# IronClaw vs Town (slim)

> IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) to Town's 48.7 (D) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Town leads on security & auth. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- Town: D 48.7, rank #834 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.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 35; Schema & documentation, 74 against 33; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 49; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 74 against 60; Transparency & trust, 75 against 63. Also Open source.
- Town, good for An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger. Ahead on Security & auth, 79 against 66. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | IronClaw | Town |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 49 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 74 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | IronClaw | Town |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | NEAR AI | Town.com, Inc. |
| Licence | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-10 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given |  |
| Popularity | 13k stars | none |