# Haven vs Orchid > Haven scores 22.2 (F) to Orchid's 20.2 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.md (~3,350 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.min.md (~630 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 Haven scores 22.2 (F) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Orchid leads on reliability, schema & documentation and transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message. - Haven: grade F, 22.2/100, rank #986 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/haven.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/haven.json - Orchid: grade F, 20.2/100, rank #992 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Haven (F) 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 - Payments & pricing, 30 against 10 - Maintenance & community, 35 against 24 Watch for: No approval setting or list of actions that need confirmation was found on the public pages. The terms say it sends emails, SMS and calls following the user's instructions. ### Orchid (F) Good for: A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves. Ahead on: - Reliability, 50 against 35 - Schema & documentation, 10 against 4 - Transparency & trust, 60 against 51 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Haven | Orchid | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 50 | Orchid +15 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 4 | 10 | Orchid +6 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 6 | 0 | Haven +6 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 13 | 0 | Haven +13 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 10 | Haven +20 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 35 | 24 | Haven +11 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 60 | Orchid +9 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **22.2 · F** | **20.2 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Haven | Orchid | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Hello Haven, Inc. | Zero Email, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | HTTP | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Proprietary service under Hello Haven's Terms of Service | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | yes | | Last release | 2026-09-17 | none | | 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 | | ## Verdicts **Haven.** Haven answers by phone call, text, email and app, is free in beta with no card, and publishes a status page with dated incidents. No public page read says which actions need approval, which accounts it connects or how their tokens are kept, and it names no model provider or sub-processor. **Orchid.** Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains. ## Before you call either ### Haven 1. Haven has no documented API or MCP server. An outside agent can reach it only through the owner's channels (call, SMS, email, app). 2. Do not assume an approval step before Haven sends mail, texts or calls. None is documented on the public pages. 3. Email Haven sends to other people names Hello Haven as sender and says it was sent on the user's behalf, per the terms. 4. Chat messages, history, profile context and uploaded files go to third-party AI model providers that the vendor does not name. 5. Check status.hellohaven.ai before relying on phone or voice. All four published incidents affected those channels. ### Orchid 1. Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads. 2. Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number. 3. Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Haven or Orchid? Haven scores 22.2 (F) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Orchid leads on reliability, schema & documentation and transparency & trust. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "haven", "b": "orchid-ai"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare haven orchid-ai` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/haven.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json ## Other comparisons with Haven or Orchid - [asaply vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-haven.md) - [asaply vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.md) - [Asmi vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-haven.md) - [Asmi vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.md) - [AstrBot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.md) - [Boba vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-haven.md) - [Boba vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.md) - [Boski vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.md) - [Brea vs Haven](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-haven.md) - [Brea vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.md) - 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[Natura tinyNature vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai.md) - [Orchid vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo.md) - [Haven vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-talorys.md) - [Orchid vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.md) ## Disclosure - Orchid competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.