# Hark Pro vs QwenPaw

> QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) to Hark Pro's 21.6 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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.

- Hark Pro: grade F, 21.6/100, rank #1123 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hark-pro.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hark-pro.json
- QwenPaw: grade B, 62.2/100, rank #492 of 1171. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 917 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Hark Pro (F)

Good 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)

Good 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

| Category | Weight | Hark Pro | QwenPaw | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 70 | QwenPaw +55 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 68 | QwenPaw +58 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 67 | QwenPaw +57 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 60 | QwenPaw +15 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | QwenPaw +30 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 0 | 73 | QwenPaw +73 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 56 | QwenPaw +14 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **21.6 · F** | **62.2 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Hark Pro | QwenPaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Hark Labs, Inc. | AgentScope |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below. | Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | none | 36k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (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).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-qwenpaw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hark-pro-vs-qwenpaw.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "hark-pro", "b": "qwenpaw"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hark-pro qwenpaw`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hark-pro.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.json

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