# Caddy vs GAIA (slim)

> GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Caddy's 16.7 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Caddy's 16.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Caddy leads on payments & pricing. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Caddy: F 16.7, rank #996 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/caddy-app.min.md
- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #816 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- Caddy, good for People who want a free assistant in iMessage or RCS that watches mail, calendars and work tools and asks before acting. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them.
- GAIA, good for It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 10; Schema & documentation, 51 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0; Security & auth, 54 against 0; Maintenance & community, 78 against 55; Transparency & trust, 60 against 52.

| Category | Caddy | GAIA |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 54 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 55 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Caddy | GAIA |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Caddy Technologies Inc. | The Experience Company |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under Caddy's Terms of Service (Caddy Technologies Inc., last updated 27 April 2026). | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-08-07 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | none | 308 stars |