# GAIA vs Poke (slim)

> GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Poke's 37.6 (F) 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 Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on payments & pricing. Both do assistant proactive.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #813 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #955 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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 51; Schema & documentation, 51 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 54 against 30; Security & auth, 54 against 24; Maintenance & community, 78 against 31.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them.

| Category | GAIA | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 308 stars | none |