# GAIA vs nanobot (slim)

> nanobot scores 62.4 (B) to GAIA's 49.5 (D) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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nanobot scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. GAIA leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistant proactive.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #813 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- nanobot: B 62.4, rank #446 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot.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. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 60 against 48.
- nanobot, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with file-based memory and a free choice of model. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 77 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 54; Security & auth, 63 against 54; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | GAIA | nanobot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | nanobot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | HKUDS |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | no document linked |
| 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 | 49k stars |