# Claude Duet vs Pally (slim)

> Pally scores 37.8 (F) to Claude Duet's 17.9 (F) for assistants that act in your accounts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Pally scores 37.8 (F) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

- Claude Duet: F 17.9, rank #1162 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.min.md
- Pally: F 37.8, rank #1110 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.min.md
- Claude Duet, good 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.
- Pally, good for A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 33 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 31 against 0; Security & auth, 44 against 14; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Maintenance & community, 75 against 37. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Claude Duet | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 31 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 14 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 37 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Duet | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anthropic, PBC | Pally Technologies, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` |
| Transports |  | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| 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 Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). |
| Tools exposed | none | 2 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |
| Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2026-10-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given |  |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (4) |