# nanobot vs Zapia > nanobot scores 62.4 (B) to Zapia's 17.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.md (~3,350 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 nanobot scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Zapia leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message. - nanobot: grade B, 62.4/100, rank #446 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/nanobot.json - Zapia: grade F, 17.3/100, rank #995 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### nanobot (B) Good for: A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with file-based memory and a free choice of model. Ahead on: - Reliability, 70 against 15 - Schema & documentation, 77 against 0 - Agent ergonomics, 74 against 0 - Security & auth, 63 against 3 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 30 - Maintenance & community, 82 against 56 Also in its favour: - No key needed to call it - Open source Watch for: No per-action approval was found in the docs or source. The agent sends messages, runs shell commands and edits files without asking ### Zapia (F) Good for: Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app. Ahead on: - Transparency & trust, 59 against 48 Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where nanobot loses 6 points for them Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | nanobot | Zapia | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 15 | nanobot +55 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 0 | nanobot +77 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 74 | 0 | nanobot +74 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 63 | 3 | nanobot +60 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | nanobot +30 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 56 | nanobot +26 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 59 | Zapia +11 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **62.4 · B** | **17.3 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | nanobot | Zapia | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | HKUDS | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | None | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | MIT | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | no | | Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-12 | | Terms last updated | no document linked | | | Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | | Popularity | 49k stars | none | ## Verdicts **nanobot.** nanobot runs on the owner's machine under the MIT licence, with no telemetry found in its source and memory kept as files the owner can read and restore. No per-action approval step was found, and the shell sandbox and workspace restriction are off by default. Five security advisories were published between March and September 2026, all with fixes. **Zapia.** Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found. ## Before you call either ### nanobot 1. Set `tools.restrictToWorkspace` to true and `tools.exec.sandbox` to `bwrap` or `seatbelt` before giving it real accounts. Both are off by default 2. Run 0.3.0 or later. Earlier versions carry the published SSRF flaw in web fetch (GHSA-vc5v-6vwm-wf9m) 3. Keep `allowFrom` narrow on every channel and never set `["*"]` on Email, which has no pairing 4. Write secrets as `${VAR}` references in `~/.nanobot/config.json`. Plain values are stored in clear text 5. Use `nanobot -m "..."` for a one-shot run, and keep `nanobot gateway` running for channels, schedules and heartbeat ### Zapia 1. Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access. 2. Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, nanobot or Zapia? nanobot scores 62.4 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Zapia leads on transparency & trust. ### Are nanobot and Zapia open source? nanobot is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Zapia. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zapia.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "nanobot", "b": "zapia"}`. 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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.