Head to head · Assistants that act in your accounts · October 2026 research run
Del vs Lobby
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.
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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 15
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 60 against 2
- Transparency & trust, 57 against 43
Also in its favour
- Free to start without a card
- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Lobby F
Best for A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Del | Lobby | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 25 | 15 | Del +10 |
| 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 | 43 | Del +14 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 20.6/100 | F 11.1/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Del | Lobby |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Human Interface, Inc. | Lobby OS, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| 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 under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | none |
| Terms last updated | ||
| 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 | ||
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |
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.
Lobby
Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026.
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.
Lobby
- Don't plan to call Lobby from another agent. It works only inside its own app for the signed-in owner.
- Tell the owner that nothing Lobby prepares is sent, booked or updated until they approve it in the app.
- Check whether the 7-day trial takes a card before signing the owner up. The terms don't say.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Del or Lobby?
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (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.
Lobby 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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