{ "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 Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "tomo", "name": "Tomo", "vendor": "Mapo Labs, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.tomo.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Tomo is a personal AI from Mapo Labs that a person texts over iMessage or uses in its iOS app. It remembers goals, checks in first, joins group chats, sets reminders and connects to the owner's calendar and email.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json", "license": "Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person starts by texting Tomo, signs in at tomo.ai/login or in the iOS app, and the account is tied to their phone number (https://www.tomo.ai/about). No API key, MCP server or other programmatic access was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The base plan starts at $19.99 a month, with other plans that raise messaging limits, and the site says prices may vary by user and promotion (https://www.tomo.ai/about). The App Store lists in-app purchases named Tomo Pro at $19.99 and $119.99 (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tomo-your-personal-ai/id6757726935), checked 12 October 2026. No free plan was found. Payments run through Stripe.", "priceSummary": "$19.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tomo.ai, checked 12 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.accounts", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.inbound", "calendar.write", "mailbox.read", "notify.push", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "ios" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Tomo 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": 13.1, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1000, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 35, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 47 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found.", "bestFor": "People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.", "disclosure": "Tomo 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": [ "In iMessage group chats it shares only busy times from a connected calendar, not event details.", "Google Workspace and health data are excluded from AI training, per the privacy policy.", "Complete deletion requests are processed within 30 days.", "Eight iOS releases between 31 July and 29 September 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No free plan or trial found, and prices may vary by user.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "The privacy policy shares visitor identifiers with Meta, TikTok and Snap for ad targeting." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app.", "Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant." ], "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": 13.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 33 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tomo" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Tomo base plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19.99, "note": "Starting price on tomo.ai. Prices may vary by user and promotion." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mapo Labs, Inc.", "domain": "tomo.ai", "domainRegistered": "2020-12-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.tomo.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://www.tomo.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "tomo.ai redirects to www.tomo.ai. The footer links mapolabs.com.", "tomo.ai/.well-known/security.txt and tomo.ai/llms.txt redirect to the login page.", "No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2020-12-14 for tomo.ai." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.json", "live": { "slug": "tomo", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://tomo.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:28.018464654Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.tomo.ai/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:32:57.176945603Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "075f102e4242" }, { "url": "https://www.tomo.ai/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:32:59.338481733Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "96f9fb24e1aa" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T20:32:59.338481733Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Human Interface, Inc.", "b": "Mapo Labs, 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 Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 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": "2026-09-29", "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 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text, including in group chats.", "slug": "tomo", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "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-tomo.json", "title": "asaply vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tomo" }, { "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-tomo.json", "title": "Asmi vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tomo" }, { "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-tomo.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo" }, { "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-tomo.json", "title": "Boba vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo" }, { "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-tomo.json", "title": "Boski vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tomo" }, { "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-tomo.json", "title": "Brea vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tomo" }, { "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/cowagent-vs-del.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Del", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del" }, { "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-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-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/hirealpha-vs-tomo.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo" }, { "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/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tomo.json", "title": "szn vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tomo" }, { "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/caddy-app-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Caddy vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo" }, { "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/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo.json", "title": "folk vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.json", "title": "GAIA vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Haven vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Instinct vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Leon vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Lindy vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "nanobot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Dots vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Pally vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Poke vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town.json", "title": "Tomo vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Tomo vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Tomo vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Tomo vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Tomo vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer" }, { "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/talorys-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Talorys vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 10, "del": 25, "edge": "del", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "tomo": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "del": 10, "edge": "del", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "tomo": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "del": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "tomo": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "del": 0, "edge": "", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "tomo": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "del": 30, "edge": "del", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "tomo": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 6, "del": 60, "edge": "del", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "tomo": 54, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 10, "del": 57, "edge": "del", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "tomo": 47, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (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.", "tomo": "Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo.min.md" }, "markdown": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (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- Tomo: grade F, 13.1/100, rank #1000 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.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- Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 47\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### Tomo (F)\n\nGood for: People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Del | Tomo | 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 | 0 | Del +10 |\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 | 10 | Del +20 |\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 | 47 | Del +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **20.6 · F** | **13.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Del | Tomo |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Human Interface, Inc. | Mapo Labs, 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 Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-29 |\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**Tomo.** Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was 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### Tomo\n\n1. Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app.\n2. Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Del or Tomo?\n\nDel scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (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-tomo.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tomo.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"del\", \"b\": \"tomo\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare del tomo`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Del or Tomo\n\n- [asaply vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.md)\n- [asaply vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Asmi vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del.md)\n- [Asmi vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tomo.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Boba vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.md)\n- [Boba vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Boski vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.md)\n- [Boski vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Brea vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.md)\n- [Brea vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Caddy vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.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 Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-tab-bot.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- [HireAlpha vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tomo.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Orbits vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [szn vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Tab vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Caddy vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-tomo.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.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- [folk vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-tomo.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Haven vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Leon vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Lindy vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo.md)\n- [nanobot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Dots vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Pally vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Poke vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Tomo vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town.md)\n- [Tomo vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Tomo vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tomo vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tomo vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Del vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo.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- Tomo 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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