# Claude Duet vs Zo Computer > Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) to Claude Duet's 17.9 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer.md (~4,100 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer.min.md (~780 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-25 Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on transparency & trust. Both do proactive personal assistants. - 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 - Zo Computer: grade E, 43.1/100, rank #1053 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 1051 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Claude Duet (F) 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 60 Watch for: No API, MCP server, A2A endpoint or connector lets an outside agent send Duet a task or read its results ### Zo Computer (E) Good for: One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step. Ahead on: - Schema & documentation, 73 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 34 against 0 - Security & auth, 37 against 14 - Payments & pricing, 40 against 10 - Maintenance & community, 68 against 37 Also in its favour: - A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install Watch for: The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Claude Duet | Zo Computer | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 73 | Zo Computer +63 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 34 | Zo Computer +34 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 14 | 37 | Zo Computer +23 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 40 | Zo Computer +30 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 37 | 68 | Zo Computer +31 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 60 | Claude Duet +12 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **17.9 · F** | **43.1 · E** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Claude Duet | Zo Computer | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | HTTP API | | Vendor | Anthropic, PBC | Zo Computer Company | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` | | Transports | | HTTP | | Auth | OAuth or key | API key | | Pricing | Paid | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | 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 Zo Computer Company's terms of service | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | Last release | 2026-10-24 | 2026-09-14 | | Terms last updated | | 2025-08-08 | | Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-05-20 | | Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text | | Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text | | Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text | | Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.3/5 (4) | ## 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. **Zo Computer.** Zo publishes an OpenAPI file, Markdown docs, plan prices and a named list of the providers that receive user content. One access token grants full access to the workspace, no approval step before sending or buying was found in the reviewed docs, and no status page, rate limit or SLA is published. ## Before you call either ### Claude Duet 1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. Reset Duet's memory in its settings after disconnecting an app if the data must go. Disconnecting stops new access only ### Zo Computer 1. Send `POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask` with `Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_...` and an `input` string. The owner creates the token under Settings > Advanced 2. Pass `persona_id` for a persona with a narrow tool set. The token itself carries every permission the owner has 3. Set `memory_mode` to `off` to keep workspace memory out of a request. The field is in the OpenAPI file and absent from the API guide 4. Do not retry `/zo/ask` blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented and the request may already have sent a message 5. Append `.md` to any guide or reference URL for Markdown ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Claude Duet or Zo Computer? Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Claude Duet's 17.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Claude Duet leads on transparency & trust. ### Can an agent call Claude Duet and Zo Computer without installing anything? No hosted endpoint is listed for Claude Duet. Zo Computer has a hosted endpoint at https://api.zo.computer/mcp. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-duet-vs-zo-computer.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "claude-duet", "b": "zo-computer"}`. 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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. --- Query this catalogue directly over MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no key). How: https://www.anchorterminal.com/agents/#mcp