{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "gaia", "name": "GAIA", "vendor": "The Experience Company", "vendorUrl": "https://heygaia.io", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "GAIA is a personal AI assistant from The Experience Company for email, calendar, todos and scheduled workflows. It runs as a hosted service at heygaia.io with messaging bots, and its source is published for noncommercial self-hosting.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json", "repo": "https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia", "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@heygaia/cli" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "People sign in to the hosted app in a browser, and the backend uses WorkOS for sign-in. Integrations connect by OAuth on the provider's consent screen, through Composio for built-in ones, and Gmail asks for the `gmail.modify` scope. Custom MCP servers take no auth, a bearer token or OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, with tokens Fernet-encrypted in PostgreSQL. Bot users link a chat identity with `/auth`. No API key for outside callers was found (https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/blob/master/apps/api/app/config/oauth_config.py; https://docs.heygaia.io/guides/adding-mcp-integrations).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Pro is $30 a month on the pricing page, the only plan shown there, and its FAQ says GAIA is a paid product. The README and docs also describe a Free plan with daily caps and an Enterprise plan by contact, so whether a new account can use the hosted service without paying was not established. Payments run through Dodo Payments. Self-hosting is free for noncommercial use, plus model usage and a WorkOS account (https://heygaia.io/pricing; https://docs.heygaia.io/guides/usage-subscription; checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "$30 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the backend source (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 308, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.heygaia.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.heygaia.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "source-available", "noncommercial-licence", "self-hosted", "messaging", "imessage", "whatsapp", "telegram", "slack", "discord", "gmail", "mcp-client", "status-page", "llms-txt", "approval-off-by-default" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 813, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 986, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 20, "reliability": 67, "schema": 51, "security": 54, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "-3. The release notes of 26 August 2026 say GAIA pauses and asks before a tool that deletes, sends or overwrites, the privacy policy (7 August 2026) says destructive actions require explicit approval, and the pricing page says anything outward-facing waits for the owner's OK. The source at `api-v0.24.0` (14 September 2026) and on master sets the default mode to `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated until flipped after launch. Read from source, not from a live account. https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/blob/master/apps/api/app/models/hil_models.py", "-2. The pricing page FAQ, read on 12 October 2026, says GAIA never shares data with model providers. Section 3.1 of the privacy policy says content, files and data from connected accounts are shared with third-party AI model providers. https://heygaia.io/pricing and https://heygaia.io/privacy" ], "verdict": "GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use.", "bestFor": "It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.", "strengths": [ "The whole product is in a public repository under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0, including the approval gate, memory engine and five messaging bots.", "Approval settings have three modes and per-tool overrides, and adding an MCP server, pairing a device or disconnecting an account asks in every mode.", "Memory is visible in Settings as facts, a journal, four documents and a graph, and each item can be edited or deleted, with a clear-all control.", "A BetterStack status page covers the API, web app and four bots, and lists no incident in the 90 days to 12 October 2026.", "Three sets of tagged releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, the latest on 14 September, with 91 commits on master in the last 30 days." ], "weaknesses": [ "The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval.", "The pricing page FAQ says data is never shared with model providers. The privacy policy says content, including data from connected accounts, is shared with them.", "The README lists a Free plan at $0 forever, while the pricing page shows only Pro and says GAIA is a paid product.", "Gmail connects with the `gmail.modify` scope, and built-in integrations run through Composio, so a third party holds those OAuth connections.", "No security.txt, bug bounty, certification, subprocessor list or DPA was found, and self-hosting needs a WorkOS account and five data services.", "The Terms of Service forbid automated systems accessing the Service. Recorded as a fact, and it matters before any probe is run." ], "agentNotes": [ "Set Settings \u003e Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.", "Expect no public API on the hosted service. The backend turns off its OpenAPI document in production, so reach GAIA through its apps, bots or CLI.", "Check the plan before relying on the hosted service. The README and docs describe a Free plan, and the pricing page says GAIA is a paid product.", "For self-hosting, prepare Docker, Node.js 20, a WorkOS account and a model key first, and confirm the use is noncommercial under the licence.", "Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 20, "reliability": 67, "schema": 51, "security": 54, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 70 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @heygaia/cli \u0026\u0026 gaia init # choose Self-Host (Docker), then open http://localhost:3000" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/gaia" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "billed monthly, with usage limits the pricing page does not state" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "The Experience Company, Inc.", "domain": "heygaia.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://heygaia.io/terms", "privacy": "https://heygaia.io/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.heygaia.io", "changelog": "https://docs.heygaia.io/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (effective 14 August 2026) name The Experience Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Neither the terms nor the privacy policy gives a postal address.", "The privacy policy (effective 7 August 2026) gives support@heygaia.so as its contact, a different domain from heygaia.io, where the README's security and contact addresses sit.", "heygaia.io/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 12 October 2026. The repository's SECURITY.md gives an email address for reports.", "The status page lists api.heygaia.io as the backend. We sent nothing to that host.", "heygaia.io's robots.txt allows every path and names ClaudeBot, Claude-Web and anthropic-ai with Allow. docs.heygaia.io carries Content-Signal ai-input=yes. status.heygaia.io returned an empty robots.txt.", "The domain's registration date was not looked up." ], "score": 70 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.json", "live": { "slug": "gaia", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.heygaia.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T17:28:08.466725732Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T17:28:08.466725732Z" } }, "answer": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Haven's 22.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Haven leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "haven", "name": "Haven", "vendor": "Hello Haven, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://my.hellohaven.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Hosted personal AI assistant from Hello Haven, Inc. that a person reaches by phone call, text message, email, web or mobile app. It keeps a memory of the user and carries out tasks for them. In beta.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/haven", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/haven.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/haven.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/haven.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Hello Haven's Terms of Service", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs up at my.hellohaven.ai/gethaven with an invite code and signs in at app.hellohaven.ai, or reaches Haven from their own phone number or email address. The sign-in method was not read, because the app is behind a sign-in. No API key, OAuth app or other developer credential was found. The terms say Haven connects with the user's email, calendar, cloud storage, messaging and other services, and the privacy policy says authentication credentials for connected services are shared with those providers. Provider names, scopes and where tokens are stored were not found (https://my.hellohaven.ai/terms; https://my.hellohaven.ai/privacy).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free during beta with full access and no card, per the plans page. The FAQ says there are no usage limits, that prices are not set, and that users will get notice before charges begin. The terms mention subscription billing through a payment processor but no price is published (https://my.hellohaven.ai/plans; https://my.hellohaven.ai/faq, checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the site, the plans page or the terms, and no API to carry one (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://my.hellohaven.ai/faq", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "beta", "free", "phone", "sms", "email", "voice", "ios", "android", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 22.2, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 977, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 986, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 6, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 4, "security": 13, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Haven answers by phone call, text, email and app, is free in beta with no card, and publishes a status page with dated incidents. No public page read says which actions need approval, which accounts it connects or how their tokens are kept, and it names no model provider or sub-processor.", "bestFor": "A consumer assistant for one person who wants to phone, text or email it and have it remember them.", "strengths": [ "Free during beta with no card and no usage limits, per the plans page and FAQ (checked 12 October 2026).", "One assistant on phone call, SMS, email, voice, web and mobile app, with a published phone number and email address.", "Statuspage site with eight components, including Phone Calls, SMS Chat and Scheduled Tasks \u0026 Reminders, and four dated incidents since May 2026.", "The data page says memory can be viewed, edited, exported and wiped in the app, with deleted data leaving backups within 30 days.", "The privacy policy names Hello Haven, Inc. with a street address in Park City, Utah, and was last updated on 24 July 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "No approval setting or list of actions that need confirmation was found on the public pages. The terms say it sends emails, SMS and calls following the user's instructions.", "Connected accounts are described only by type (email, calendar, cloud storage, messaging). No provider names, scopes or token storage statement were found.", "Model providers and sub-processors are listed by category only. The policy says the list is available on request by email.", "No API, MCP server, developer docs, changelog, security.txt or disclosure policy was found. The press release says a developer platform is planned.", "Two voice outages (23 May and 15 August 2026) were caused by billing errors with a provider, per the status page.", "The terms allow the vendor to suspend, modify or terminate the service at any time, and say continued use accepts updated terms." ], "agentNotes": [ "Haven has no documented API or MCP server. An outside agent can reach it only through the owner's channels (call, SMS, email, app).", "Do not assume an approval step before Haven sends mail, texts or calls. None is documented on the public pages.", "Email Haven sends to other people names Hello Haven as sender and says it was sent on the user's behalf, per the terms.", "Chat messages, history, profile context and uploaded files go to third-party AI model providers that the vendor does not name.", "Check status.hellohaven.ai before relying on phone or voice. All four published incidents affected those channels." ], "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": 22.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 6, "maintenance": 35, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 4, "security": 13, "transparency": 37 }, "provenanceScore": 64 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/haven" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Hello Haven, Inc.", "domain": "hellohaven.ai", "domainRegistered": "2024-11-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://my.hellohaven.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://my.hellohaven.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.hellohaven.ai/", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names Hello Haven, Inc. with a street address in Park City, Utah 84098. The terms are governed by Utah law with disputes heard in Salt Lake City.", "my.hellohaven.ai/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 12 October 2026. No disclosure policy was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2024-11-21 for hellohaven.ai, registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, registrant private.", "The app is at app.hellohaven.ai, linked from every page. We did not open it.", "The terms and privacy pages are drawn by script. Our reader received their text and a plain request received an empty page." ], "score": 64 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/haven.json", "live": { "slug": "haven", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.hellohaven.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T18:56:37.37398695Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T18:56:37.37398695Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "The Experience Company", "b": "Hello Haven, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0", "b": "Proprietary service under Hello Haven's Terms of Service", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-14", "b": "2026-09-17", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-08-14", "b": "2026-07-24", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-07", "b": "2026-07-24", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "308 stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Haven's 22.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Haven leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or Haven?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 67 against 35", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 4", "Agent ergonomics, 54 against 6", "Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 13", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 35", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 51" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.", "slug": "gaia", "watchFor": "The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A consumer assistant for one person who wants to phone, text or email it and have it remember them.", "slug": "haven", "watchFor": "No approval setting or list of actions that need confirmation was found on the public pages. The terms say it sends emails, SMS and calls following the user's instructions." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Assistant proactive" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia.json", "title": "AstrBot vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-haven.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.json", "title": "CowAgent vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-haven.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "GAIA vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "GAIA vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "GAIA vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct.json", "title": "GAIA vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon.json", "title": "GAIA vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lindy.json", "title": "GAIA vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "GAIA vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "GAIA vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.json", "title": "GAIA vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "GAIA vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-haven.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-haven.