# HireAlpha vs OpenInstinct (slim)

> OpenInstinct scores 21.8 (F) to HireAlpha's 8.4 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

OpenInstinct scores 21.8 (F) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.4 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. HireAlpha leads on schema & documentation. Both do assistants reached by message.

- HireAlpha: F 8.4, rank #1005 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.min.md
- OpenInstinct: F 21.8, rank #988 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.min.md
- HireAlpha, good for A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 10 against 0. Also No key needed to call it; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- OpenInstinct, good for Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet. Ahead on Reliability, 33 against 10; Payments & pricing, 50 against 20; Maintenance & community, 66 against 2; Transparency & trust, 59 against 24. Also Open source.

| Category | HireAlpha | OpenInstinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 33 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 24 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HireAlpha | OpenInstinct |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | HireAlpha | Merit Systems, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://hirealpha.chat/api/public` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| 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 (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.). |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |