# Del vs Town (slim)

> Town scores 48.7 (D) to Del's 20.6 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

Town scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against Del's 20.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Del: F 20.6, rank #991 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/del.min.md
- Town: D 48.7, rank #834 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.min.md
- Del, good for People who want tasks, notes, reminders and Gmail handled by text on the channel they already use.
- Town, good for An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger. Ahead on Reliability, 35 against 25; Schema & documentation, 33 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 49 against 0; Security & auth, 79 against 0; Transparency & trust, 63 against 57.

| Category | Del | Town |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 49 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Del | Town |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Human Interface, Inc. | Town.com, Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Closed service under Del's Terms of Service (Human Interface, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 5 August 2026). | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-10 |