# Claude Duet vs QwenPaw (slim)

> QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) 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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QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on 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
- QwenPaw: B 62.2, rank #500 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw.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 Transparency & trust, 72 against 56. Also No incidents deducted, where QwenPaw loses 3 points for them.
- QwenPaw, good for One person who wants an assistant on Chinese and Western chat apps with scheduled digests, a consumer mailbox and file-based memory, on their own machine and with a model of their choice. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 15; Schema & documentation, 68 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 67 against 0; Security & auth, 60 against 14; Payments & pricing, 60 against 10; Maintenance & community, 73 against 37. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Claude Duet | QwenPaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 68 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 14 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 37 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Duet | QwenPaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Anthropic, PBC | AgentScope |
| Transports |  | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| 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. | Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Popularity | none | 36k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |