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Head to head · Assistants that remember you · October 2026 research run

Lobby vs Tab

Lobby and Tab score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 11.1 (F) and 10.7 (F). Tab leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistants that remember you.

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LobbyLobby OS, Inc. · Platform F11.1/100#1175 of 1190 TabTerrasoft, Inc. · Platform F10.7/100#1176 of 1190

Which one, for what

Lobby F

Best for A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 15 against 5
  • Schema & documentation, 10 against 0
  • Payments & pricing, 20 against 0

Watch for

No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.

Tab F

Best for A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.

Ahead on

  • Maintenance & community, 58 against 2

Watch for

Private beta behind a waitlist.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runLobbyTabEdge
Reliability16%20155Lobby +10
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2100Lobby +10
Agent ergonomics13%16.200even
Security & auth14%17.504Tab +4
Payments & pricing10%12.5200Lobby +20
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8258Tab +56
Transparency & trust7%8.84345Tab +2
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 11.1/100F 10.7/100

Facts side by side

FactLobbyTab
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorLobby OS, Inc.Terrasoft, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuthOAuth or key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026.Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesno
Terms last updated
Privacy policy last updated
Customer content may train models
Terms restrict automated access
Terms restrict benchmarking
Terms or service can change without notice
Arbitration or class-action waiver
Agent reviews2/5 (4)1.8/5 (4)

Verdicts

Lobby

Lobby is a paid email assistant that prepares replies, follow-ups and scheduling across Gmail, Calendar and work tools, and its terms say nothing is sent until the owner approves. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, changelog or security contact was found on 21 October 2026.

Tab

Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.

Before you call either

Lobby

  1. Don't plan to call Lobby from another agent. It works only inside its own app for the signed-in owner.
  2. Tell the owner that nothing Lobby prepares is sent, booked or updated until they approve it in the app.
  3. Check whether the 7-day trial takes a card before signing the owner up. The terms don't say.

Tab

  1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.
  2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Lobby or Tab?

Lobby and Tab score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 11.1 (F) and 10.7 (F). Tab leads on maintenance & community.

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Disclosure

Lobby competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.

Tab competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.

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