# GAIA vs ZeroClaw (slim)

> ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) to GAIA's 49.5 (D) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.5 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #813 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- ZeroClaw: BB 70.2, rank #161 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.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.
- ZeroClaw, good for One person who wants an assistant on their own hardware that answers on Telegram, Discord, Matrix or email, asks before it writes or runs commands, and works with a local model. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 67; Schema & documentation, 82 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 54; Security & auth, 76 against 54; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | GAIA | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 76 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | ZeroClaw Labs |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-05 |
| 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 | 33k stars |