# GAIA vs Pally (slim)

> GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Pally's 37.8 (F) for assistants that act in your accounts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #815 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- Pally: F 37.8, rank #956 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.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 Reliability, 67 against 15; Schema & documentation, 51 against 33; Agent ergonomics, 54 against 31; Security & auth, 54 against 44.
- Pally, good for A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Transparency & trust, 73 against 60. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them.

| Category | GAIA | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 31 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | Pally Technologies, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` |
| Transports |  | Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). |
| Tools exposed | none | 2 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-10-12 |
| 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 |