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Haven vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Haven vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Haven vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-leon.json", "title": "Haven vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Haven vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Haven vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Haven vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Haven vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Haven vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Haven vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke.json", "title": "Haven vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Haven vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Haven vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Haven vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zo-computer" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 32, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 67, "haven": 35, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 47, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 51, "haven": 4, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 48, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 54, "haven": 6, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 41, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 54, "haven": 13, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "haven", "gaia": 20, "haven": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 43, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 78, "haven": 35, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 60, "haven": 51, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Haven's 22.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Haven leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do assistant proactive.", "verdicts": { "gaia": "GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use.", "haven": "Haven answers by phone call, text, email and app, is free in beta with no card, and publishes a status page with dated incidents. No public page read says which actions need approval, which accounts it connects or how their tokens are kept, and it names no model provider or sub-processor." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven.min.md" }, "markdown": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Haven's 22.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Haven leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do assistant proactive.\n\n- GAIA: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #813 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json\n- Haven: grade F, 22.2/100, rank #977 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/haven.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/haven.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### GAIA (D)\n\nGood for: It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 67 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 4\n- Agent ergonomics, 54 against 6\n- Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 13\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 51\n\nWatch for: The default approval mode in the source is `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated, while the privacy policy and the 26 August release notes say destructive actions wait for approval.\n\n### Haven (F)\n\nGood for: A consumer assistant for one person who wants to phone, text or email it and have it remember them.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No approval setting or list of actions that need confirmation was found on the public pages. The terms say it sends emails, SMS and calls following the user's instructions.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | GAIA | Haven | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 35 | GAIA +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 4 | GAIA +47 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 6 | GAIA +48 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 13 | GAIA +41 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Haven +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 35 | GAIA +43 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 51 | GAIA +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **22.2 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | GAIA | Haven |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | The Experience Company | Hello Haven, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | Proprietary service under Hello Haven's Terms of Service |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | 2026-07-24 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | 2026-07-24 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 308 stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**GAIA.** GAIA's source is public, so its approval gate, memory store and token handling can be read. Three approval modes and per-tool overrides exist, but the default mode in the source runs every action unasked, which the privacy policy and release notes do not say. Pro costs $30 a month and self-hosting is limited to noncommercial use.\n\n**Haven.** Haven answers by phone call, text, email and app, is free in beta with no card, and publishes a status page with dated incidents. No public page read says which actions need approval, which accounts it connects or how their tokens are kept, and it names no model provider or sub-processor.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### GAIA\n\n1. Set Settings \u003e Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.\n2. Expect no public API on the hosted service. The backend turns off its OpenAPI document in production, so reach GAIA through its apps, bots or CLI.\n3. Check the plan before relying on the hosted service. The README and docs describe a Free plan, and the pricing page says GAIA is a paid product.\n4. For self-hosting, prepare Docker, Node.js 20, a WorkOS account and a model key first, and confirm the use is noncommercial under the licence.\n5. Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode.\n\n### Haven\n\n1. Haven has no documented API or MCP server. An outside agent can reach it only through the owner's channels (call, SMS, email, app).\n2. Do not assume an approval step before Haven sends mail, texts or calls. None is documented on the public pages.\n3. Email Haven sends to other people names Hello Haven as sender and says it was sent on the user's behalf, per the terms.\n4. Chat messages, history, profile context and uploaded files go to third-party AI model providers that the vendor does not name.\n5. Check status.hellohaven.ai before relying on phone or voice. All four published incidents affected those channels.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or Haven?\n\nGAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Haven's 22.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Haven leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"gaia\", \"b\": \"haven\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare gaia haven`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/haven.json\n\n## Other comparisons with GAIA or Haven\n\n- [AstrBot vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-haven.md)\n- [CowAgent vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-haven.md)\n- [GAIA vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [GAIA vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [GAIA vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct.md)\n- [GAIA vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon.md)\n- [GAIA vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lindy.md)\n- [GAIA vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [GAIA vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.md)\n- [GAIA vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-haven.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-haven.md)\n- [Haven vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [Haven vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-instinct.md)\n- [Haven vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-leon.md)\n- [Haven vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-lindy.md)\n- [Haven vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [Haven vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [Haven vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke.md)\n- [Haven vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Haven vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zo-computer.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-12", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "GAIA vs Haven", "url": "" } ], "description": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Haven's 22.2 (F) for assistant proactive. 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