# GAIA vs PicoClaw (slim)

> GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to PicoClaw's 46.1 (D) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against PicoClaw's 46.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. PicoClaw leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do assistant proactive.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #813 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- PicoClaw: D 46.1, rank #879 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/picoclaw.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 54; Maintenance & community, 78 against 22.
- PicoClaw, good for A person who wants a chat-app assistant on a cheap Linux board, an old Android phone or a home server, with reminders, web search and file memory, and who accepts running software its maker calls pre-production. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 66 against 54; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | GAIA | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 54 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 22 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | Sipeed |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-07-03 |
| 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 | 30k stars |