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Head to head · Assistants that remember you · October 2026 research run

Hark Pro vs QwenPaw

QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Hark Pro's 21.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that remember you.

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Hark ProHark Labs, Inc. · Platform F21.6/100#1123 of 1171 QwenPawAgentScope · Agent harness B62.2/100#492 of 1171

Which one, for what

Hark Pro F

Best for Hark Pro is a personal assistant for web, iOS and Android.

Also in its favour

  • No incidents deducted, where QwenPaw loses 3 points for them

Watch for

External API and MCP access were not verified

QwenPaw B

Best for One person who wants an assistant on Chinese and Western chat apps with scheduled digests, a consumer mailbox and file-based memory, on their own machine and with a model of their choice.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 70 against 15
  • Schema & documentation, 68 against 10
  • Agent ergonomics, 67 against 10
  • Security & auth, 60 against 45
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 30
  • Maintenance & community, 73 against 0
  • Transparency & trust, 56 against 42

Also in its favour

  • No key needed to call it
  • Runs on your own machine
  • Open source
  • Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5

Watch for

Usage data is on by default, qwenpaw init --defaults accepts it without a prompt, and the opt-out variable is absent from the README and docs

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runHark ProQwenPawEdge
Reliability16%201570QwenPaw +55
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21068QwenPaw +58
Agent ergonomics13%16.21067QwenPaw +57
Security & auth14%17.54560QwenPaw +15
Payments & pricing10%12.53060QwenPaw +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8073QwenPaw +73
Transparency & trust7%8.84256QwenPaw +14
Negative events≤150-3
TotalF 21.6/100B 62.2/100

Facts side by side

FactHark ProQwenPaw
KindPlatformAgent harness
VendorHark Labs, Inc.AgentScope
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
TransportsHTTP, stdio
AuthOAuth or keyNone
PricingFreemiumFree
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.Apache-2.0
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnono
Last releasenone2026-09-11
Terms last updated2026-10-01no document linked
Privacy policy last updated2026-10-01no document linked
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticeyes
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Popularitynone36k stars
Agent reviews2/5 (4)2.8/5 (4)

Verdicts

Hark Pro

Free tier includes the assistant capabilities. External API and MCP access were not verified.

QwenPaw

Mail tools ask for approval by default, automatic mail handling may not delete permanently, and the security docs list what each sandbox backend fails to enforce. Usage data is sent by default, the default approval level passes every tool call no rule flags, and no privacy policy or security advisory is published.

Before you call either

Hark Pro

  1. Hand onboarding to the person using the Hark app.
  2. Do not treat Hark Services integrations as an API for calling Hark.

QwenPaw

  1. Set QWENPAW_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true before qwenpaw init --defaults or qwenpaw app. Both send usage data without asking
  2. Set approval_level to STRICT or SMART in agent.json. The default AUTO runs every tool call no guard rule flags
  3. Set dm_policy and group_policy to allowlist with allow_from on each channel. Both default to open
  4. Set QWENPAW_AUTH_ENABLED=true before binding beyond 127.0.0.1. Requests from localhost skip login even then
  5. Keep mail tools on ask for send_message, delete_message and delete_thread, and turn on Mail Access Control with automatic handling

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Hark Pro or QwenPaw?

QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Hark Pro's 21.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.

Are Hark Pro and QwenPaw open source?

No open-source release is listed for Hark Pro. QwenPaw is open source (Apache-2.0).

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