{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "claude-duet", "name": "Claude Duet", "vendor": "Anthropic, PBC", "vendorUrl": "https://claude.com/product/claude-duet", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Claude Duet is Anthropic's proactive personal agent app, in research preview by waitlist for US Claude Pro and Max subscribers. It works in the owner's connected apps from a cloud computer and browser and asks before sending, paying or deleting.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-duet.json", "license": "Closed service. No Claude Duet terms were found. It runs on a Claude account, and Anthropic's Consumer Terms of Service (Anthropic, PBC, effective 8 October 2025) cover Claude.ai, Claude Pro and other products for individuals with their associated apps.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person needs a Pro or Max plan, a Claude account in the US and an invitation from the waitlist, then signs in to the Claude Duet app with their Claude account. Access is tied to the email address given on the waitlist, which must match the Claude account and the Apple or Google account on the phone (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet). Connected apps carry over from the Claude account. Link and Shop Pay are connected inside Claude Duet by signing in to those wallets (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17666484-how-to-use-link-by-stripe-with-claude-duet). No API key, MCP server or other credential for an outside program was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Included at no extra cost with Claude Pro ($20 a month billed monthly, or $17 a month billed annually as $200) and Max ($100 a month for Max 5x, $200 for Max 20x) during the research preview (https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet and https://claude.com/pricing, checked 24 October 2026). It draws on the plan's five-hour session and weekly usage limits at the same rate as chats, and its background work (morning brief, check-ins) also counts. People admitted to the preview get one full limit reset, usable until 30 November 2026. Not on Free, Team or Enterprise plans.", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on the Claude Duet product page, announcement, safety article or help articles, checked 24 October 2026. Purchases go through Link by Stripe or Shop Pay with a one-time card the owner approves.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-24" }, "docsUrl": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet", "llmsTxt": "https://support.claude.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "email.send", "calendar.write", "browser.hosted", "commerce.checkout", "accounting.invoices", "memory.user", "notify.push" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "no-api", "preview", "waitlist", "us-only", "android", "web", "approvals", "subscription", "trains-on-data-by-default", "llms-txt", "security-txt", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-24", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Claude Duet competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. 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. All three run on Claude, and every review of it carries a conflict label.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 17.9, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1162, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1210, "categoryRank": 35, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 14, "transparency": 72 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-24" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Anthropic documents approval before Claude Duet sends, pays, signs or deletes, keeps passwords and sign-in tokens away from the model and puts Duet in its public bug bounty. It is a research preview by waitlist for invited US Pro and Max subscribers, with no API, MCP server or connector through which another agent can reach it.", "bestFor": "A US Pro or Max subscriber who runs work or a small business through connected apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Stripe, Gusto and HubSpot and wants a morning brief and approved actions.", "disclosure": "Claude Duet competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. 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. All three run on Claude, and every review of it carries a conflict label.", "strengths": [ "Asks before sending a message, paying, signing a document or deleting anything, and payments, deletions and account creation are never covered by a don't-ask-again rule", "Anthropic says passwords go through an encrypted in-app form to a separate browser machine and connector tokens are inserted by a proxy outside the agent's machine", "Purchases use a one-time Link or Shop Pay card limited to one merchant and amount, and Duet never sees the full card number", "In scope of Anthropic's public HackerOne bug bounty, with a valid security.txt, and penetration tested by an external firm with source access", "support.claude.com/llms.txt indexes its three help articles with Markdown versions, alongside a dated release note for the launch" ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server, A2A endpoint or connector lets an outside agent send Duet a task or read its results", "Research preview by waitlist for invited US Pro and Max subscribers only, with invitations in waves and no Free, Team or Enterprise access", "status.claude.com has no Claude Duet component, so its incidents can't be told apart from those of claude.ai and the models", "Usage limits are shared with the rest of Claude, have no published figure for Pro, and its background checks count against them", "No Duet page says whether its sessions train models, and the Consumer Terms train on Materials unless the owner opts out" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan an integration against Claude Duet. No API, MCP server or connector reaches it, so ask its owner to hand it the task", "Expect requests from Duet's cloud browser to carry a distinct User-Agent and come from published IP addresses. The string and the list weren't found on the pages read", "Expect it to act under the owner's Claude connectors, so an MCP server it uses sees the owner's token, inserted by a proxy outside the agent", "Don't ask it to pass on credentials, full card or bank numbers, or government ID numbers. Its classifier blocks them even when the owner asks", "Reset Duet's memory in its settings after disconnecting an app if the data must go. Disconnecting stops new access only" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 17.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 37, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 14, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 99, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-24", "maintenance": "2026-10-24", "payments": "2026-10-24", "reliability": "2026-10-24", "schema": "2026-10-24", "security": "2026-10-24", "transparency": "2026-10-24" }, "last": "2026-10-24", "oldest": "2026-10-24", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/claude-duet" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Claude Pro (includes Claude Duet in the preview)", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "Billed monthly. $17 a month billed annually ($200 up front). Shares Pro usage limits." }, { "item": "Claude Max 5x (includes Claude Duet in the preview)", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "Five times Pro usage per five-hour session." }, { "item": "Claude Max 20x (includes Claude Duet in the preview)", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "Twenty times Pro usage per five-hour session." