# GAIA vs Haven

> GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Haven's 22.2 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-12

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 & pricing. Both do assistant proactive.

- 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
- 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
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### GAIA (D)

Good 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.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 67 against 35
- Schema & documentation, 51 against 4
- Agent ergonomics, 54 against 6
- Security & auth, 54 against 13
- Maintenance & community, 78 against 35
- Transparency & trust, 60 against 51

Watch 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.

### Haven (F)

Good for: A consumer assistant for one person who wants to phone, text or email it and have it remember them.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20

Also in its favour:
- No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them

Watch 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.


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | GAIA | Haven | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 35 | GAIA +32 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 4 | GAIA +47 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 6 | GAIA +48 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 13 | GAIA +41 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Haven +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 35 | GAIA +43 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 51 | GAIA +9 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **22.2 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | GAIA | Haven |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | Hello Haven, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | Proprietary service under Hello Haven's Terms of Service |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | 2026-07-24 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | 2026-07-24 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 308 stars | none |

## 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.

## Before you call either

### GAIA

1. Set Settings > Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode.

### Haven

1. Haven has no documented API or MCP server. An outside agent can reach it only through the owner's channels (call, SMS, email, app).
2. Do not assume an approval step before Haven sends mail, texts or calls. None is documented on the public pages.
3. Email Haven sends to other people names Hello Haven as sender and says it was sent on the user's behalf, per the terms.
4. Chat messages, history, profile context and uploaded files go to third-party AI model providers that the vendor does not name.
5. Check status.hellohaven.ai before relying on phone or voice. All four published incidents affected those channels.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or Haven?

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 & pricing.


## For agents

- 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
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "gaia", "b": "haven"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare gaia haven`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/haven.json

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