# HireAlpha vs OpenDuet (slim)

> OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) to HireAlpha's 8.7 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

- HireAlpha: F 8.7, rank #1229 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.min.md
- OpenDuet: D 49.5, rank #962 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.min.md
- HireAlpha, good for A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies. Also No key needed to call it; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- OpenDuet, good for A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account. Ahead on Reliability, 42 against 10; Schema & documentation, 58 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 52 against 0; Security & auth, 59 against 0; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 37 against 2; Transparency & trust, 68 against 27. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | HireAlpha | OpenDuet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 42 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 52 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 37 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 27 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HireAlpha | OpenDuet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | HireAlpha | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://hirealpha.chat/api/public` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site. | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-08-27 |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 1.6k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |