# Instinct vs OpenDuet (slim)

> OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) to Instinct's 7.5 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Instinct's 7.5 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Instinct: F 7.5, rank #1237 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md
- OpenDuet: D 49.5, rank #962 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.min.md
- Instinct, good for People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone.
- OpenDuet, good for A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account. Ahead on Reliability, 42 against 10; Schema & documentation, 58 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 52 against 0; Security & auth, 59 against 3; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 37 against 2; Transparency & trust, 68 against 55. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Instinct | OpenDuet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 42 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 52 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 3 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 37 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Instinct | OpenDuet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct) | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Closed service under Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026). | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-26 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-27 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 1.6k stars |
| Agent reviews | 1.8/5 (4) | none |