# IronClaw vs Pally (slim)

> IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) to Pally's 37.8 (F) for assistants that act in your accounts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- Pally: F 37.8, rank #956 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.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 Reliability, 67 against 15; Schema & documentation, 74 against 33; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 31; Security & auth, 66 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30. Also Open source.
- Pally, good for A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | IronClaw | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 31 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | IronClaw | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | NEAR AI | Pally Technologies, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). |
| Tools exposed | none | 2 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given |  |
| Popularity | 13k stars | none |