# CowAgent vs IronClaw (slim)

> IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) to CowAgent's 58.5 (C) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against CowAgent's 58.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. CowAgent leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do assistant proactive.

- CowAgent: C 58.5, rank #591 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.min.md
- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- CowAgent, good for One technical owner who wants an assistant on WeChat, Feishu, DingTalk, Telegram, Slack or Discord with memory in local files and a choice of Chinese and Western model providers. Ahead on Reliability, 84 against 67; Maintenance & community, 83 against 74. Also Free to start without a card.
- IronClaw, good for One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 74 against 67; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 59; Security & auth, 66 against 43; Transparency & trust, 75 against 45.

| Category | CowAgent | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 84 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | CowAgent | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | zhayujie | NEAR AI |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Popularity | 47k stars | 13k stars |