{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "gaia", "name": "GAIA", "vendor": "The Experience Company", "vendorUrl": "https://heygaia.io", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "GAIA is a personal AI assistant from The Experience Company for email, calendar, todos and scheduled workflows. It runs as a hosted service at heygaia.io with messaging bots, and its source is published for noncommercial self-hosting.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json", "repo": "https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia", "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@heygaia/cli" } ], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "People sign in to the hosted app in a browser, and the backend uses WorkOS for sign-in. Integrations connect by OAuth on the provider's consent screen, through Composio for built-in ones, and Gmail asks for the `gmail.modify` scope. Custom MCP servers take no auth, a bearer token or OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration, with tokens Fernet-encrypted in PostgreSQL. Bot users link a chat identity with `/auth`. No API key for outside callers was found (https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/blob/master/apps/api/app/config/oauth_config.py; https://docs.heygaia.io/guides/adding-mcp-integrations).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Pro is $30 a month on the pricing page, the only plan shown there, and its FAQ says GAIA is a paid product. The README and docs also describe a Free plan with daily caps and an Enterprise plan by contact, so whether a new account can use the hosted service without paying was not established. Payments run through Dodo Payments. Self-hosting is free for noncommercial use, plus model usage and a WorkOS account (https://heygaia.io/pricing; https://docs.heygaia.io/guides/usage-subscription; checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "$30 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the backend source (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 308, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.heygaia.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.heygaia.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "source-available", "noncommercial-licence", "self-hosted", "messaging", "imessage", "whatsapp", "telegram", "slack", "discord", "gmail", "mcp-client", "status-page", "llms-txt", "approval-off-by-default" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-14", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 816, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 20, "reliability": 67, "schema": 51, "security": 54, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -5, "negativeNotes": [ "-3. The release notes of 26 August 2026 say GAIA pauses and asks before a tool that deletes, sends or overwrites, the privacy policy (7 August 2026) says destructive actions require explicit approval, and the pricing page says anything outward-facing waits for the owner's OK. The source at `api-v0.24.0` (14 September 2026) and on master sets the default mode to `always_allow`, commented as nothing gated until flipped after launch. Read from source, not from a live account. https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/blob/master/apps/api/app/models/hil_models.py", "-2. The pricing page FAQ, read on 12 October 2026, says GAIA never shares data with model providers. Section 3.1 of the privacy policy says content, files and data from connected accounts are shared with third-party AI model providers. https://heygaia.io/pricing and https://heygaia.io/privacy" ], "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "The whole product is in a public repository under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0, including the approval gate, memory engine and five messaging bots.", "Approval settings have three modes and per-tool overrides, and adding an MCP server, pairing a device or disconnecting an account asks in every mode.", "Memory is visible in Settings as facts, a journal, four documents and a graph, and each item can be edited or deleted, with a clear-all control.", "A BetterStack status page covers the API, web app and four bots, and lists no incident in the 90 days to 12 October 2026.", "Three sets of tagged releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, the latest on 14 September, with 91 commits on master in the last 30 days." ], "weaknesses": [ "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.", "The pricing page FAQ says data is never shared with model providers. The privacy policy says content, including data from connected accounts, is shared with them.", "The README lists a Free plan at $0 forever, while the pricing page shows only Pro and says GAIA is a paid product.", "Gmail connects with the `gmail.modify` scope, and built-in integrations run through Composio, so a third party holds those OAuth connections.", "No security.txt, bug bounty, certification, subprocessor list or DPA was found, and self-hosting needs a WorkOS account and five data services.", "The Terms of Service forbid automated systems accessing the Service. Recorded as a fact, and it matters before any probe is run." ], "agentNotes": [ "Set Settings \u003e Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.", "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.", "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.", "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.", "Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 20, "reliability": 67, "schema": 51, "security": 54, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 70 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @heygaia/cli \u0026\u0026 gaia init # choose Self-Host (Docker), then open http://localhost:3000" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/gaia" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "billed monthly, with usage limits the pricing page does not state" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "The Experience Company, Inc.", "domain": "heygaia.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://heygaia.io/terms", "privacy": "https://heygaia.io/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.heygaia.io", "changelog": "https://docs.heygaia.io/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (effective 14 August 2026) name The Experience Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Neither the terms nor the privacy policy gives a postal address.", "The privacy policy (effective 7 August 2026) gives support@heygaia.so as its contact, a different domain from heygaia.io, where the README's security and contact addresses sit.", "heygaia.io/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 12 October 2026. The repository's SECURITY.md gives an email address for reports.", "The status page lists api.heygaia.io as the backend. We sent nothing to that host.", "heygaia.io's robots.txt allows every path and names ClaudeBot, Claude-Web and anthropic-ai with Allow. docs.heygaia.io carries Content-Signal ai-input=yes. status.heygaia.io returned an empty robots.txt.", "The domain's registration date was not looked up." ], "score": 70 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.json", "live": { "slug": "gaia", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.heygaia.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T01:32:40.4940492Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "theexperiencecompany/gaia", "version": "desktop-v0.7.1", "released": "2026-09-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T22:57:45.55667549Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@heygaia/cli", "version": "0.6.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T22:57:45.143923618Z" } ], "githubStars": 309, "npmWeekly": 13, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://heygaia.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:44:52.096381172Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.heygaia.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:11:36.795954568Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.heygaia.io/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:15:00.91454251Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cab11cf7848a" }, { "url": "https://heygaia.