# DeepTutor vs Tab > DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) to Tab's 10.6 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tab-bot - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tab-bot.md (~3,800 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tab-bot.min.md (~680 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tab-bot.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 Tab's 10.6 (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 - Tab: grade F, 10.6/100, rank #1224 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.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 5 - Schema & documentation, 71 against 0 - Agent ergonomics, 63 against 0 - Security & auth, 51 against 4 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 0 - Maintenance & community, 84 against 58 - 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 ### Tab (F) Good for: A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where DeepTutor loses 3 points for them Watch for: Private beta behind a waitlist. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | DeepTutor | Tab | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 5 | DeepTutor +73 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 0 | DeepTutor +71 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 0 | DeepTutor +63 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 4 | DeepTutor +47 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 0 | DeepTutor +60 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 58 | DeepTutor +26 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 44 | DeepTutor +8 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **62.7 · B** | **10.6 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | DeepTutor | Tab | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | HKUDS | Terrasoft, 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 Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | no | | Last release | 2026-10-28 | none | | Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-02 | | Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-02 | | 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 | 1.8/5 (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. **Tab.** Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content. ## 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 ### Tab 1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread. 2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, DeepTutor or Tab? DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. ### Are DeepTutor and Tab open source? DeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Tab. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tab-bot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deeptutor-vs-tab-bot.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "deeptutor", "b": "tab-bot"}`. 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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