# Leon vs Poke (slim)

> Leon scores 41 (E) to Poke's 37.6 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Leon scores 41 (E) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on reliability, schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do assistant proactive.

- Leon: E 41, rank #934 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leon.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #955 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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 Agent ergonomics, 57 against 30; Security & auth, 34 against 24; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 32; Schema & documentation, 42 against 33; Maintenance & community, 31 against 15.

| Category | Leon | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 32 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 33 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 34 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Leon | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Louis Grenard (Leon AI) | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2023-05-01 | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 18k stars | none |