# GAIA vs OpenClaw (slim)

> OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) to GAIA's 49.5 (D) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.5 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #813 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- OpenClaw: B 67.1, rank #270 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.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.
- OpenClaw, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 67; Schema & documentation, 84 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 54; Security & auth, 74 against 54; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 86 against 78; Transparency & trust, 68 against 60. Also Open source.

| Category | GAIA | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | OpenClaw Foundation |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-10-12 |
| 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 | 392k stars |