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:17:40.78469885Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "32616b444568" }, { "url": "https://heygaia.io/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:17:42.929863132Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1db94ae0d0d6" }, { "url": "https://heygaia.io/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:17:44.842087324Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "16ced73801f7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:32:40.4940492Z" } }, "answer": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "orchid-ai", "name": "Orchid", "vendor": "Zero Email, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://orchid.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Orchid is a hosted executive assistant people reach by iMessage, SMS or Telegram. It triages Gmail, drafts replies, coordinates Google Calendar, prepares meetings and runs habits and reminders, with drafts held until the owner approves.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json", "license": "Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Google sign-in, and Orchid never asks for a password (https://orchid.ai/blog/orchid-ai-reviews-reddit-is-it-safe). The terms say integrations use OAuth 2.0 with the minimum permissions needed, and non-Google integrations go through Composio (https://orchid.ai/legal/terms and https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "\"Orchid is paid, from $29.99/mo, flat, with no free tier and no meter on your messages\" (https://orchid.ai/blog/is-orchid-ai-free-pricing-explained, 14 September 2026). Students and YC founders get 3 months free, and Notion Mail switchers a free month. Current plan details are inside the app, and orchid.ai/pricing showed no prices when read on 14 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$29.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on orchid.ai, llms.txt, the pricing post or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://orchid.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "tasks.create", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "status-page", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "Orchid competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 20.2, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 992, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 29, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 10, "reliability": 50, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains.", "bestFor": "A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.", "disclosure": "Orchid competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.", "strengths": [ "Public status page with component history, one incident from August to October 2026.", "Drafts and calendar holds wait for the owner's approval by default, per the safety post.", "The privacy policy names twelve subprocessors by role, model providers included.", "Model providers are contractually barred from training on customer data." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The privacy policy allows training a personal model on the owner's data, while the safety post says Orchid never trains.", "No free tier, and orchid.ai/pricing showed no prices on 14 October 2026.", "No security.txt, security contact or certification of its own found." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads.", "Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number.", "Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 20.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 10, "reliability": 50, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/orchid-ai" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Orchid", "unit": "month", "usd": 29.99, "note": "\"From $29.99/mo\", billed monthly, per the pricing post of 14 September 2026." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Zero Email, Inc.", "domain": "orchid.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://orchid.ai/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.orchid.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Zero Email, Inc. (\"Orchid\") and were last updated on 16 January 2026. The privacy policy was last updated on 14 September 2026.", "orchid.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No changelog was found; the blog carries product posts.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2017-12-16 for orchid.ai, which predates the product." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.json", "live": { "slug": "orchid-ai", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.orchid.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T01:33:09.414260421Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:33:09.414260421Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "The Experience Company", "b": "Zero Email, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0", "b": "Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-14", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-08-14", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-08-07", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "308 stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or Orchid?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 67 against 50", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 24" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "gaia", "watchFor": "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." }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.", "slug": "orchid-ai", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gaia.json", "title": "asaply vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "asaply vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Asmi vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Asmi vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Boba vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boba vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boski vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Brea vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Brea vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Caddy vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Del vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Del vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "folk vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "GAIA vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "GAIA vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits.json", "title": "GAIA vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-szn.json", "title": "GAIA vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "GAIA vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia.json", "title": "GAIA vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Haven vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Instinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Lindy vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "nanobot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Dots vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Orbits vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.json", "title": "Orchid vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orchid vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.json", "title": "Orchid vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.json", "title": "Orchid vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia.json", "title": "AstrBot vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Boski vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gaia.json", "title": "Caddy vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.json", "title": "CowAgent vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia.json", "title": "folk vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "GAIA vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "GAIA vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven.json", "title": "GAIA vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "GAIA vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct.json", "title": "GAIA vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon.json", "title": "GAIA vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lindy.json", "title": "GAIA vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "GAIA vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "GAIA vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.json", "title": "GAIA vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.json", "title": "GAIA vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "GAIA vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-natura.json", "title": "GAIA vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-pally.json", "title": "GAIA vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.json", "title": "GAIA vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-wajo.json", "title": "GAIA vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Leon vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Orchid vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys.json", "title": "GAIA vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Orchid vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 17, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 67, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "orchid-ai": 50, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 41, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 51, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "orchid-ai": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 54, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 54, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "orchid-ai": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 54, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 54, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "orchid-ai": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 20, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "orchid-ai": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 54, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 78, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "orchid-ai": 24, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "gaia": 60, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "orchid-ai": 60, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.", "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.", "orchid-ai": "Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.min.md" }, "markdown": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- GAIA: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #816 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json\n- Orchid: grade F, 20.2/100, rank #992 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### GAIA (D)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 67 against 50\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 24\n\nWatch 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.\n\n### Orchid (F)\n\nGood for: A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | GAIA | Orchid | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 50 | GAIA +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 10 | GAIA +41 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 0 | GAIA +54 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 54 | 0 | GAIA +54 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 10 | GAIA +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 24 | GAIA +54 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **20.2 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | GAIA | Orchid |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | The Experience Company | Zero Email, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-14 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n| Popularity | 308 stars | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Orchid.** Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### GAIA\n\n1. Set Settings \u003e Approvals to Always ask or Auto before connecting mail. The default in the source runs every action, including send and delete, without asking.\n2. 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.\n3. 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.\n4. 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.\n5. Add outside tools as MCP servers by URL on the Integrations page. GAIA asks before adding a server in every approval mode.\n\n### Orchid\n\n1. Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads.\n2. Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number.\n3. Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or Orchid?\n\nGAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"gaia\", \"b\": \"orchid-ai\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare gaia orchid-ai`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json\n\n## Other comparisons with GAIA or Orchid\n\n- [asaply vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gaia.md)\n- [asaply vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Asmi vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Asmi vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boba vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Boba vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boski vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Brea vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Brea vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Caddy vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Del vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Del vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [folk vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [GAIA vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [GAIA vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits.md)\n- [GAIA vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-szn.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Haven vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Instinct vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Lindy vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [nanobot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Dots vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orbits vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orchid vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.md)\n- [Orchid vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orchid vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Orchid vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orchid vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [AstrBot vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Boski vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-gaia.md)\n- [Caddy vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-gaia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gaia.md)\n- [folk vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-gaia.md)\n- [GAIA vs Gemini Spark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark.md)\n- [GAIA vs Grok Bot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-grok-bot.md)\n- [GAIA vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-haven.md)\n- [GAIA vs Hermes Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hermes-agent.md)\n- [GAIA vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct.md)\n- [GAIA vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-leon.md)\n- [GAIA vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-lindy.md)\n- [GAIA vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [GAIA vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [GAIA vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.md)\n- [GAIA vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.md)\n- [GAIA vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [GAIA vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-natura.md)\n- [GAIA vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-pally.md)\n- [GAIA vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.md)\n- [GAIA vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Leon vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Orchid vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo.md)\n- [GAIA vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Orchid vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Orchid competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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.\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-14", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "GAIA vs Orchid", "url": "" } ], "description": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Orchid's 20.2 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.", "facts": [ "GAIA D 49.5", "Orchid F 20.2", "scores" ], "h1": "GAIA vs Orchid", "image": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/assets/og/compare-gaia-vs-orchid-ai.png", "path": "/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai", "published": "2026-10-01", "section": "tools", "title": "GAIA vs Orchid for AI agents in 2026: scores and prices", "toc": null, "updated": "2026-10-13", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai" }, "tokens": { "markdown": 3350, "slim": 630 }, "version": 1 }