# Claude Duet vs Poke (slim)

> Poke scores 37.6 (F) to Claude Duet's 17.9 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Claude Duet: F 17.9, rank #1162 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-duet.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #1112 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 37 against 31; Transparency & trust, 72 against 58. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.3 against 1.8 out of 5.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 15; Schema & documentation, 42 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 30 against 0; Security & auth, 24 against 14; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10.

| Category | Claude Duet | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 14 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 37 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Duet | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anthropic, PBC | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| 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. | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 1.8/5 (4) |