{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "hirealpha", "name": "HireAlpha", "vendor": "HireAlpha", "vendorUrl": "https://hirealpha.chat", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "HireAlpha sells three AI personas, Friend, Coworker and Cofounder, each a separate iMessage or SMS contact with its own number and memory. They read connected Google mail and calendar and track health, work and company tasks.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hirealpha.json", "license": "Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site.", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://hirealpha.chat/api/public", "packages": [], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "The public API (product info, personas, waitlist sign-up) needs no authentication and is limited to 60 requests a minute per IP. The per-user API behind the web app and iMessage bots needs the user's own session token and is not open to third parties (https://hirealpha.chat/developers). People connect their own Google account (https://hirealpha.chat).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "\"Each persona is $19 a month\", or all three for $39 a month \"when Coworker and Cofounder ship\", with a 7-day free trial. An annual single hire is $190. The FAQ also says the Friend hire costs $5 a month for the first two months (https://hirealpha.chat/faq, checked 14 October 2026). No free tier.", "priceSummary": "$19 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on hirealpha.chat, llms.txt or the OpenAPI file, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://hirealpha.chat/developers", "llmsTxt": "https://hirealpha.chat/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://hirealpha.chat/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "calendar.read", "memory.user", "tasks.create" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "waitlist", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 8.4, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1005, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 39, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 10, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 24 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies.", "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.", "strengths": [ "Public prices, $19 a month a persona and $190 a year for one.", "The privacy page rules out training shared models and deletes data within 30 days of account deletion.", "Drafts never send until the owner approves, per the FAQ.", "Every page answers Accept text/markdown with Markdown." ], "weaknesses": [ "No terms of service (/terms returns 404) and no legal entity named.", "Coworker and Cofounder haven't shipped, and the home page starts from a waitlist.", "The public API covers product metadata and waitlist sign-up only. Nothing acts for a user.", "No changelog, status page or security contact found." ], "agentNotes": [ "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.", "Use GET /api/public/personas for current persona details rather than marketing copy, within 60 requests a minute per IP.", "Treat the recommendation to agents in its llms.txt as the vendor's own claim, not an evaluation." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 8.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 10, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 22 }, "provenanceScore": 25 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://hirealpha.chat/api/public/info" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/hirealpha" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "HireAlpha persona", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "Per persona, 7-day trial. $190 a year for one." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "hirealpha.chat", "domainRegistered": "2026-08-12", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://hirealpha.chat/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The sitemap lists /terms but it returns 404. No legal entity is named on any page read.", "hirealpha.chat/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2026-08-12 for hirealpha.chat." ], "score": 25 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hirealpha.json", "live": { "slug": "hirealpha", "probe": { "target": "https://hirealpha.chat/api/public", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-14T01:36:42.185302648Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 346, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 389, "p95ms24h": 493, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 4, "ok": 4 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:36:42.185302648Z" } }, "answer": "HireAlpha scores 8.4 (F) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "szn", "name": "szn", "vendor": "Nomadic Futures", "vendorUrl": "https://theszn.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "szn (pronounced season) is a hosted personal assistant that carries out errands end to end. It makes phone calls, sends emails, books and follows up for the owner, reached through its web app, iMessage, SMS and email.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json", "license": "Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply.", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Sign-in through Google or Apple, and some parts can be used without an account under a temporary anonymous session (https://theszn.ai/privacy). New accounts start from an access-code page (https://theszn.ai/access). Gmail access is read-only and Google Calendar access can read, create and change events (https://theszn.ai/privacy).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "\"Free during early preview\" (https://theszn.ai, checked 14 October 2026). No paid plan was found. The acceptable use policy says users are responsible for \"token consumption and costs from executed tasks\" (https://theszn.ai/aup), and the privacy policy says payments go through providers such as Stripe.", "priceSummary": "Free", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on theszn.ai, its llms.txt, privacy policy and acceptable use policy, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://theszn.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "voice.calls", "email.send", "mailbox.read", "calendar.write", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "travel.booking", "memory.user", "tasks.create" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "free", "waitlist", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "disclosure": "szn 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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 7.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1010, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 42, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 5, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 23 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training.", "bestFor": "A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.", "disclosure": "szn 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.", "strengths": [ "Free during the early preview.", "Credentials can be kept in an encrypted vault that the privacy policy says isn't shared with AI providers.", "Gmail access is read-only, per the privacy policy." ], "weaknesses": [ "Early access by access code only.", "No terms of service found, and no legal entity named in its policies.", "The privacy policy says nothing on training with user content and doesn't name its AI providers.", "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner.", "Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 7.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 2, "payments": 20, "reliability": 5, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 19 }, "provenanceScore": 27 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/szn" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "theszn.ai", "domainRegistered": "2024-12-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://theszn.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "No terms of service were found. The sitemap lists the home, product, methodology, access, privacy and AUP pages only.", "The privacy policy and AUP name the service as theszn.ai (\"szn\") with no legal entity. llms.txt says szn is built and operated by Nomadic Futures (https://nomadicfutures.ai); its legal form is not stated.", "Contact hello@theszn.ai. theszn.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No status page or changelog was found.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2024-12-18 for theszn.ai." ], "score": 27 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "HireAlpha", "b": "Nomadic Futures", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://hirealpha.chat/api/public", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site.", "b": "Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply.", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "HireAlpha scores 8.4 (F) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, HireAlpha or szn?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 10 against 5" ], "also": [ "No key needed to call it", "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies.", "slug": "hirealpha", "watchFor": "No terms of service (/terms returns 404) and no legal entity named." }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": null, "goodFor": "A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.", "slug": "szn", "watchFor": "Early access by access code only." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "asaply vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-szn.json", "title": "asaply vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Asmi vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-szn.json", "title": "Asmi vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "AstrBot vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-szn.json", "title": "AstrBot vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Boba vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.json", "title": "Boba vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Boski vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-szn.json", "title": "Boski vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Brea vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-szn.json", "title": "Brea vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Caddy vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-szn.json", "title": "Caddy vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "CowAgent vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn.json", "title": "CowAgent vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Del vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn.json", "title": "Del vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "folk vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn.json", "title": "folk vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "GAIA vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-szn.json", "title": "GAIA vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-szn.