# Lobby vs PicoClaw (slim)

> PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) to Lobby's 11.1 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Lobby: F 11.1, rank #1182 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.min.md
- PicoClaw: D 46.1, rank #998 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/picoclaw.min.md
- Lobby, good for A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools. Also No incidents deducted, where PicoClaw loses 7 points for them.
- PicoClaw, good for A person who wants a chat-app assistant on a cheap Linux board, an old Android phone or a home server, with reminders, web search and file memory, and who accepts running software its maker calls pre-production. Ahead on Reliability, 54 against 15; Schema & documentation, 51 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 0; Security & auth, 51 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 22 against 2; Transparency & trust, 56 against 43. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Lobby | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 54 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 22 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 43 | 56 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lobby | PicoClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Lobby OS, Inc. | Sipeed |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026. | MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-07-03 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 30k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | 1.8/5 (4) |