{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "del", "name": "Del", "vendor": "Human Interface, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.withdel.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Del is a hosted personal assistant and task workspace reached by text over iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, Discord or Slack. It keeps tasks, notes and reminders, reads and edits calendars, and handles Gmail and web tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json", "license": "Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "\"No app, no login, just text Del\" to start, with a web app for the workspace (https://www.withdel.com). Google access uses the calendar.events and gmail.modify scopes. gmail.modify cannot permanently delete messages, and disconnecting deletes the stored tokens (https://www.withdel.com/privacy). Website logins are kept in a Vault (https://www.withdel.com/updates).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "\"Free to get started\" with a 14-day trial that needs no card, per the home page and the updates page (https://www.withdel.com and https://www.withdel.com/updates, checked 14 October 2026). The updates page records the monthly price lowered from $20 to $14.99 and names Standard and Pro plans, with web browsing tasks limited to five a month on Standard and unlimited on Pro. No pricing page was found.", "priceSummary": "$14.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on withdel.com, llms.txt or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://withdel.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "browser.hosted", "tasks.create", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "llms-txt", "no-card" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 20.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 991, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 28, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.", "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.", "strengths": [ "Dated changelog entries on most days, the latest on 7 October 2026.", "Card-free 14-day trial.", "The privacy policy names hosting providers and regions, and says user content doesn't train generalised models.", "Gmail access uses the modify scope, which can't permanently delete messages." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "Since late September Del saves Gmail drafts, and sends email when the owner is the only recipient, without asking.", "No pricing page, and Standard and Pro aren't priced separately.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "A Human Interface employee may review requests, which Del discloses in the conversation." ], "agentNotes": [ "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." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 20.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 25, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 54 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/del" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Del subscription", "unit": "month", "usd": 14.99, "note": "Lowered from $20, per the updates page. Plan tier not stated for this price." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Human Interface, Inc.", "domain": "withdel.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-05-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.withdel.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.withdel.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.withdel.com/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms were last updated on 5 August 2026 and the privacy policy on 30 September 2026.", "withdel.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page was found.", "robots.txt carries Content-Signal search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-05-14 for withdel.com." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.json" }, "answer": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "orbits", "name": "Orbits", "vendor": "Nemus AI, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://tryorbits.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Orbits is a household assistant app for iOS and Android with an AI called Bit. It manages family calendars, lists, meals, chores and home upkeep, reads household email, and can place phone calls and build Instacart carts.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json", "license": "Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An account in the Orbits app, with a Home that family members join by invite code. Apple iCloud, Google and Microsoft accounts can be connected, and texting Bit works only from registered phone numbers (https://tryorbits.com and https://tryorbits.com/privacy).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The app is \"Free to download\" (https://tryorbits.com/install), and the App Store says the assistant needs an Orbits subscription. The App Store lists Orbits Membership in-app purchases at $3.99, $9.99 and $89.99, with no period shown (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orbits-your-home-handled/id6751995632, checked 14 October 2026). The terms say prices and any free trial are shown at purchase and vary by region and platform (https://tryorbits.com/tos).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tryorbits.com, llms.txt or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://tryorbits.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "calendar.write", "mailbox.read", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "voice.calls", "commerce.checkout", "tasks.create", "memory.user", "notify.push" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "ios", "android", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-13", "graded": true, "disclosure": "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 15.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 997, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 33, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 43 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.", "disclosure": "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.", "strengths": [ "Bit places a restaurant call only after the owner approves the restaurant, party size, date, time and name.", "Nine iOS releases between 23 July and 13 October 2026.", "Connected-account content doesn't train foundation models, per the privacy policy." ], "weaknesses": [ "No public agent API, as llms.txt states.", "No price on tryorbits.com. The assistant needs a subscription, priced only as App Store in-app purchases with no period shown.", "Terms and privacy policy carry no dates.", "No status page, security.txt or named subprocessors." ], "agentNotes": [ "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." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 15.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 20, "reliability": 15, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 35 }, "provenanceScore": 51 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/orbits" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Nemus AI, Inc.", "domain": "tryorbits.com", "domainRegistered": "2025-08-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://tryorbits.com/tos", "privacy": "https://tryorbits.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "No date was found on the terms or the privacy policy.", "tryorbits.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "No X account is linked from the pages read.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2025-08-30 for tryorbits.com." ], "score": 51 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Human Interface, Inc.", "b": "Nemus AI, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026).", "b": "Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "2026-10-13", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Del or Orbits?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 25 against 15", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 54", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 43" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.", "slug": "del", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.", "slug": "orbits", "watchFor": "No public agent API, as llms.txt states." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.json", "title": "asaply vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits.json", "title": "asaply vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del.json", "title": "Asmi vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Asmi vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orbits.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.json", "title": "Boba vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Boba vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.json", "title": "Boski vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Boski vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.json", "title": "Brea vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Brea vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del.json", "title": "Caddy vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Caddy vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio.json", "title": "Del vs folk", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Del vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Del vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-haven.json", "title": "Del vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Del vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Del vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Del vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Del vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Del vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Del vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Del vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-natura.json", "title": "Del vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Del vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Del vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "Del vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Del vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally.json", "title": "Del vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Del vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke.json", "title": "Del vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Del vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn.json", "title": "Del vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Del vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Del vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.json", "title": "Del vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Del vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Del vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Del vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.json", "title": "folk vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits.json", "title": "GAIA vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Haven vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Instinct vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orbits.