# GAIA vs IronClaw (slim)

> IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) to GAIA's 49.5 (D) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.5 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #813 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- GAIA, 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.
- IronClaw, good for One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 74 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 54; Security & auth, 66 against 54; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Transparency & trust, 75 against 60. Also Open source.

| Category | GAIA | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | NEAR AI |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 308 stars | 13k stars |