# Caddy vs Orchid (slim)

> Orchid scores 20.2 (F) to Caddy's 16.7 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.md (~3,300 tokens) · this version ~530 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Caddy's 16.7 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Caddy leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Caddy: F 16.7, rank #996 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/caddy-app.min.md
- Orchid: F 20.2, rank #992 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.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 10; Maintenance & community, 55 against 24.
- Orchid, good for A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 10; Transparency & trust, 60 against 52.

| Category | Caddy | Orchid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 55 | 24 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Caddy | Orchid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Caddy Technologies Inc. | Zero Email, Inc. |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under Caddy's Terms of Service (Caddy Technologies Inc., last updated 27 April 2026). | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | none |