{ "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 Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "zapia", "name": "Zapia", "vendor": "Brainlogic AI S.A.S.", "vendorUrl": "https://zapia.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Zapia is a personal AI assistant app for iOS, Android and the web, aimed at Latin America. It reads connected email, calendars, files and chats, sends reminders, drafts replies and runs scheduled tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.json", "license": "Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Apps for iPhone and Android, and the web by signing in with Google (https://zapia.com/?lang=en). The changelog says each connector asks only for the permissions it needs and can be revoked on its own (https://zapia.com/changelog?lang=en).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at US$0 a month, \"The free plan isn't a trial\", with up to 20 scheduled tasks. Pro US$9.99 a month with up to 50 scheduled tasks and Ultra US$99.99 a month with 10 times the usage and up to 100, each with a 7-day trial that converts to paid unless cancelled. Payment is by card in the app, and web payment is not available (https://zapia.com/planes?lang=en, checked 14 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on zapia.com's plans, terms or changelog, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "messaging.whatsapp", "browser.hosted", "tasks.create", "notify.push", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "ios", "android" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Zapia 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": 17.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 995, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 31, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found.", "bestFor": "Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.", "disclosure": "Zapia 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": [ "Free plan at US$0 that the plans page says isn't a trial, with card payment only for paid plans.", "Anything that writes goes through an explicit confirmation, per the changelog of 18 June 2026.", "Fifteen iOS versions between 20 July and 12 October 2026.", "The privacy notice names OpenAI, Anthropic and Google as its AI providers." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "The terms carry no date.", "Hosting and data locations aren't stated." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.", "Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store." ], "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": 17.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 30, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 3, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zapia" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Zapia Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 9.99, "note": "Up to 50 scheduled tasks, 7-day trial. Checked 14 October 2026." }, { "item": "Zapia Ultra", "unit": "month", "usd": 99.99, "note": "10 times Pro's usage, up to 100 scheduled tasks." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Brainlogic AI SAS", "domain": "zapia.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-08-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://zapia.com/terminos?lang=en", "privacy": "https://zapia.com/privacidad?lang=en", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://zapia.com/changelog?lang=en", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Brainlogic AI SAS and carry no date. The privacy notice was last updated on 5 October 2026.", "The site footer shows \"All systems operational\" with no link to a status page.", "zapia.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and zapia.com/llms.txt returns 404.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2020-08-03 for zapia.com." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Human Interface, Inc.", "b": "Brainlogic AI S.A.S.", "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": "Freemium", "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 Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-07", "b": "2026-10-12", "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 Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Del or Zapia?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 25 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 10 against 0" ], "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": "Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.", "slug": "zapia", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections." } ], "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-zapia.json", "title": "asaply vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "Asmi vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "Boba vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "Boski vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "Brea vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "Caddy vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia" }, { "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-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-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-zapia.json", "title": "folk vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia.json", "title": "GAIA vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Haven vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Instinct vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Lindy vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.json", "title": "nanobot vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Dots vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia" }, { "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/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Poke vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia.json", "title": "szn vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia" }, { "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/town-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Town vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Zapia vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Zapia vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-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-zapia.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Leon vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Pally vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia" }, { "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/wajo-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Wajo (Fo) vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia" }, { "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-zapia.json", "title": "Talorys vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zapia" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 10, "del": 25, "edge": "del", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "zapia": 15 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "del": 10, "edge": "del", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "zapia": 0 }, { "by": 0, "del": 0, "edge": "", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "zapia": 0 }, { "by": 3, "del": 0, "edge": "zapia", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "zapia": 3 }, { "by": 0, "del": 30, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "zapia": 30 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "del": 60, "edge": "del", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "zapia": 56 }, { "by": 2, "del": 57, "edge": "zapia", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "zapia": 59 } ], "summary": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 3 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.", "zapia": "Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.min.md" }, "markdown": "Del scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 3 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- Zapia: grade F, 17.3/100, rank #995 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.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\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### Zapia (F)\n\nGood for: Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Del | Zapia | 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 | 3 | Zapia +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 56 | Del +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 59 | Zapia +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **20.6 · F** | **17.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Del | Zapia |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Human Interface, Inc. | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\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 Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-12 |\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**Zapia.** Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location 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### Zapia\n\n1. Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.\n2. Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Del or Zapia?\n\nDel scores 20.6 (F) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zapia.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"del\", \"b\": \"zapia\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare del zapia`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/del.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Del or Zapia\n\n- [asaply vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.md)\n- [asaply vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Asmi vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-del.md)\n- [Asmi vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-del.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Boba vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-del.md)\n- [Boba vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Boski vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-del.md)\n- [Boski vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Brea vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-del.md)\n- [Brea vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Caddy vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-del.md)\n- [Caddy vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zapia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-del.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zapia.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 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 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 Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zapia.md)\n- [GAIA vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Haven vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zapia.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Instinct vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zapia.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Lindy vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zapia.md)\n- [nanobot vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Dots vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zapia.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orbits vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Poke vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.md)\n- [szn vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tab vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Town vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Zapia vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Zapia vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-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 Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Leon vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Pally vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Tomo vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Wajo (Fo) vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Del vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zapia.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- Zapia 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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