# IronClaw vs nanobot (slim)

> IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) to nanobot's 62.4 (B) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against nanobot's 62.4 (B), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. nanobot leads on agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do assistant proactive.

- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- nanobot: B 62.4, rank #446 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot.min.md
- IronClaw, good for One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 75 against 48.
- 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 Agent ergonomics, 74 against 69; Maintenance & community, 82 against 74. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | IronClaw | nanobot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | IronClaw | nanobot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | NEAR AI | HKUDS |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Popularity | 13k stars | 49k stars |