Don't plan to call Del from another agent. It answers only the owner's messaging threads and web workspace.\n2. Tell the owner web browsing tasks are limited to five a month on Standard and unlimited on Pro.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Brea or Del?\n\nDel scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Brea's 12.9 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Brea leads on security \u0026 auth.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"brea\", \"b\": \"del\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare brea del`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/brea.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Brea or Del\n\n- [asaply vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-brea.md)\n- [asaply vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.md)\n- [Asmi vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-brea.md)\n- [Asmi vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-brea.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.md)\n- [Boba vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-brea.md)\n- [Boba vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.md)\n- [Boski vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-brea.md)\n- [Boski vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.md)\n- [Brea vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Brea vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Brea vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Brea vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Brea vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Brea vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-haven.md)\n- [Brea vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Brea vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Brea vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Brea vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Brea vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Brea vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Brea vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Brea vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-natura.md)\n- [Brea vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Brea vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Brea vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Brea vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Brea vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Brea vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-pally.md)\n- [Brea vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Brea vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke.md)\n- [Brea vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Brea vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-szn.md)\n- [Brea vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Brea vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Brea vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town.md)\n- [Brea vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Brea vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Brea vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Caddy vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.md)\n- [Del vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Del vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Del vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Del vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-haven.md)\n- [Del vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Del vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Del vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Del vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Del vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Del vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-natura.md)\n- [Del vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Del vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Del vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Del vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Del vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Del vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally.md)\n- [Del vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke.md)\n- [Del vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Del vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn.md)\n- [Del vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Del vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Del vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.md)\n- [Del vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Del vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Brea vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Brea vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-leon.md)\n- [Brea vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Del vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Del vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-leon.md)\n- [Del vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Brea vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Del vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Brea 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.\n- Del competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. 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