# DeepTutor vs Poke (slim)

> DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) to Poke's 37.7 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-poke.md (~3,900 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-poke.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-poke
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-30
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants that remember you.

- DeepTutor: B 62.7, rank #494 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.min.md
- Poke: F 37.7, rank #1139 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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 51; Schema & documentation, 71 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 30; Security & auth, 51 against 24; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 84 against 31. Also No key needed to call it; 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, 59 against 52. Also No incidents deducted, where DeepTutor loses 3 points for them.

| Category | DeepTutor | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 78 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepTutor | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | HKUDS | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 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 | 51k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (4) |