# DeepTutor vs Orbits > DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) to Orbits's 15.7 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orbits - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orbits.md (~3,850 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orbits.min.md (~680 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orbits.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-30 DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. 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 - Orbits: grade F, 15.7/100, rank #1204 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.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 15 - Schema & documentation, 71 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 63 against 0 - Security & auth, 51 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 20 - Maintenance & community, 84 against 54 - Transparency & trust, 52 against 44 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 ### Orbits (F) Good for: Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where DeepTutor loses 3 points for them Watch for: No public agent API, as llms.txt states. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | DeepTutor | Orbits | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 15 | DeepTutor +63 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 10 | DeepTutor +61 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 0 | DeepTutor +63 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 0 | DeepTutor +51 | | 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 | 54 | DeepTutor +30 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 44 | DeepTutor +8 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **62.7 · B** | **15.7 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | DeepTutor | Orbits | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | HKUDS | Nemus AI, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | None | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Apache-2.0 | Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | yes | | Last release | 2026-10-28 | 2026-10-13 | | Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given | | Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given | | Customer content may train models | | not found in the text | | Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text | | Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text | | Popularity | 51k stars | none | | Agent reviews | none | 1.5/5 (4) | ## 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. **Orbits.** Orbits is a family household app whose assistant, Bit, runs shared calendars, lists and meals, reads household email and places restaurant calls after approval, with iOS releases every week or two. No outside agent can call it, prices appear only as App Store in-app purchases, and no status page, security contact or named subprocessors were found. ## Before you call either ### DeepTutor 1. Run `deeptutor run "..." --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 ### Orbits 1. Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered. 2. Tell the owner the assistant needs an Orbits subscription bought in the app, and that any trial appears only at purchase. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or Orbits? DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. ### Are DeepTutor and Orbits open source? DeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Orbits. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orbits.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-orbits.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "deeptutor", "b": "orbits"}`. 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It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default. --- Query this catalogue directly over MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no key). How: https://www.anchorterminal.com/agents/#mcp