{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "caddy-app", "name": "Caddy", "vendor": "Caddy Technologies Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://caddy.app", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Caddy is a hosted personal AI assistant people text over iMessage or RCS. It watches connected mail, calendars and work apps, sends reminders and briefings, and drafts replies and calendar changes for the owner.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/caddy-app", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/caddy-app.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/caddy-app.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/caddy-app.json", "license": "Closed service under Caddy's Terms of Service (Caddy Technologies Inc., last updated 27 April 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign-in is with Google, then the person connects tools and continues in Messages (https://caddy.app/llms.txt). Financial accounts connect through Plaid, and Caddy does not receive bank login credentials (https://caddy.app/privacy).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "\"Caddy is free to use\" (https://caddy.app/llms.txt, checked 14 October 2026). The terms say some parts of the service may require payment, with pricing given in the service (https://caddy.app/terms-of-service). No paid plan was published.", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on caddy.app, llms.txt and the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://caddy.app/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "calendar.write", "tasks.create", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "llms-txt", "ios" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-13", "graded": true, "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 16.7, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 996, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 32, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 55, "payments": 30, "reliability": 10, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "People who want a free assistant in iMessage or RCS that watches mail, calendars and work tools and asks before acting.", "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.", "strengths": [ "Free, with Google sign-in and no card.", "Asks for approval before sending email, creating invites or changing data, per llms.txt.", "The privacy policy says customer data doesn't train models and is deleted within 30 days of account deletion.", "The bank link through Plaid is read-only.", "Eight iOS releases between 21 August and 13 October 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "In public beta.", "No status page, changelog, security.txt or security contact found.", "llms.txt says there's no app to install, while the App Store lists Caddy's iOS app.", "Model providers aren't named." ], "agentNotes": [ "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." ], "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": 16.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 55, "payments": 30, "reliability": 10, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 43 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/caddy-app" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Caddy Technologies Inc.", "domain": "caddy.app", "domainRegistered": "2018-05-05", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://caddy.app/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://caddy.app/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms cover both trycaddy.ai and caddy.app.", "caddy.app/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2018-05-05 for caddy.app, which may predate the company." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/caddy-app.json" }, "answer": "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.", "b": { "slug": "orbits", "name": "Orbits", "vendor": "Nemus AI, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://tryorbits.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Orbits is a household assistant app for iOS and Android with an AI called Bit. It manages family calendars, lists, meals, chores and home upkeep, reads household email, and can place phone calls and build Instacart carts.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json", "license": "Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An account in the Orbits app, with a Home that family members join by invite code. Apple iCloud, Google and Microsoft accounts can be connected, and texting Bit works only from registered phone numbers (https://tryorbits.com and https://tryorbits.com/privacy).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The app is \"Free to download\" (https://tryorbits.com/install), and the App Store says the assistant needs an Orbits subscription. The App Store lists Orbits Membership in-app purchases at $3.99, $9.99 and $89.99, with no period shown (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orbits-your-home-handled/id6751995632, checked 14 October 2026). The terms say prices and any free trial are shown at purchase and vary by region and platform (https://tryorbits.com/tos).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tryorbits.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://tryorbits.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "calendar.write", "mailbox.read", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "voice.calls", "commerce.checkout", "tasks.create", "memory.user", "notify.push" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "ios", "android", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-13", "graded": true, "disclosure": "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 15.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 997, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 33, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 43 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.", "disclosure": "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.", "strengths": [ "Bit places a restaurant call only after the owner approves the restaurant, party size, date, time and name.", "Nine iOS releases between 23 July and 13 October 2026.", "Connected-account content doesn't train foundation models, per the privacy policy." ], "weaknesses": [ "No public agent API, as llms.txt states.", "No price on tryorbits.com. The assistant needs a subscription, priced only as App Store in-app purchases with no period shown.", "Terms and privacy policy carry no dates.", "No status page, security.txt or named subprocessors." ], "agentNotes": [ "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." ], "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": 15.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 51 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/orbits" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Nemus AI, Inc.", "domain": "tryorbits.com", "domainRegistered": "2025-08-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://tryorbits.com/tos", "privacy": "https://tryorbits.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "No date was found on the terms or the privacy policy.", "tryorbits.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "No X account is linked from the pages read.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2025-08-30 for tryorbits.com." ], "score": 51 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Caddy Technologies Inc.", "b": "Nemus AI, 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": "Free", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under Caddy's Terms of Service (Caddy Technologies Inc., last updated 27 April 2026).", "b": "Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-13", "b": "2026-10-13", "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": "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.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Caddy or Orbits?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 43" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "People who want a free assistant in iMessage or RCS that watches mail, calendars and work tools and asks before acting.", "slug": "caddy-app", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 15 against 10" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.", "slug": "orbits", "watchFor": "No public agent API, as llms.txt states." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "asaply vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits.json", "title": "asaply vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "Asmi vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Asmi vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orbits.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "Boba vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Boba vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Boski vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits" }, { "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-orbits.json", "title": "Brea vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits" }, { "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/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Caddy vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Caddy vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Caddy vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-szn.json", "title": "Caddy vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Caddy vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Caddy vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits" }, { "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/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.json", "title": "folk vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits.json", "title": "GAIA vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Haven vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Instinct vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orbits.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Lindy vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orbits.json", "title": "nanobot vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orbits.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Dots vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orbits.