# HireAlpha vs Poke (slim)

> Poke scores 37.6 (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

Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.4 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

- HireAlpha: F 8.4, rank #1005 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #960 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 10; Schema & documentation, 42 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 30 against 0; Security & auth, 24 against 0; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 31 against 2; Transparency & trust, 58 against 24.

| Category | HireAlpha | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 24 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | HireAlpha | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | HireAlpha | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://hirealpha.chat/api/public` | no (local only) |
| Auth | None | API 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. | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Last release | none | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |