Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
Del vs HireAlpha
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.4 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
Del F
Best for People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 25 against 10
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 60 against 2
- Transparency & trust, 57 against 24
Also in its favour
- Free to start without a card
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Best for A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies.
Also in its favour
- No key needed to call it
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
Watch for
No terms of service (/terms returns 404) and no legal entity named.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Del | HireAlpha | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 25 | 10 | Del +15 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 20 | Del +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 60 | 2 | Del +58 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 57 | 24 | Del +33 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 20.6/100 | F 8.4/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Del | HireAlpha |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Human Interface, Inc. | HireAlpha |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | https://hirealpha.chat/api/public |
| Transports | HTTP | |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026). | Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | |
| Privacy policy last updated | ||
| Customer content may train models | ||
| Terms restrict automated access | ||
| Terms restrict benchmarking | ||
| Terms or service can change without notice | ||
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |
Verdicts
Del
Del is a hosted texting assistant and task workspace across iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, Discord and Slack, with a near-daily public changelog and a card-free 14-day trial. No outside agent can call it, no status page or security contact was found, and recent updates let some email actions skip approval.
HireAlpha
HireAlpha sells AI personas over iMessage and SMS at $19 a month each, with a no-training privacy page and deletion within 30 days. Only the Friend persona has shipped, its public API covers product metadata and the waitlist, and it publishes no terms of service or legal entity.
Before you call either
Del
- Don't plan to call Del from another agent. It answers only the owner's messaging threads and web workspace.
- Tell the owner web browsing tasks are limited to five a month on Standard and unlimited on Pro.
HireAlpha
- Don't plan to call a HireAlpha persona from another agent. The per-user API needs the owner's session and isn't open to third parties.
- Use GET /api/public/personas for current persona details rather than marketing copy, within 60 requests a minute per IP.
- Treat the recommendation to agents in its llms.txt as the vendor's own claim, not an evaluation.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Del or HireAlpha?
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.4 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.
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Disclosure
Del competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.
HireAlpha competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.
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