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Head to head · Assistant proactive · October 2026 research run

Gemini Spark vs OpenClaw

OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

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Gemini SparkGoogle LLC · Platform F24.5/100#974 of 986 OpenClawOpenClaw Foundation · Agent harness B67.1/100#270 of 986

Which one, for what

Gemini Spark F

Best for A person who already keeps mail, calendar and files in a personal Google Account and accepts Keep Activity being on.

Also in its favour

  • No incidents deducted, where OpenClaw loses 8 points for them

Watch for

No public API, SDK or MCP server for an outside agent was found. Spark is reached in the Gemini mobile app, the Mac app and gemini.google.com

OpenClaw B

Best for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 75 against 14
  • Schema & documentation, 84 against 17
  • Agent ergonomics, 77 against 9
  • Security & auth, 74 against 60
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 10
  • Maintenance & community, 86 against 17
  • Transparency & trust, 68 against 49

Also in its favour

  • Open source

Watch for

Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runGemini SparkOpenClawEdge
Reliability16%201475OpenClaw +61
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21784OpenClaw +67
Agent ergonomics13%16.2977OpenClaw +68
Security & auth14%17.56074OpenClaw +14
Payments & pricing10%12.51060OpenClaw +50
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.81786OpenClaw +69
Transparency & trust7%8.84968OpenClaw +19
Negative events≤150-8
TotalF 24.5/100B 67.1/100

Facts side by side

FactGemini SparkOpenClaw
KindPlatformAgent harness
VendorGoogle LLCOpenClaw Foundation
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuthOAuth or key
PricingPaidFree
x402nono
LicenceProprietary hosted service under the Google Terms of ServiceMIT
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-05-192026-10-12
Terms last updated2026-07-30no document linked
Privacy policy last updated2026-09-24no document linked
Customer content may train modelsyes, with an opt-out
Terms restrict automated accessyes
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Popularitynone392k stars

Verdicts

Gemini Spark

Google's help pages state what Spark confirms before doing, how to delete its remote browser and code data, and the risks of prompt injection. Spark has no public API, Google calls it experimental, and it runs only with Keep Activity on, the setting under which chats are used for model training and human review.

OpenClaw

Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with state, memory and credentials kept on the owner's machine and no paid tier. A fresh install runs tools on the host with full access, no approval prompt and no sandbox, and the project has published 722 security advisories since January 2026, 14 of them critical.

Before you call either

Gemini Spark

  1. Do not plan an integration against Spark. No public API or MCP server was found, and a person must hold a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription
  2. Expect a confirmation request before sends, edits, purchases and web form submissions, and note that bulk changes to private Google Tasks run without one
  3. Delete remote browser data and remote code execution data in Gemini Spark Settings after a sensitive session. Deleting a task thread or Gemini Apps activity does not remove them
  4. Keep within 15 running tasks and 50 active schedules. A schedule does not run when 15 tasks are running or the usage limit is reached
  5. Treat every safety statement here as Google's own description. None was tested, and no message was sent to the service

OpenClaw

  1. Set a session permission mode of guarded or workspace, or tools.exec.mode, before connecting mail. The default runs host commands without approval
  2. Turn on agents.defaults.sandbox for any agent that reads mail, web pages or attachments. Sandboxing is off by default
  3. Set tools.message.crossContext.allowAcrossProviders and allowWithinProvider to false to confine sends to the current conversation
  4. Route incoming mail to a restricted reader agent, as the IMAP and Gmail guides show, and deny gateway, cron, sessions_spawn and sessions_send for it
  5. Run openclaw security audit after setup, and treat the Gateway token as an owner credential. POST /tools/invoke accepts it with full operator access

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Gemini Spark or OpenClaw?

OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in every scored category.

Are Gemini Spark and OpenClaw open source?

No open-source release is listed for Gemini Spark. OpenClaw is open source (MIT).

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