# NanoClaw vs Zapia (slim)

> NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) to Zapia's 17.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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NanoClaw scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

- NanoClaw: B 68.3, rank #229 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanoclaw.min.md
- Zapia: F 17.3, rank #995 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.min.md
- NanoClaw, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine, reachable from chat apps, with container isolation and scheduled tasks, and who is willing to keep a fork. Ahead on Reliability, 78 against 15; Schema & documentation, 82 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 0; Security & auth, 74 against 3; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 78 against 56; Transparency & trust, 65 against 59. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Zapia, good for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app. Also No incidents deducted, where NanoClaw loses 5 points for them.

| Category | NanoClaw | Zapia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 78 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 74 | 3 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | NanoClaw | Zapia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | NanoCo, Inc. | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 31k stars | none |