Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
Caddy vs Orbits
Caddy scores 16.7 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Orbits leads on reliability. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
Caddy F
Best 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
- Transparency & trust, 52 against 43
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Orbits F
Best for Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 15 against 10
Watch for
No public agent API, as llms.txt states.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Caddy | Orbits | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 10 | 15 | Orbits +5 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 20 | Caddy +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 55 | 54 | Caddy +1 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 52 | 43 | Caddy +9 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 16.7/100 | F 15.6/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Caddy | Orbits |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Caddy Technologies Inc. | Nemus AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Caddy's Terms of Service (Caddy Technologies Inc., last updated 27 April 2026). | Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.). |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |
| 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
Caddy
Caddy is a free iMessage and RCS assistant in public beta that watches connected mail, calendars and work apps and asks before sending email or changing data. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found, though its iOS app ships every week or two.
Orbits
Orbits is a family household app whose assistant, Bit, runs shared calendars, lists and meals, reads household email and places restaurant calls after approval, with iOS releases every week or two. No outside agent can call it, prices appear only as App Store in-app purchases, and no status page, security contact or named subprocessors were found.
Before you call either
Caddy
- Don't plan to call Caddy from another agent. It answers the owner's text messages, Siri and group chats it's added to.
- Expect Caddy to ask the owner before it sends email or creates an invite.
Orbits
- Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered.
- Tell the owner the assistant needs an Orbits subscription bought in the app, and that any trial appears only at purchase.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Caddy or Orbits?
Caddy scores 16.7 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Orbits leads on reliability.
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Disclosure
Caddy 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.
Orbits 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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