# IronClaw vs OpenClaw (slim)

> OpenClaw and IronClaw score within a point of each other for assistant proactive, 67.1 and 66.7 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenClaw and IronClaw score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 67.1 (B) and 66.7 (B). IronClaw leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistant proactive.

- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- OpenClaw: B 67.1, rank #270 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.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 68.
- OpenClaw, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 67; Schema & documentation, 84 against 74; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 69; Security & auth, 74 against 66; Maintenance & community, 86 against 74.

| Category | IronClaw | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | IronClaw | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | NEAR AI | OpenClaw Foundation |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Popularity | 13k stars | 392k stars |