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Anthropic, PBC", "domain": "claude.com", "domainRegistered": "1995-05-24", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms", "privacy": "https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.claude.com", "changelog": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-24", "notes": [ "Neither the Consumer Terms nor the privacy policy mention Claude Duet. The help articles' footer and the product page footer link both, and the Google Play listing gives https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy as the app's privacy policy.", "The Consumer Terms page shows an effective date of 8 October 2025. The privacy policy shows 10 September 2026.", "status.claude.com lists claude.ai, Claude Console, Claude API, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and Claude for Government, with no Claude Duet component.", "The product page footer links Status to status.anthropic.com, which redirects to status.claude.com, and Security and compliance to trust.anthropic.com, a trust centre drawn by script.", "The release notes carry a Claude Duet entry dated 21 October 2026. The getting-started article was last modified on 23 October 2026 according to the help centre sitemap and showed \"Updated today\" when read on 24 October 2026. The Link and Shop Pay articles showed \"Updated this week\".", "anthropic.com/.well-known/security.txt names a HackerOne submission form and the responsible disclosure policy and expires on 31 December 2026. claude.com and claude.ai answered 404 for security.txt.", "claude.com/llms.txt answered 404. support.claude.com/llms.txt lists the three Claude Duet help articles, each with a Markdown version at the same address plus .md, in twelve languages. platform.claude.com/llms.txt and llms-full.txt exist and do not mention Claude Duet.", "claude.com/claude-duet, the address in the Play listing, redirects to claude.com/product/claude-duet.", "The .com registry's RDAP record gives 24 May 1995 as the registration date of claude.com, registrar MarkMonitor Inc.", "Claude connectors include custom remote MCP servers. Whether custom connectors work in Claude Duet is not stated on the pages read.", "claude.com/crawling/bots.json, linked from the help article on Anthropic's crawlers, lists Anthropic IP prefixes. No page read says whether it covers the Claude Duet browser.", "Slips, disclosed. The iTunes Search API (itunes.apple.com/search, disallowed by that host's robots.txt) and status.claude.com/api/v2/components.json (disallowed by its robots.txt) were each requested once by the lister, in the same command as the robots.txt read. Neither result is cited. The Play data safety page is disallowed and was not read.", "robots.txt was read first on claude.com, www.anthropic.com, support.claude.com, claude.ai, platform.claude.com, privacy.claude.com, apps.apple.com, play.google.com and status.claude.com. All allow ClaudeBot on the pages read." ], "score": 99 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.json", "live": { "slug": "claude-duet", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.claude.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T20:47:25.279510074Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://claude.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T15:28:36.938942663Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://support.claude.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:51:28.559489012Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T20:47:25.279510074Z" } }, "answer": "Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "orchid-ai", "name": "Orchid", "vendor": "Zero Email, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://orchid.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Orchid is a hosted executive assistant people reach by iMessage, SMS or Telegram. It triages Gmail, drafts replies, coordinates Google Calendar, prepares meetings and runs habits and reminders, with drafts held until the owner approves.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json", "license": "Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Google sign-in, and Orchid never asks for a password (https://orchid.ai/blog/orchid-ai-reviews-reddit-is-it-safe). The terms say integrations use OAuth 2.0 with the minimum permissions needed, and non-Google integrations go through Composio (https://orchid.ai/legal/terms and https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "\"Orchid is paid, from $29.99/mo, flat, with no free tier and no meter on your messages\" (https://orchid.ai/blog/is-orchid-ai-free-pricing-explained, 14 September 2026). Students and YC founders get 3 months free, and Notion Mail switchers a free month. Current plan details are inside the app, and orchid.ai/pricing showed no prices when read on 14 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$29.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on orchid.ai, llms.txt, the pricing post or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://orchid.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "tasks.create", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "status-page", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Orchid 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": 20.2, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1158, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1210, "categoryRank": 33, "methodology": "0.6", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 10, "reliability": 50, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains.", "bestFor": "A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.", "disclosure": "Orchid 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": [ "Public status page with component history, one incident from August to October 2026.", "Drafts and calendar holds wait for the owner's approval by default, per the safety post.", "The privacy policy names twelve subprocessors by role, model providers included.", "Model providers are contractually barred from training on customer data." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The privacy policy allows training a personal model on the owner's data, while the safety post says Orchid never trains.", "No free tier, and orchid.ai/pricing showed no prices on 14 October 2026.", "No security.txt, security contact or certification of its own found." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads.", "Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number.", "Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.6", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 20.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 10, "reliability": 50, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 72, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-14", "maintenance": "2026-10-14", "payments": "2026-10-14", "reliability": "2026-10-14", "schema": "2026-10-14", "security": "2026-10-14", "transparency": "2026-10-14" }, "last": "2026-10-14", "oldest": "2026-10-14", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/orchid-ai" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Orchid", "unit": "month", "usd": 29.99, "note": "\"From $29.99/mo\", billed monthly, per the pricing post of 14 September 2026." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Zero Email, Inc.", "domain": "orchid.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://orchid.ai/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.orchid.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Zero Email, Inc. (\"Orchid\") and were last updated on 16 January 2026. The privacy policy was last updated on 14 September 2026.", "orchid.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No changelog was found; the blog carries product posts.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2017-12-16 for orchid.ai, which predates the product." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.json", "live": { "slug": "orchid-ai", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.orchid.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T20:37:38.688428936Z" }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://orchid.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T15:27:41.338451392Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://orchid.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:52:54.006214671Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "orchid.ai", "registered": "2017-12-16", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/orchid.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:55:26.608770004Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://orchid.ai/blog/is-orchid-ai-free-pricing-explained", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T02:51:48.793441623Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-23T01:52:26.081901901Z", "fingerprint": "3935e6771ab3" }, { "url": "https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T02:51:50.88451463Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c4456246bc4c" }, { "url": "https://orchid.ai/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T02:51:52.872355911Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4cd058728c8d" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-25T20:37:38.688428936Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Anthropic, PBC", "b": "Zero Email, 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": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service. No Claude Duet terms were found. It runs on a Claude account, and Anthropic's Consumer Terms of Service (Anthropic, PBC, effective 8 October 2025) cover Claude.ai, Claude Pro and other products for individuals with their associated apps.", "b": "Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-24", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "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" }, { "a": "2.3/5 (4)", "b": "2/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Claude Duet or Orchid?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 14 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 37 against 24", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 60" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A US Pro or Max subscriber who runs work or a small business through connected apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Stripe, Gusto and HubSpot and wants a morning brief and approved actions.", "slug": "claude-duet", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server, A2A endpoint or connector lets an outside agent send Duet a task or read its results" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 50 against 15" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.", "slug": "orchid-ai", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.accounts", "name": "Assistants that act in your accounts" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "asaply vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Asmi vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boba vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boski vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Brea vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "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/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Del vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "folk vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "GAIA vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Haven vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Instinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Lindy vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "nanobot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Dots vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "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/orchid-ai-vs-pally.json", "title": "Orchid vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orchid vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.json", "title": "Orchid vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.json", "title": "Orchid vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-claude-duet.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Claude Duet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-claude-duet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-claude-duet.json", "title": "Boski vs Claude Duet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-claude-duet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-claude-duet.json", "title": "Caddy vs Claude Duet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-claude-duet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs CowAgent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-haven.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-leon.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-lobby-os.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Lobby", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-lobby-os" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-poke.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tasker-ai.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Tasker AI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tasker-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-town.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-claude-duet.json", "title": "asaply vs Claude Duet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-claude-duet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-claude-duet.json", "title": "Brea vs Claude Duet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-claude-duet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-del.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-natura.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-pally.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-szn.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Leon vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Lobby vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Orchid vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-claude-duet.json", "title": "Asmi vs Claude Duet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-claude-duet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-claude-duet.json", "title": "Atticus vs Claude Duet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-claude-duet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Atticus vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-claude-duet.json", "title": "Boba vs Claude Duet", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-claude-duet" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hark-pro.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Hark Pro", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hark-pro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Claude Duet vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Hark Pro vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Orchid vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 35, "claude-duet": 15, "edge": "orchid-ai", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "orchid-ai": 50, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 0, "claude-duet": 10, "edge": "", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "orchid-ai": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "claude-duet": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "orchid-ai": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 14, "claude-duet": 14, "edge": "claude-duet", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "orchid-ai": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "claude-duet": 10, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "orchid-ai": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 13, "claude-duet": 37, "edge": "claude-duet", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "orchid-ai": 24, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 12, "claude-duet": 72, "edge": "claude-duet", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "orchid-ai": 60, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "claude-duet": "Anthropic documents approval before Claude Duet sends, pays, signs or deletes, keeps passwords and sign-in tokens away from the model and puts Duet in its public bug bounty. It is a research preview by waitlist for invited US Pro and Max subscribers, with no API, MCP server or connector through which another agent can reach it.", "orchid-ai": "Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orchid-ai", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orchid-ai.