# Instinct vs nanobot (slim)

> nanobot scores 62.4 (B) to Instinct's 11.4 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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nanobot scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against Instinct's 11.4 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.

- Instinct: F 11.4, rank #984 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md
- nanobot: B 62.4, rank #446 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot.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. Also No incidents deducted, where nanobot loses 6 points for them.
- nanobot, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with file-based memory and a free choice of model. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 5; Schema & documentation, 77 against 3; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 5; Security & auth, 63 against 25; Payments & pricing, 60 against 0; Maintenance & community, 82 against 3. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Instinct | nanobot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 5 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 3 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 5 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 25 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Instinct | nanobot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Spear Street Technology, Inc. | HKUDS |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Instinct's Terms of Service, which grant personal use only | MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-26 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-26 | no document linked |
| 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 | 49k stars |