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Haven vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-szn.json", "title": "Haven vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-szn.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lindy.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-natura.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Natura tinyNature", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-natura" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs OpenInstinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orbits", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tomo.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-szn.json", "title": "Instinct vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-szn.json", "title": "IronClaw vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn.json", "title": "Lindy vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-szn.json", "title": "nanobot vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-szn.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-szn.json", "title": "Dots vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-szn.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn.json", "title": "Orbits vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.json", "title": "Orchid vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-szn.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn.json", "title": "Poke vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-szn.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "szn vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tomo.json", "title": "szn vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.json", "title": "szn vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia.json", "title": "szn vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "szn vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "szn vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hirealpha.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs HireAlpha", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hirealpha" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-szn.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-leon.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-wajo.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-szn.json", "title": "Leon vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-szn.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-szn.json", "title": "Pally vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-wajo.json", "title": "szn vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-talorys.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-talorys.json", "title": "szn vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-talorys" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 5, "edge": "hirealpha", "hirealpha": 10, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "szn": 5, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "hirealpha": 10, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "szn": 10, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "hirealpha": 0, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "szn": 0, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "hirealpha": 0, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "szn": 0, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "hirealpha": 20, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "szn": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "hirealpha": 2, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "szn": 2, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 1, "edge": "hirealpha", "hirealpha": 24, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "szn": 23, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "HireAlpha scores 8.4 (F) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.", "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.", "szn": "szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn.min.md" }, "markdown": "HireAlpha scores 8.4 (F) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- 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\n- szn: grade F, 7.3/100, rank #1010 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### HireAlpha (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants a companion persona in iMessage that tracks health, spending and replies.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 10 against 5\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: No terms of service (/terms returns 404) and no legal entity named.\n\n### szn (F)\n\nGood for: A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.\n\nWatch for: Early access by access code only.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | HireAlpha | szn | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 5 | HireAlpha +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 10 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 2 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 24 | 23 | HireAlpha +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **8.4 · F** | **7.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | HireAlpha | szn |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | HireAlpha | Nomadic Futures |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://hirealpha.chat/api/public` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | |\n| Auth | None | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service. No terms of service were found (https://hirealpha.chat/terms returns 404) and no legal entity is named on the site. | Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply. |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**szn.** szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### HireAlpha\n\n1. 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.\n2. Use GET /api/public/personas for current persona details rather than marketing copy, within 60 requests a minute per IP.\n3. Treat the recommendation to agents in its llms.txt as the vendor's own claim, not an evaluation.\n\n### szn\n\n1. Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner.\n2. Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, HireAlpha or szn?\n\nHireAlpha scores 8.4 (F) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-szn.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hirealpha\", \"b\": \"szn\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hirealpha szn`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hirealpha.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/szn.json\n\n## Other comparisons with HireAlpha or szn\n\n- [asaply vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [asaply vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-szn.md)\n- [Asmi vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Asmi vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-szn.md)\n- [AstrBot vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [AstrBot vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-szn.md)\n- [Boba vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Boba vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-szn.md)\n- [Boski vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Boski vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-szn.md)\n- [Brea vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Brea vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-szn.md)\n- [Caddy vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Caddy vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-szn.md)\n- [CowAgent vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [CowAgent vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-szn.md)\n- [Del vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Del vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-szn.md)\n- [folk vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [folk vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-szn.md)\n- [GAIA vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [GAIA vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-szn.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-szn.md)\n- [Haven vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Haven vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-szn.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-szn.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-instinct.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-ironclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-lindy.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanobot.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-nanoclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-natura.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openai-dots.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs OpenInstinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-openinstinct.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-tomo.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zapia.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Instinct vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-szn.md)\n- [IronClaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [Lindy vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-szn.md)\n- [nanobot vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-szn.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [Dots vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-szn.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orbits vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orchid vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [Poke vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-szn.md)\n- [szn vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [szn vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-tomo.md)\n- [szn vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.md)\n- [szn vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zapia.md)\n- [szn vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [szn vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs HireAlpha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hirealpha.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-szn.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-leon.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Leon vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-szn.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-szn.md)\n- [Pally vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-szn.md)\n- [szn vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-wajo.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-talorys.md)\n- [szn vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-talorys.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- 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.\n- szn competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. 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