{ "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 Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "tab-bot", "name": "Tab", "vendor": "Terrasoft, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://tab.bot", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Tab is a hosted AI assistant in private beta that people text in Messages. It has its own computer and browser, makes phone calls, works with connected accounts, and places orders or pays invoices after the owner approves.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json", "license": "Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Join the waitlist with a name and mobile number. Account access starts with a code sent to the verified number, and web sessions use HttpOnly SameSite cookies with only a keyed hash stored (https://tab.bot and https://tab.bot/security). Connected accounts use the provider's own authorisation flow, and write actions are denied by default unless the exact action is enabled (https://tab.bot/security).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No price or plan was published on tab.bot, checked 14 October 2026. The terms cover purchases the owner approves but name no subscription fee. The value of this field is unconfirmed.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tab.bot, its terms or security page, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "browser.hosted", "voice.calls", "commerce.checkout", "payments.card-token", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "waitlist" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Tab 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": 10.7, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1003, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 37, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 0, "reliability": 5, "schema": 0, "security": 4, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.", "bestFor": "A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.", "disclosure": "Tab 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": [ "Saved passwords are encrypted and filled inside a separate boundary, with only an opaque ID passed to the AI.", "Checkout is bound to the merchant, cart, recipient and exact total, and a charge is attempted once.", "Write actions on connected accounts are denied by default unless the exact action is enabled.", "Dated updates on eight days in September 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "Private beta behind a waitlist.", "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No price or plan published.", "The privacy policy says nothing on training with user content, and the home page loads ad pixels." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.", "Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 10.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 0, "reliability": 5, "schema": 0, "security": 4, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tab-bot" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Terrasoft, Inc.", "domain": "tab.bot", "domainRegistered": "2026-08-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://tab.bot/terms", "privacy": "https://tab.bot/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://tab.bot/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy name Terrasoft, Inc. and are effective 2 September 2026. The security page was last reviewed on 21 August 2026.", "tab.bot/.well-known/security.txt and llms.txt return 404. No status page was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-08-21 for tab.bot." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Caddy Technologies Inc.", "b": "Terrasoft, 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 Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-13", "b": "none", "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 Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Caddy or Tab?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 10 against 5", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 45" ], "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": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.", "slug": "tab-bot", "watchFor": "Private beta behind a waitlist." } ], "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "asaply vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "Asmi vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "Boba vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Boski vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": 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"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/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/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Leon vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Tab vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Tab vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 5, "caddy-app": 10, "edge": "caddy-app", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "tab-bot": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "caddy-app": 10, "edge": "caddy-app", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "caddy-app": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "caddy-app": 0, "edge": "tab-bot", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "tab-bot": 4, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "caddy-app": 30, "edge": "caddy-app", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "caddy-app": 55, "edge": "tab-bot", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "tab-bot": 58, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 7, "caddy-app": 52, "edge": "caddy-app", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "tab-bot": 45, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Caddy scores 16.7 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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.", "tab-bot": "Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.min.md" }, "markdown": "Caddy scores 16.7 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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- Tab: grade F, 10.7/100, rank #1003 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.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- Reliability, 10 against 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 52 against 45\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### Tab (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.\n\nWatch for: Private beta behind a waitlist.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Caddy | Tab | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 5 | Caddy +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 0 | Caddy +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 4 | Tab +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | Caddy +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 55 | 58 | Tab +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 45 | Caddy +7 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **16.7 · F** | **10.7 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Caddy | Tab |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Caddy Technologies Inc. | Terrasoft, 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 Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-13 | none |\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**Tab.** Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.\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### Tab\n\n1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.\n2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Caddy or Tab?\n\nCaddy scores 16.7 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"caddy-app\", \"b\": \"tab-bot\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare caddy-app tab-bot`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/caddy-app.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Caddy or Tab\n\n- [asaply vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [asaply vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Asmi vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Asmi vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Boba vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boski vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Brea vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-caddy-app.md)\n- [Brea vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.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 Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.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 Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Del vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [folk vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Haven vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Lindy vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [nanobot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Dots vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Pally vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Poke vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [szn vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Tab vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Tab vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Tab vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tab vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tab vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-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- [Caddy vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Leon vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Tab vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Tab vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.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- Tab 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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