# DeepTutor vs GAIA

> DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) to GAIA's 49.7 (D) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. GAIA leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants that remember you.

- DeepTutor: grade B, 62.7/100, rank #494 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json
- GAIA: grade D, 49.7/100, rank #954 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### DeepTutor (B)

Good for: A learner, a teacher or a small group that wants a self-hosted tutor over their own documents, with quizzes, research reports, memory and IM companions, or for an agent that hands study tasks to it through the JSON CLI.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 78 against 67
- Schema & documentation, 71 against 51
- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 54
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 84 against 78

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Free to start without a card
- Open source

Watch for: The default launch binds the backend to 0.0.0.0 with sign-in off and CORS open to any origin with credentials

### GAIA (D)

Good for: It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.

Ahead on:
- Transparency & trust, 62 against 52

Watch for: The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval.


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | DeepTutor | GAIA | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 67 | DeepTutor +11 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 51 | DeepTutor +20 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 54 | DeepTutor +9 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 54 | GAIA +3 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | DeepTutor +40 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 78 | DeepTutor +6 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 62 | GAIA +10 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -5 | |
| **Total** | | **62.7 · B** | **49.7 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | DeepTutor | GAIA |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | HKUDS | The Experience Company |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | None | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-07 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 51k stars | 308 stars |

## Verdicts

**DeepTutor.** DeepTutor runs on the owner's machine under Apache 2.0, ships releases every few days with upgrade notes, and gives other agents a JSON CLI with resumable sessions. Its default launch binds all interfaces with sign-in off and permissive CORS, there is no security policy, and two CVEs in 2026 covered a shell-tool RCE and a multi-user MCP bypass, both fixed.

**GAIA.** GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use.

## Before you call either

### DeepTutor

1. Run `deeptutor run <capability> "..." --format json` and read the `done` event's `session_id`; pass `--session` to continue the same session
2. Configure with `deeptutor config apply setup.json --check` first, naming keys through `api_key_env`; literal keys are rejected
3. Before exposing it beyond one machine, enable sign-in in `auth.json`, set exact `cors_origins` and set `BACKEND_HOST=127.0.0.1` where loopback is wanted
4. Run 1.4.10 or later. Earlier versions carry CVE-2026-51870 (shell tool RCE, fixed in 1.4.1) and CVE-2026-58168 (multi-user MCP bypass)
5. Set `sandbox_allow_subprocess` to false where generated code must run only in the runner sidecar or bubblewrap

### GAIA

1. Set Settings > Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.
2. Expect no public API on the hosted service. The backend turns off its OpenAPI document in production, so reach GAIA through its apps, bots or CLI.
3. Check the plan before relying on the hosted service. The README and docs describe a Free plan, and the pricing page says GAIA is a paid product.
4. For self-hosting, prepare Docker, Node.js 20, a WorkOS account and a model key first, and confirm the use is noncommercial under the licence.
5. Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or GAIA?

DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.7 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. GAIA leads on transparency & trust.

### Are DeepTutor and GAIA open source?

DeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for GAIA.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-gaia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-gaia.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "deeptutor", "b": "gaia"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare deeptutor gaia`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json

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