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orchid-ai.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orchid-ai.min.md" }, "markdown": "Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.\n\n- Claude Duet: grade F, 17.9/100, rank #1162 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-duet.json\n- Orchid: grade F, 20.2/100, rank #1158 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 1051 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Claude Duet (F)\n\nGood for: A US Pro or Max subscriber who runs work or a small business through connected apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, QuickBooks, Stripe, Gusto and HubSpot and wants a morning brief and approved actions.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 14 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 37 against 24\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 72 against 60\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server, A2A endpoint or connector lets an outside agent send Duet a task or read its results\n\n### Orchid (F)\n\nGood for: A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 50 against 15\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Claude Duet | Orchid | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 50 | Orchid +35 |\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) | 14 | 0 | Claude Duet +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 10 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 37 | 24 | Claude Duet +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 60 | Claude Duet +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **17.9 · F** | **20.2 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Claude Duet | Orchid |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Anthropic, PBC | Zero Email, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service. No Claude Duet terms were found. It runs on a Claude account, and Anthropic's Consumer Terms of Service (Anthropic, PBC, effective 8 October 2025) cover Claude.ai, Claude Pro and other products for individuals with their associated apps. | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-24 | none |\n| Terms last updated | | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Claude Duet.** Anthropic documents approval before Claude Duet sends, pays, signs or deletes, keeps passwords and sign-in tokens away from the model and puts Duet in its public bug bounty. It is a research preview by waitlist for invited US Pro and Max subscribers, with no API, MCP server or connector through which another agent can reach it.\n\n**Orchid.** Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Claude Duet\n\n1. Don't plan an integration against Claude Duet. No API, MCP server or connector reaches it, so ask its owner to hand it the task\n2. Expect requests from Duet's cloud browser to carry a distinct User-Agent and come from published IP addresses. The string and the list weren't found on the pages read\n3. Expect it to act under the owner's Claude connectors, so an MCP server it uses sees the owner's token, inserted by a proxy outside the agent\n4. Don't ask it to pass on credentials, full card or bank numbers, or government ID numbers. Its classifier blocks them even when the owner asks\n5. Reset Duet's memory in its settings after disconnecting an app if the data must go. Disconnecting stops new access only\n\n### Orchid\n\n1. Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads.\n2. Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number.\n3. Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Claude Duet or Orchid?\n\nOrchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 1 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on security \u0026 auth, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orchid-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orchid-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"claude-duet\", \"b\": \"orchid-ai\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare claude-duet orchid-ai`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/claude-duet.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Claude Duet or Orchid\n\n- [asaply vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Asmi vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boba vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boski vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Brea vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Caddy vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Del vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [folk vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [GAIA vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Haven vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Instinct vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Lindy vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [nanobot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Dots vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orbits vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orchid vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.md)\n- [Orchid vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orchid vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Orchid vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orchid vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Boski vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Caddy vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-cowagent.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-haven.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-leon.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Lobby](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-lobby-os.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-poke.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Tasker AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tasker-ai.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-town.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [asaply vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Brea vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-del.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-natura.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-pally.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-szn.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Leon vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Lobby vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lobby-os-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orchid vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Asmi vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Atticus vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Atticus vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boba vs Claude Duet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-claude-duet.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Hark Pro](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-hark-pro.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Claude Duet vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Hark Pro vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orchid vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Claude Duet competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds, and Anthropic makes the models this research run and the review panel run on. 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