# Instinct vs IronClaw (slim)

> IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) to Instinct's 11.4 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Instinct's 11.4 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

- Instinct: F 11.4, rank #984 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md
- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- Instinct, good for A consumer assistant for one adult who wants errands done by text or phone call, such as bill disputes, gifts, groceries, appointments and travel, and who accepts that it acts and spends as their agent.
- IronClaw, good for One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 5; Schema & documentation, 74 against 3; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 5; Security & auth, 66 against 25; Payments & pricing, 60 against 0; Maintenance & community, 74 against 3; Transparency & trust, 75 against 51. Also Open source.

| Category | Instinct | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 5 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 3 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 5 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 25 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Instinct | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Spear Street Technology, Inc. | NEAR AI |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Instinct's Terms of Service, which grant personal use only | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-26 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-26 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | none | 13k stars |