# DeepTutor vs Instinct (slim)

> DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) to Instinct's 7.5 (F) 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 Instinct's 7.5 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that remember you.

- DeepTutor: B 62.7, rank #494 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.min.md
- Instinct: F 7.5, rank #1237 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md
- DeepTutor, 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 10; Schema & documentation, 71 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 0; Security & auth, 51 against 3; Payments & pricing, 60 against 0; Maintenance & community, 84 against 2. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Instinct, good for People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone. Also No incidents deducted, where DeepTutor loses 3 points for them.

| Category | DeepTutor | Instinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 78 | 10 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 3 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 2 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 55 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepTutor | Instinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | HKUDS | Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct) |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Closed service under Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026). |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-26 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-26 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 51k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |