# Leon vs Orchid (slim)

> Leon scores 41 (E) to Orchid's 20.2 (F) for assistants that act in your accounts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Leon scores 41 (E) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Orchid leads on reliability and maintenance & community. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

- Leon: E 41, rank #938 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leon.min.md
- Orchid: F 20.2, rank #992 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.min.md
- Leon, good for A developer who wants a self-hosted assistant with memory, computer use and a local model, and who will read the source. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 33 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 57 against 0; Security & auth, 34 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 10. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Orchid, good for A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 32; Maintenance & community, 24 against 15.

| Category | Leon | Orchid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 32 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 33 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 34 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 24 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Leon | Orchid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Louis Grenard (Leon AI) | Zero Email, Inc. |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2023-05-01 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 18k stars | none |