# OpenClaw vs Skydive (slim)

> OpenClaw scores 67.4 (B) to Skydive's 52.1 (D) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenClaw scores 67.4 (B) on agent readiness against Skydive's 52.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- OpenClaw: B 67.4, rank #288 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.min.md
- Skydive: D 52.1, rank #899 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skydive.min.md
- OpenClaw, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 41; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 59; Security & auth, 74 against 59; Payments & pricing, 60 against 35; Maintenance & community, 86 against 56. Also Open source.
- Skydive, good for A person or team who wants hosted agents with their own cloud computers, memory and connected apps, reachable in Slack, email, text and a CLI, and who can drive them from scripts through the CLI. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | OpenClaw | Skydive |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 41 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 74 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 86 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenClaw | Skydive |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | OpenClaw Foundation | Create, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.skydive.com/v1` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under the Skydive Terms of Service (Create, Inc.), effective 29 July 2026. The skydive-cli npm package is published under the MIT licence. |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-08-26 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 392k stars | 5.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | none |