# OpenClaw vs Zapia > OpenClaw scores 67.1 (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/openclaw-vs-zapia - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia.md (~3,350 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-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 OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message. - OpenClaw: grade B, 67.1/100, rank #270 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openclaw.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 ### OpenClaw (B) 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 15 - Schema & documentation, 84 against 0 - Agent ergonomics, 77 against 0 - Security & auth, 74 against 3 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 30 - Maintenance & community, 86 against 56 - Transparency & trust, 68 against 59 Also in its favour: - Open source Watch for: Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off ### Zapia (F) Good for: Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where OpenClaw loses 8 points for them Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | OpenClaw | Zapia | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 15 | OpenClaw +60 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 0 | OpenClaw +84 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 0 | OpenClaw +77 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 74 | 3 | OpenClaw +71 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | OpenClaw +30 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 56 | OpenClaw +30 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 59 | OpenClaw +9 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **67.1 · B** | **17.3 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | OpenClaw | Zapia | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | OpenClaw Foundation | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | 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 | yes | no | | llms.txt | yes | no | | Last release | 2026-10-12 | 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 | 392k stars | none | ## Verdicts **OpenClaw.** Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with state, memory and credentials kept on the owner's machine and no paid tier. A fresh install runs tools on the host with full access, no approval prompt and no sandbox, and the project has published 722 security advisories since January 2026, 14 of them critical. **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 ### OpenClaw 1. Set a session permission mode of `guarded` or `workspace`, or `tools.exec.mode`, before connecting mail. The default runs host commands without approval 2. Turn on `agents.defaults.sandbox` for any agent that reads mail, web pages or attachments. Sandboxing is off by default 3. Set `tools.message.crossContext.allowAcrossProviders` and `allowWithinProvider` to `false` to confine sends to the current conversation 4. Route incoming mail to a restricted reader agent, as the IMAP and Gmail guides show, and deny `gateway`, `cron`, `sessions_spawn` and `sessions_send` for it 5. Run `openclaw security audit` after setup, and treat the Gateway token as an owner credential. `POST /tools/invoke` accepts it with full operator access ### 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, OpenClaw or Zapia? OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. ### Are OpenClaw and Zapia open source? OpenClaw is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Zapia. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zapia.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "openclaw", "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.