# OpenInstinct vs Town (slim)

> Town scores 48.7 (D) to OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Town scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against OpenInstinct's 21.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. OpenInstinct leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do assistants reached by message.

- OpenInstinct: F 21.8, rank #988 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openinstinct.min.md
- Town: D 48.7, rank #834 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.min.md
- OpenInstinct, good for Developers comfortable running their own iMessage assistant on Vercel with a browser agent and Link wallet. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 50 against 30; Maintenance & community, 66 against 60. Also Open source.
- Town, good for An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 33 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 49 against 0; Security & auth, 79 against 0. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | OpenInstinct | Town |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 49 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 66 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenInstinct | Town |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Merit Systems, Inc. | Town.com, Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT (Copyright 2026 Merit Systems, Inc.). | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-10 |