# Haven vs Instinct (slim)

> Haven scores 22.2 (F) to Instinct's 11.4 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Haven scores 22.2 (F) on agent readiness against Instinct's 11.4 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Instinct leads on security & auth. Both do assistant proactive.

- Haven: F 22.2, rank #977 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/haven.min.md
- Instinct: F 11.4, rank #984 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md
- Haven, good for A consumer assistant for one person who wants to phone, text or email it and have it remember them. Ahead on Reliability, 35 against 5; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 35 against 3.
- Instinct, good for A consumer assistant for one adult who wants errands done by text or phone call, such as bill disputes, gifts, groceries, appointments and travel, and who accepts that it acts and spends as their agent. Ahead on Security & auth, 25 against 13.

| Category | Haven | Instinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 5 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 4 | 3 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 6 | 5 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 13 | 25 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 35 | 3 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Haven | Instinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Hello Haven, Inc. | Spear Street Technology, Inc. |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Hello Haven's Terms of Service | Proprietary service under Instinct's Terms of Service, which grant personal use only |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-24 | 2026-08-26 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-24 | 2026-08-26 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |