# Instinct vs szn (slim)

> Instinct and szn score within a point of each other for assistants reached by message, 7.3 and 7.3 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Instinct and szn score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 7.3 (F) and 7.3 (F). szn leads on schema & documentation and payments & pricing. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Instinct: F 7.3, rank #1009 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md
- szn: F 7.3, rank #1010 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.min.md
- Instinct, good for People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone. Ahead on Reliability, 10 against 5; Transparency & trust, 53 against 23.
- szn, good for A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 10 against 0; Payments & pricing, 20 against 0.

| Category | Instinct | szn |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 5 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 3 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 2 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 53 | 23 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Instinct | szn |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct) | Nomadic Futures |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026). | 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. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-26 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-26 |  |
| 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 |  |