{ "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 Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "tab-bot", "name": "Tab", "vendor": "Terrasoft, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://tab.bot", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Tab is a hosted AI assistant in private beta that people text in Messages. It has its own computer and browser, makes phone calls, works with connected accounts, and places orders or pays invoices after the owner approves.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json", "license": "Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Join the waitlist with a name and mobile number. Account access starts with a code sent to the verified number, and web sessions use HttpOnly SameSite cookies with only a keyed hash stored (https://tab.bot and https://tab.bot/security). Connected accounts use the provider's own authorisation flow, and write actions are denied by default unless the exact action is enabled (https://tab.bot/security).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No price or plan was published on tab.bot, checked 14 October 2026. The terms cover purchases the owner approves but name no subscription fee. The value of this field is unconfirmed.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tab.bot, its terms or security page, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "browser.hosted", "voice.calls", "commerce.checkout", "payments.card-token", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "waitlist" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Tab 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": 10.7, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1003, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 37, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 0, "reliability": 5, "schema": 0, "security": 4, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.", "disclosure": "Tab 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": [ "Saved passwords are encrypted and filled inside a separate boundary, with only an opaque ID passed to the AI.", "Checkout is bound to the merchant, cart, recipient and exact total, and a charge is attempted once.", "Write actions on connected accounts are denied by default unless the exact action is enabled.", "Dated updates on eight days in September 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "Private beta behind a waitlist.", "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No price or plan published.", "The privacy policy says nothing on training with user content, and the home page loads ad pixels." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.", "Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 10.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 58, "payments": 0, "reliability": 5, "schema": 0, "security": 4, "transparency": 30 }, "provenanceScore": 59 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tab-bot" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Terrasoft, Inc.", "domain": "tab.bot", "domainRegistered": "2026-08-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://tab.bot/terms", "privacy": "https://tab.bot/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://tab.bot/updates", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms and privacy policy name Terrasoft, Inc. and are effective 2 September 2026. The security page was last reviewed on 21 August 2026.", "tab.bot/.well-known/security.txt and llms.txt return 404. No status page was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-08-21 for tab.bot." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Human Interface, Inc.", "b": "Terrasoft, 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 Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "none", "name": "Last 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"slug": "del", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.", "slug": "tab-bot", "watchFor": "Private beta behind a waitlist." } ], "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "asaply vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "Asmi vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "Boba vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "Boski vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "Brea vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "Caddy vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-tab-bot.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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-orbits.json", "title": "Del vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits" }, { "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-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-tab-bot.json", "title": "folk vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "GAIA vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Haven vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Instinct vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Lindy vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "nanobot vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Dots vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot" }, { "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/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Pally vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Poke vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "szn vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Tab vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.json", "title": "Tab vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Tab vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Tab vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Tab vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-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/del-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Del vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Leon vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Tab vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Tab vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 20, "del": 25, "edge": "del", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "tab-bot": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "del": 10, "edge": "del", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "del": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "del": 0, "edge": "tab-bot", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "tab-bot": 4, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "del": 30, "edge": "del", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "tab-bot": 0, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 2, "del": 60, "edge": "del", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "tab-bot": 58, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 12, "del": 57, "edge": "del", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "tab-bot": 45, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 5 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.", "tab-bot": "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.min.md" }, "markdown": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 5 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- Tab: grade F, 10.7/100, rank #1003 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.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 5\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 45\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### Tab (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.\n\nWatch for: Private beta behind a waitlist.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Del | Tab | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 5 | Del +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 0 | Del +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 4 | Tab +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | Del +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 58 | Del +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 45 | Del +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **20.6 · F** | **10.7 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Del | Tab |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Human Interface, Inc. | Terrasoft, 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 Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | none |\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**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.\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### Tab\n\n1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.\n2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Del or Tab?\n\nDel scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"del\", \"b\": \"tab-bot\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare del tab-bot`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Del or Tab\n\n- [asaply vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.md)\n- [asaply vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Asmi vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del.md)\n- [Asmi vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boba vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.md)\n- [Boba vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Boski vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.md)\n- [Boski vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Brea vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.md)\n- [Brea vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Caddy vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del.md)\n- [Caddy vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tab-bot.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 Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.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 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 Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Haven vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Lindy vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [nanobot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Dots vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Pally vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Poke vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [szn vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Tab vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Tab vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Tab vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tab vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tab vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-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- [Del vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Leon vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Tab vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Tab vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.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- Tab 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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