# Haven vs OpenInstinct (slim)

> Haven and OpenInstinct score within a point of each other for assistants reached by message, 22.2 and 21.8 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Haven and OpenInstinct score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 22.2 (F) and 21.8 (F). OpenInstinct leads on payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Haven: F 22.2, rank #986 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/haven.min.md
- OpenInstinct: F 21.8, rank #988 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.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 Agent ergonomics, 6 against 0; Security & auth, 13 against 0.
- OpenInstinct, good for Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 50 against 30; Maintenance & community, 66 against 35; Transparency & trust, 59 against 51. Also Open source.

| Category | Haven | OpenInstinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 33 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 4 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 6 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 13 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 35 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Haven | OpenInstinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Hello Haven, Inc. | Merit Systems, Inc. |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Hello Haven's Terms of Service | MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.). |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-24 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-24 |  |
| 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 | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |