# CowAgent vs OpenClaw (slim)

> OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) to CowAgent's 58.5 (C) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against CowAgent's 58.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. CowAgent leads on reliability. Both do assistant proactive.

- CowAgent: C 58.5, rank #591 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.min.md
- OpenClaw: B 67.1, rank #270 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.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 75. Also Free to start without a card.
- OpenClaw, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 67; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 59; Security & auth, 74 against 43; Transparency & trust, 68 against 45.

| Category | CowAgent | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 84 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | CowAgent | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | zhayujie | OpenClaw Foundation |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-12 |
| Popularity | 47k stars | 392k stars |