# Instinct vs Talorys > Talorys scores 28.9 (F) to Instinct's 7.3 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.md (~2,750 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.min.md (~630 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-12 Talorys scores 28.9 (F) on agent readiness against Instinct's 7.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that remember you. - Instinct: grade F, 7.3/100, rank #993 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/instinct.json - Talorys: grade F, 28.9/100, rank #976 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/talorys.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 314 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Instinct (F) Good for: People who want to hand errands to an assistant by text or phone. Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ### Talorys (F) Good for: A single person who wants a private assistant for memory, tasks, notes and reminders on their own Cloudflare account. Ahead on: - Reliability, 41 against 10 - Security & auth, 8 against 3 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 0 - Maintenance & community, 83 against 2 Also in its favour: - Open source Watch for: No API key, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the /api routes need the owner's browser session. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Instinct | Talorys | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 41 | Talorys +31 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 3 | 8 | Talorys +5 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 60 | Talorys +60 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 83 | Talorys +81 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 52 | Instinct +1 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **7.3 · F** | **28.9 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Instinct | Talorys | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Spear Street Technology, Inc. (d/b/a Instinct) | Roc Yu (rociiu) and contributors | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Paid | Free | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under Instinct's Terms of Service (Spear Street Technology, Inc. d/b/a Instinct, last revised 26 August 2026). | MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms. | | Read-only variant documented | no | yes | | llms.txt | no | no | | Last release | none | 2026-10-12 | | 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 | 978 npm/wk | ## Verdicts **Instinct.** Instinct is a hosted assistant reached by text or call that acts in the owner's Google Workspace and WhatsApp and can make purchases. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, new sign-ups may meet a capacity waitlist, and materials train models unless the owner opts out. **Talorys.** Talorys is an MIT-licensed assistant its owner deploys to their own Cloudflare account, with no telemetry, a documented threat model and code-enforced confirmation for destructive tools. It is two days old at version 0.1.5, has no mail, calendar or payment connections, and no interface for an outside agent. ## Before you call either ### Instinct 1. Don't look for an endpoint. app.instinct.com/mcp serves the web app shell and refuses POST with 405. 2. Confirm any purchase with the owner. The terms say Actions may not be reversible. ### Talorys 1. Run `npx create-talorys@latest` with Node.js 22 or later and a Cloudflare login or an API token with Workers, Pages and Workers AI permissions. 2. Don't script the /api routes. They need the owner's session cookie and CSRF header and aren't documented for other callers. 3. Update with `npx create-talorys@latest update`. Only the latest version gets security fixes. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Instinct or Talorys? Talorys scores 28.9 (F) on agent readiness against Instinct's 7.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. ### Are Instinct and Talorys open source? No open-source release is listed for Instinct. Talorys is open source (MIT (Copyright 2026 The Talorys contributors). It runs on the owner's Cloudflare account under Cloudflare's own terms.). ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-talorys.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "instinct", "b": "talorys"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare instinct talorys` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/instinct.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/talorys.json ## Other comparisons with Instinct or Talorys - [AstrBot vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-instinct.md) - [CowAgent vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-instinct.md) - [GAIA vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-instinct.md) - [Gemini Spark vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-instinct.md) - [Grok Bot vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-instinct.md) - [Haven vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-instinct.md) - [Hermes Agent vs Instinct](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-instinct.md) - [Instinct vs IronClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-ironclaw.md) - [Instinct vs Leon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-leon.md) - [Instinct vs Lindy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-lindy.md) - [Instinct vs nanobot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanobot.md) - [Instinct vs NanoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-nanoclaw.md) - [Instinct vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openai-dots.md) - [Instinct vs OpenClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openclaw.md) - [Instinct vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-picoclaw.md) - [Instinct vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.md) - [Instinct vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Instinct vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw.md) - [Instinct vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zo-computer.md) - [Instinct vs Natura tinyNature](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-natura.md) - [Instinct vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-pally.md) - [Instinct vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-tomo.md) - [Instinct vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-wajo.md) - [CowAgent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-talorys.md) - [GAIA vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-talorys.md) - [Gemini Spark vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-talorys.md) - [Grok Bot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-talorys.md) - [Haven vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-talorys.md) - [Hermes Agent vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-talorys.md) - [IronClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-talorys.md) - [Leon vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-talorys.md) - [Lindy vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-talorys.md) - [nanobot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-talorys.md) - [NanoClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-talorys.md) - [Natura tinyNature vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-talorys.md) - [Dots vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-talorys.md) - [OpenClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-talorys.md) - [Pally vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-talorys.md) - [PicoClaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-talorys.md) - [Poke vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.md) - [QwenPaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-talorys.md) - [Talorys vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-tomo.md) - [Talorys vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-wajo.md) - [Talorys vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.md) - [Talorys vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zo-computer.md) - [AstrBot vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-talorys.md) ## Disclosure - Instinct competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default. - Talorys competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.