# Instinct vs Poke (slim)

> Poke scores 37.6 (F) to Instinct's 11.4 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Poke scores 37.6 (F) 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
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #955 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 5; Schema & documentation, 42 against 3; Agent ergonomics, 30 against 5; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 31 against 3; Transparency & trust, 58 against 51.

| Category | Instinct | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 5 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 3 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 5 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 25 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Instinct | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Spear Street Technology, Inc. | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Instinct's Terms of Service, which grant personal use only | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-26 | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-26 | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |