# CowAgent vs Poke (slim)

> CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) to Poke's 37.6 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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CowAgent scores 58.5 (C) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistant proactive.

- CowAgent: C 58.5, rank #591 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cowagent.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #955 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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 51; Schema & documentation, 67 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 59 against 30; Security & auth, 43 against 24; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 83 against 31. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 58 against 45. Also No incidents deducted, where CowAgent loses 5 points for them.

| Category | CowAgent | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 84 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 45 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | CowAgent | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | zhayujie | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 47k stars | none |