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Lindy vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orbits.json", "title": "nanobot vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orbits.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Dots vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orbits.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Orbits vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.json", "title": "Orbits vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Orbits vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orbits vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Orbits vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn.json", "title": "Orbits vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Orbits vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Orbits vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.json", "title": "Orbits vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orbits vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Orbits vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Orbits vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "Del vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-leon.json", "title": "Del vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Del vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Leon vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orbits.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Orbits vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Del vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Orbits vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 10, "del": 25, "edge": "del", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "orbits": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 0, "del": 10, "edge": "", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "orbits": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "del": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "orbits": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "del": 0, "edge": "", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "orbits": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "del": 30, "edge": "del", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "orbits": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 6, "del": 60, "edge": "del", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "orbits": 54, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 14, "del": 57, "edge": "del", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "orbits": 43, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "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.", "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.min.md" }, "markdown": "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.\n\n- Del: grade F, 20.6/100, rank #991 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json\n- Orbits: grade F, 15.6/100, rank #997 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Del (F)\n\nGood for: People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 25 against 15\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 43\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### Orbits (F)\n\nGood for: Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.\n\nWatch for: No public agent API, as llms.txt states.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Del | Orbits | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 15 | Del +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 10 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Del +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 54 | Del +6 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 43 | Del +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **20.6 · F** | **15.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Del | Orbits |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Human Interface, Inc. | Nemus AI, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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.). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-13 |\n| Terms last updated | | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Del\n\n1. Don't plan to call Del from another agent. It answers only the owner's messaging threads and web workspace.\n2. Tell the owner web browsing tasks are limited to five a month on Standard and unlimited on Pro.\n\n### Orbits\n\n1. Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered.\n2. Tell the owner the assistant needs an Orbits subscription bought in the app, and that any trial appears only at purchase.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Del or Orbits?\n\nDel scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"del\", \"b\": \"orbits\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare del orbits`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Del or Orbits\n\n- [asaply vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.md)\n- [asaply vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Asmi vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del.md)\n- [Asmi vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orbits.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Boba vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.md)\n- [Boba vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Boski vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.md)\n- [Boski vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Brea vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.md)\n- [Brea vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Caddy vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del.md)\n- [Caddy vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Del vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-folk-nozomio.md)\n- [Del vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Del vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [Del vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-haven.md)\n- [Del vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Del vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Del vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Del vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Del vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Del vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-natura.md)\n- [Del vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Del vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Del vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [Del vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Del vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally.md)\n- [Del vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke.md)\n- [Del vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Del vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn.md)\n- [Del vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Del vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Del vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.md)\n- [Del vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Del vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Del vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [folk vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.md)\n- [GAIA vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Haven vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Instinct vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Lindy vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orbits.md)\n- [nanobot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orbits.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Dots vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orbits.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Orbits vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orbits vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.md)\n- [Orbits vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Orbits vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orbits vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Orbits vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Orbits vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.md)\n- [Orbits vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orbits vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orbits vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Del vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [Del vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-leon.md)\n- [Del vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Leon vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orbits.md)\n- [Orbits vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Del vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Orbits vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- 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.\n- 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. 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