# HireAlpha vs QwenPaw > QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) to HireAlpha's 8.4 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.md (~3,500 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.min.md (~630 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.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 QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.4 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message. - HireAlpha: grade F, 8.4/100, rank #1005 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hirealpha.json - QwenPaw: grade B, 62.2/100, rank #454 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.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 ### HireAlpha (F) Good for: A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies. Also in its favour: - A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install - No incidents deducted, where QwenPaw loses 3 points for them Watch for: No terms of service (/terms returns 404) and no legal entity named. ### QwenPaw (B) Good for: One person who wants an assistant on Chinese and Western chat apps with scheduled digests, a consumer mailbox and file-based memory, on their own machine and with a model of their choice. Ahead on: - Reliability, 70 against 10 - Schema & documentation, 68 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 67 against 0 - Security & auth, 60 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 20 - Maintenance & community, 73 against 2 - Transparency & trust, 56 against 24 Also in its favour: - Runs on your own machine - Open source Watch for: Usage data is on by default, `qwenpaw init --defaults` accepts it without a prompt, and the opt-out variable is absent from the README and docs ## Score by category | Category | Weight | HireAlpha | QwenPaw | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 70 | QwenPaw +60 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 68 | QwenPaw +58 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 67 | QwenPaw +67 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 60 | QwenPaw +60 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 60 | QwenPaw +40 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 73 | QwenPaw +71 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 24 | 56 | QwenPaw +32 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | | | **Total** | | **8.4 · F** | **62.2 · B** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | HireAlpha | QwenPaw | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Agent harness | | Vendor | HireAlpha | AgentScope | | Hosted endpoint | `https://hirealpha.chat/api/public` | no (local only) | | Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio | | Auth | None | None | | Pricing | Paid | Free | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site. | Apache-2.0 | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | no | | Last release | none | 2026-09-11 | | Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked | | Privacy policy last updated | | no document linked | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | | Popularity | none | 36k stars | ## Verdicts **HireAlpha.** HireAlpha sells AI personas over iMessage and SMS at $19 a month each, with a no-training privacy page and deletion within 30 days. Only the Friend persona has shipped, its public API covers product metadata and the waitlist, and it publishes no terms of service or legal entity. **QwenPaw.** Mail tools ask for approval by default, automatic mail handling may not delete permanently, and the security docs list what each sandbox backend fails to enforce. Usage data is sent by default, the default approval level passes every tool call no rule flags, and no privacy policy or security advisory is published. ## Before you call either ### HireAlpha 1. Don't plan to call a HireAlpha persona from another agent. The per-user API needs the owner's session and isn't open to third parties. 2. Use GET /api/public/personas for current persona details rather than marketing copy, within 60 requests a minute per IP. 3. Treat the recommendation to agents in its llms.txt as the vendor's own claim, not an evaluation. ### QwenPaw 1. Set `QWENPAW_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` before `qwenpaw init --defaults` or `qwenpaw app`. Both send usage data without asking 2. Set `approval_level` to `STRICT` or `SMART` in `agent.json`. The default `AUTO` runs every tool call no guard rule flags 3. Set `dm_policy` and `group_policy` to `allowlist` with `allow_from` on each channel. Both default to `open` 4. Set `QWENPAW_AUTH_ENABLED=true` before binding beyond 127.0.0.1. Requests from localhost skip login even then 5. Keep mail tools on `ask` for `send_message`, `delete_message` and `delete_thread`, and turn on Mail Access Control with automatic handling ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, HireAlpha or QwenPaw? QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against HireAlpha's 8.4 (F), and leads in every scored category. ### Are HireAlpha and QwenPaw open source? No open-source release is listed for HireAlpha. QwenPaw is open source (Apache-2.0). ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "hirealpha", "b": "qwenpaw"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hirealpha qwenpaw` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hirealpha.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.json ## Other comparisons with HireAlpha or QwenPaw - [asaply vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha.md) - [asaply vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Asmi vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hirealpha.md) - [Asmi vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [AstrBot vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hirealpha.md) - [Boba vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.md) - [Boba vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Boski vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hirealpha.md) - [Brea vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hirealpha.md) - [Brea vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-qwenpaw.md) - 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[AstrBot vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Boski vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Caddy vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [CowAgent vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [folk vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [GAIA vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Gemini Spark vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Grok Bot vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Haven vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Hermes Agent vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Instinct vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [IronClaw vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Leon vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Lindy vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [nanobot vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [NanoClaw vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Dots vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [OpenClaw vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [PicoClaw vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Poke vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [QwenPaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town.md) - [QwenPaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw.md) - [QwenPaw vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zo-computer.md) - [Gemini Spark vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hirealpha.md) - [HireAlpha vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-leon.md) - [HireAlpha vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-wajo.md) - [Natura tinyNature vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Pally vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [QwenPaw vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tomo.md) - [QwenPaw vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-wajo.md) - [HireAlpha vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-talorys.md) - [QwenPaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-talorys.md) ## Disclosure - HireAlpha 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.