# CowAgent vs Lobby (slim)

> CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) to Lobby's 11.1 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- CowAgent: C 58.5, rank #650 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.min.md
- Lobby: F 11.1, rank #1182 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.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 15; Schema & documentation, 67 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0; Security & auth, 43 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 83 against 2. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Lobby, good for A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools. Also No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them.

| Category | CowAgent | Lobby |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 84 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 2 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 43 |

| Fact (where they differ) | CowAgent | Lobby |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | zhayujie | Lobby OS, Inc. |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026. |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 47k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) |