# Gemini Spark vs PicoClaw

> PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) to Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) on agent readiness against Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Gemini Spark leads on security & auth. Both do assistant proactive.

- Gemini Spark: grade F, 24.5/100, rank #974 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-spark.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gemini-spark.json
- PicoClaw: grade D, 46.1/100, rank #879 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/picoclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/picoclaw.json
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## Which one, for what

### Gemini Spark (F)

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

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 60 against 51

Also in its favour:
- No incidents deducted, where PicoClaw loses 7 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

### PicoClaw (D)

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:
- Reliability, 54 against 14
- Schema & documentation, 51 against 17
- Agent ergonomics, 66 against 9
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 10
- Maintenance & community, 22 against 17
- Transparency & trust, 56 against 49

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Free to start without a card
- Open source

Watch for: No commit on main since 19 August 2026 and no release since v0.3.1 on 3 July 2026. An issue of 6 October calls the repository unmaintained, with no reply


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Gemini Spark | PicoClaw | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 14 | 54 | PicoClaw +40 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 17 | 51 | PicoClaw +34 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 9 | 66 | PicoClaw +57 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 51 | Gemini Spark +9 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 60 | PicoClaw +50 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 17 | 22 | PicoClaw +5 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 56 | PicoClaw +7 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -7 | |
| **Total** | | **24.5 · F** | **46.1 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Gemini Spark | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Google LLC | Sipeed |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under the Google Terms of Service | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-05-19 | 2026-07-03 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-30 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-24 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | none | 30k 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.

**PicoClaw.** Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with 19 documented chat channels, scheduled and heartbeat tasks, and local file memory. The repository has had no commit since 19 August 2026 and no release since 3 July, and 15 CVEs are listed against it with no advisory or security policy from the project.

## 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

### PicoClaw

1. Set `allow_from` to the owner's user ID on every channel before starting the gateway. An empty list accepts messages from anyone
2. Set `tools.exec.allow_remote` to `false` unless chats must run shell commands. The shipped default is `true`, whatever docs/guides/configuration.md says
3. Set `isolation.enabled` to `true` on Linux (needs `bwrap`) or run in a container. The deny patterns do not inspect child processes
4. Use `PICOCLAW_KEY_PASSPHRASE` for credential encryption. One docs page names `PICOCLAW_CREDENTIAL_PASSPHRASE`, which the source does not read
5. Treat the README's ClawdChat line (read a remote skill file and follow it) as untrusted third-party instructions

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Gemini Spark or PicoClaw?

PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) on agent readiness against Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Gemini Spark leads on security & auth.

### Are Gemini Spark and PicoClaw open source?

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


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