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Orbits vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.json", "title": "Orbits vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Orbits vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orbits vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Orbits vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn.json", "title": "Orbits vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Orbits vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Orbits vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.json", "title": "Orbits vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orbits vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Orbits vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Orbits vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-caddy-app.json", "title": "Boski vs Caddy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-caddy-app" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Caddy vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Caddy vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Caddy vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Caddy vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Caddy vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-haven.json", "title": "Caddy vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Caddy vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Caddy vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Caddy vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-leon.json", "title": "Caddy vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Caddy vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Caddy vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Caddy vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Caddy vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Caddy vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Caddy vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke.json", "title": "Caddy vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Caddy vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town.json", "title": "Caddy vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Caddy vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Caddy vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-natura.json", "title": "Caddy vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-pally.json", "title": "Caddy vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Caddy vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Caddy vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Leon vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Orbits vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Caddy vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Orbits vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 5, "caddy-app": 10, "edge": "orbits", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "orbits": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 0, "caddy-app": 10, "edge": "", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "orbits": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "caddy-app": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "orbits": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "caddy-app": 0, "edge": "", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "orbits": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "caddy-app": 30, "edge": "caddy-app", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "orbits": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "caddy-app": 55, "edge": "caddy-app", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "orbits": 54, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "caddy-app": 52, "edge": "caddy-app", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "orbits": 43, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "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.", "verdicts": { "caddy-app": "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.min.md" }, "markdown": "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.\n\n- Caddy: grade F, 16.7/100, rank #996 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/caddy-app.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/caddy-app.json\n- Orbits: grade F, 15.6/100, rank #997 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.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### Caddy (F)\n\nGood for: People who want a free assistant in iMessage or RCS that watches mail, calendars and work tools and asks before acting.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 43\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### Orbits (F)\n\nGood for: Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 15 against 10\n\nWatch for: No public agent API, as llms.txt states.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Caddy | Orbits | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 15 | Orbits +5 |\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) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Caddy +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 55 | 54 | Caddy +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 43 | Caddy +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **16.7 · F** | **15.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Caddy | Orbits |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Caddy Technologies Inc. | Nemus AI, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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.). |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |\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**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.\n\n**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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Caddy\n\n1. Don't plan to call Caddy from another agent. It answers the owner's text messages, Siri and group chats it's added to.\n2. Expect Caddy to ask the owner before it sends email or creates an invite.\n\n### Orbits\n\n1. Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered.\n2. Tell the owner the assistant needs an Orbits subscription bought in the app, and that any trial appears only at purchase.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Caddy or Orbits?\n\nCaddy 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.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"caddy-app\", \"b\": \"orbits\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare caddy-app orbits`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/caddy-app.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Caddy or Orbits\n\n- [asaply vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [asaply vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Asmi vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Asmi vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orbits.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Boba vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Boba vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Boski vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Brea vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Brea vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Caddy vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del.md)\n- [Caddy vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Caddy vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Caddy vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Caddy vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-szn.md)\n- [Caddy vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Caddy vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Del vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.md)\n- [folk vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.md)\n- [GAIA vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Haven vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Instinct vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Lindy vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orbits.md)\n- [nanobot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orbits.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Dots vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orbits.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Orbits vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orbits vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.md)\n- [Orbits vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Orbits vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orbits vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Orbits vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Orbits vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.md)\n- [Orbits vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orbits vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orbits vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Boski vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Caddy vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Caddy vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Caddy vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Caddy vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Caddy vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Caddy vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-haven.md)\n- [Caddy vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Caddy vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Caddy vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Caddy vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-leon.md)\n- [Caddy vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Caddy vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Caddy vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Caddy vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Caddy vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Caddy vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Caddy vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke.md)\n- [Caddy vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Caddy vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town.md)\n- [Caddy vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Caddy vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Caddy vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-natura.md)\n- [Caddy vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-pally.md)\n- [Caddy vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Caddy vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Leon vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Orbits vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Caddy vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Orbits vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- 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.\n- 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. 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