# Lobby vs Poke (slim)

> Poke scores 37.6 (F) to Lobby's 11.1 (F) for assistants that act in your accounts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Poke scores 37.6 (F) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

- Lobby: F 11.1, rank #1182 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.min.md
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #1101 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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.
- 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 15; Schema & documentation, 42 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 30 against 0; Security & auth, 24 against 0; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 31 against 2; Transparency & trust, 58 against 43.

| Category | Lobby | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 43 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lobby | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Lobby OS, Inc. | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026. | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Last release | none | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 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 |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | 1.8/5 (4) |