Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
Del vs Orbits
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.
Best AI personal assistants that act for one person · All 834 assistants comparisons
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 54
- Transparency & trust, 57 against 43
Also in its favour
- Free to start without a card
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Orbits F
Best for Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
No public agent API, as llms.txt states.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Del | Orbits | 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 | 54 | Del +6 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 57 | 43 | Del +14 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 20.6/100 | F 15.6/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Del | Orbits |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Human Interface, Inc. | Nemus AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| 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 the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-13 |
| 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 |
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.
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
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.
Orbits
- Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered.
- 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, Del or Orbits?
Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.
Other comparisons with Del or Orbits
- asaply vs Del
- asaply vs Orbits
- Asmi vs Del
- Asmi vs Orbits
- AstrBot vs Del
- AstrBot vs Orbits
- Boba vs Del
- Boba vs Orbits
- Boski vs Del
- Boski vs Orbits
- Brea vs Del
- Brea vs Orbits
- Caddy vs Del
- Caddy vs Orbits
- CowAgent vs Del
- CowAgent vs Orbits
- Del vs folk
- Del vs GAIA
- Del vs Grok Bot
- Del vs Haven
- Del vs Hermes Agent
- Del vs HireAlpha
- Del vs Instinct
- Del vs IronClaw
- Del vs Lindy
- Del vs nanobot
- Del vs NanoClaw
- Del vs Natura tinyNature
- Del vs Dots
- Del vs OpenClaw
- Del vs OpenInstinct
- Del vs Orchid
- Del vs Pally
- Del vs PicoClaw
- Del vs Poke
- Del vs QwenPaw
- Del vs szn
- Del vs Tab
- Del vs Tomo
- Del vs Town
- Del vs Zapia
- Del vs ZeroClaw
- Del vs Zo Computer
- folk vs Orbits
- GAIA vs Orbits
- Grok Bot vs Orbits
- Haven vs Orbits
- Hermes Agent vs Orbits
- HireAlpha vs Orbits
- Instinct vs Orbits
- IronClaw vs Orbits
- Lindy vs Orbits
- nanobot vs Orbits
- NanoClaw vs Orbits
- Dots vs Orbits
- OpenClaw vs Orbits
- OpenInstinct vs Orbits
- Orbits vs Orchid
- Orbits vs Pally
- Orbits vs PicoClaw
- Orbits vs Poke
- Orbits vs QwenPaw
- Orbits vs szn
- Orbits vs Tab
- Orbits vs Tomo
- Orbits vs Town
- Orbits vs Zapia
- Orbits vs ZeroClaw
- Orbits vs Zo Computer
- Del vs Gemini Spark
- Del vs Leon
- Del vs Wajo (Fo)
- Gemini Spark vs Orbits
- Leon vs Orbits
- Natura tinyNature vs Orbits
- Orbits vs Wajo (Fo)
- Del vs Talorys
- Orbits vs Talorys
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.
Orbits 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.
Machine-readable
- This page as Markdown
/compare/del-vs-orbits.md· slim.min.md· JSON.json(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - Each listing in full
/api/v1/tools/del.json·/api/v1/tools/orbits.json - From a terminal
anchor compare del orbits(the CLI) - Over MCP
compare_tools {"a": "del", "b": "orbits"}at/mcp, no key