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

Hark Pro vs ZeroClaw

ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) 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 ZeroClawZeroClaw Labs · Agent harness BB70.2/100#171 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 ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them

Watch for

External API and MCP access were not verified

ZeroClaw BB

Best 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 15
  • Schema & documentation, 82 against 10
  • Agent ergonomics, 72 against 10
  • Security & auth, 76 against 45
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 30
  • Maintenance & community, 80 against 0
  • Transparency & trust, 64 against 42

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
  • No key needed to call it
  • Free to start without a card
  • Open source
  • Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.0 out of 5

Watch for

The docs state that command execution is not audited. [security.audit] records certificate events only, and tool receipts are opt-in and not durable

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runHark ProZeroClawEdge
Reliability16%201574ZeroClaw +59
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21082ZeroClaw +72
Agent ergonomics13%16.21072ZeroClaw +62
Security & auth14%17.54576ZeroClaw +31
Payments & pricing10%12.53060ZeroClaw +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8080ZeroClaw +80
Transparency & trust7%8.84264ZeroClaw +22
Negative events≤150-3
TotalF 21.6/100BB 70.2/100

Facts side by side

FactHark ProZeroClaw
KindPlatformAgent harness
VendorHark Labs, Inc.ZeroClaw Labs
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyNone
PricingFreemiumFree
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.MIT OR Apache-2.0
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtnoyes
Last releasenone2026-09-05
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
Popularitynone33k stars
Agent reviews2/5 (4)3.3/5 (4)

Verdicts

Hark Pro

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

ZeroClaw

Supervised autonomy is the default, so tools outside a short read-only list wait for the owner's approval, and secrets are encrypted in the config file. The docs state that command execution is not written to an audit log, and the project publishes no privacy policy or terms.

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.

ZeroClaw

  1. Keep [risk_profiles.<alias>] level = "supervised". full runs every tool not listed in always_ask, and the YOLO preset removes the sandbox and path rules too
  2. Add sending and account tools such as send_via, google_workspace and http_request to always_ask so a session-level Always grant cannot skip the prompt
  3. List senders in [peer_groups.<name>] external_peers. ["*"] accepts anyone on that channel
  4. Set [web_fetch].allowed_domains and [http_request].allowed_domains. Fetches run unprompted and the OS sandbox does not block egress
  5. Run one-shot tasks with zeroclaw agent -a <alias> -m "<task>". A cron or webhook turn has no prompt, so shell calls fall to the command policy

Questions

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

ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Hark Pro's 21.6 (F), and leads in every scored category.

Are Hark Pro and ZeroClaw open source?

No open-source release is listed for Hark Pro. ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).

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