# OpenDuet vs Orchid > OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) to Orchid's 20.2 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.md (~3,950 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.min.md (~730 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.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 - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-30 OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Orchid leads on reliability. Both do assistants reached by message. - OpenDuet: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #962 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json - Orchid: grade F, 20.2/100, rank #1188 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### OpenDuet (D) Good for: A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account. Ahead on: - Schema & documentation, 58 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 52 against 0 - Security & auth, 59 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 30 against 10 - Maintenance & community, 37 against 24 - Transparency & trust, 68 against 60 Also in its favour: - Free to start without a card - Open source Watch for: No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development ### Orchid (F) Good for: A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves. Ahead on: - Reliability, 50 against 42 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | OpenDuet | Orchid | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 42 | 50 | Orchid +8 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 10 | OpenDuet +48 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 0 | OpenDuet +52 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 0 | OpenDuet +59 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 10 | OpenDuet +20 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 37 | 24 | OpenDuet +13 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 60 | OpenDuet +8 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **20.2 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | OpenDuet | Orchid | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) | Zero Email, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Freemium | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | yes | | Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-01-16 | | Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-27 | 2026-09-14 | | Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text | | Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text | | Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text | | Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes | | Popularity | 1.6k stars | none | | Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) | ## Verdicts **OpenDuet.** Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking. **Orchid.** Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains. ## Before you call either ### OpenDuet 1. Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for. 2. Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes. 3. Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer. 4. To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit. 5. Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit. ### Orchid 1. Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads. 2. Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number. 3. Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, OpenDuet or Orchid? OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Orchid leads on reliability. ### Are OpenDuet and Orchid open source? OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement). No open-source release is listed for Orchid. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openduet-vs-orchid-ai.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "openduet", "b": "orchid-ai"}`. 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Orchid 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. --- Query this catalogue directly over MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no key). How: https://www.anchorterminal.com/agents/#mcp