{ "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": 815, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "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": "2026-10-12T21:46:58.602465391Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "theexperiencecompany/gaia", "version": "desktop-v0.7.1", "released": "2026-09-14", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:02:37.23554608Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@heygaia/cli", "version": "0.6.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-12T22:02:36.373947067Z" } ], "githubStars": 308, "npmWeekly": 11, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.heygaia.io/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:50:15.442593424Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cab11cf7848a" }, { "url": "https://heygaia.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:52:58.377555599Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "32616b444568" }, { "url": "https://heygaia.io/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:53:00.499309823Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1db94ae0d0d6" }, { "url": "https://heygaia.io/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-12T19:53:02.47923592Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "16ced73801f7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-12T22:02:37.23554608Z" } }, "answer": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "tomo", "name": "Tomo", "vendor": "Mapo Labs, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.tomo.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Tomo is a personal AI from Mapo Labs that a person texts over iMessage or uses in its iOS app. It remembers goals, checks in first, joins group chats, sets reminders and connects to the owner's calendar and email.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json", "license": "Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person starts by texting Tomo, signs in at tomo.ai/login or in the iOS app, and the account is tied to their phone number (https://www.tomo.ai/about). No API key, MCP server or other programmatic access was found.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "The base plan starts at $19.99 a month, with other plans that raise messaging limits, and the site says prices may vary by user and promotion (https://www.tomo.ai/about). The App Store lists in-app purchases named Tomo Pro at $19.99 and $119.99 (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tomo-your-personal-ai/id6757726935), checked 12 October 2026. No free plan was found. Payments run through Stripe.", "priceSummary": "$19.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on tomo.ai, checked 12 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "capabilities": [ "assistant.accounts", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "messaging.inbound", "calendar.write", "mailbox.read", "notify.push", "memory.user", "web.search" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "ios" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-29", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Tomo 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": 13.1, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 989, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 993, "categoryRank": 25, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 47 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found.", "bestFor": "People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.", "disclosure": "Tomo 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": [ "In iMessage group chats it shares only busy times from a connected calendar, not event details.", "Google Workspace and health data are excluded from AI training, per the privacy policy.", "Complete deletion requests are processed within 30 days.", "Eight iOS releases between 31 July and 29 September 2026." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "No free plan or trial found, and prices may vary by user.", "No status page, security.txt or security contact found.", "The privacy policy shares visitor identifiers with Meta, TikTok and Snap for ad targeting." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app.", "Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant." ], "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": 13.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 10, "reliability": 15, "schema": 0, "security": 0, "transparency": 33 }, "provenanceScore": 60 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.accounts", "tool": "https://letme.dev/tomo" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Tomo base plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19.99, "note": "Starting price on tomo.ai. Prices may vary by user and promotion." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mapo Labs, Inc.", "domain": "tomo.ai", "domainRegistered": "2020-12-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.tomo.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://www.tomo.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "tomo.ai redirects to www.tomo.ai. The footer links mapolabs.com.", "tomo.ai/.well-known/security.txt and tomo.ai/llms.txt redirect to the login page.", "No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2020-12-14 for tomo.ai." ], "score": 60 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "The Experience Company", "b": "Mapo Labs, 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 Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-14", "b": "2026-09-29", "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 Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or Tomo?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 67 against 15", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 0", "Agent ergonomics, 54 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 54 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 78 against 54", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 47" ], "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": "People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.", "slug": "tomo", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.accounts", "name": "Assistants that act in your accounts" }, "others": [ { "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/cowagent-vs-gaia.json", "title": "CowAgent vs GAIA", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-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-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/cowagent-vs-tomo.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo" }, { "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-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-tomo.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Haven vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Instinct vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Leon vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Lindy vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "nanobot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Dots vs Tomo", 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Tomo vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer" }, { "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/talorys-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Talorys vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 52, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 67, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "tomo": 15, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 51, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 51, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "tomo": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 54, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 54, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "tomo": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 54, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 54, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "tomo": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 20, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "tomo": 10, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 24, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 78, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "tomo": 54, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "gaia", "gaia": 60, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "tomo": 47, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.", "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.", "tomo": "Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.min.md" }, "markdown": "GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.\n\n- GAIA: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #815 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json\n- Tomo: grade F, 13.1/100, rank #989 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 314 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 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 51 against 0\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 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 60 against 47\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### Tomo (F)\n\nGood for: People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.\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 | Tomo | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 15 | GAIA +52 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 51 | 0 | GAIA +51 |\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 | 54 | GAIA +24 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 47 | GAIA +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **13.1 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | GAIA | Tomo |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | The Experience Company | Mapo Labs, 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 Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-29 |\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**Tomo.** Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found.\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### Tomo\n\n1. Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app.\n2. Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, GAIA or Tomo?\n\nGAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-tomo.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"gaia\", \"b\": \"tomo\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare gaia tomo`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gaia.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tomo.json\n\n## Other comparisons with GAIA or Tomo\n\n- [AstrBot vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gaia.md)\n- [CowAgent vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-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 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- [CowAgent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-tomo.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 Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Haven vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Instinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Leon vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Lindy vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-tomo.md)\n- [nanobot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Dots vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Pally vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Poke vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Tomo vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Tomo vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tomo vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [GAIA vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tomo.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-tomo.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Tomo competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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