# GAIA vs Lobby > GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Lobby's 11.1 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os.md (~3,500 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os.min.md (~630 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-21 GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants. - GAIA: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #922 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json - Lobby: grade F, 11.1/100, rank #1182 of 1197. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lobby-os.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 1006 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 15 - Schema & documentation, 51 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0 - Security & auth, 54 against 0 - Maintenance & community, 78 against 2 - Transparency & trust, 60 against 43 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. ### Lobby (F) Good for: A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | GAIA | Lobby | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 15 | GAIA +52 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 10 | GAIA +41 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 0 | GAIA +54 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 0 | GAIA +54 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 2 | GAIA +76 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 43 | GAIA +17 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **11.1 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | GAIA | Lobby | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | The Experience Company | Lobby OS, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth | OAuth | | Pricing | Paid | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026. | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | Last release | 2026-09-14 | none | | Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | | | Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | | | 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 | none | | Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) | ## 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. **Lobby.** Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026. ## 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. ### Lobby 1. Don't plan to call Lobby from another agent. It works only inside its own app for the signed-in owner. 2. Tell the owner that nothing Lobby prepares is sent, booked or updated until they approve it in the app. 3. Check whether the 7-day trial takes a card before signing the owner up. The terms don't say. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or Lobby? GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lobby-os.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "gaia", "b": "lobby-os"}`. 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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. --- Query this catalogue directly over MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no key). How: https://www.anchorterminal.com/agents/#mcp