# Orbits vs Pally > Pally scores 37.8 (F) to Orbits's 15.6 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.md (~3,300 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.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 Pally scores 37.8 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message. - Orbits: grade F, 15.6/100, rank #997 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json - Pally: grade F, 37.8/100, rank #958 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pally.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 ### Orbits (F) Good for: Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email. Watch for: No public agent API, as llms.txt states. ### Pally (F) Good for: A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Ahead on: - Schema & documentation, 33 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 31 against 0 - Security & auth, 44 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 30 against 20 - Maintenance & community, 75 against 54 - Transparency & trust, 73 against 43 Also in its favour: - A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install - Free to start without a card Watch for: No status page, security.txt, security contact or bug bounty found. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Orbits | Pally | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 15 | even | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 33 | Pally +23 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 31 | Pally +31 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 44 | Pally +44 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | Pally +10 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 75 | Pally +21 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 73 | Pally +30 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **15.6 · F** | **37.8 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Orbits | Pally | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Nemus AI, Inc. | Pally Technologies, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` | | Transports | | Streamable HTTP | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth | | Pricing | Paid | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.). | Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). | | Tools exposed | none | 2 | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` | | Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-12 | | Terms last updated | | | | Privacy policy last updated | | | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | ## Verdicts **Orbits.** Orbits is a family household app whose assistant, Bit, runs shared calendars, lists and meals, reads household email and places restaurant calls after approval, with iOS releases every week or two. No outside agent can call it, prices appear only as App Store in-app purchases, and no status page, security contact or named subprocessors were found. **Pally.** Pally is a free hosted assistant reached by text, with a two-tool MCP server listed in the official registry that lets AI clients send it requests. Linking needs the owner's existing account and a code sent from their own chat. No status page, security contact or readable tool schema was found. ## Before you call either ### Orbits 1. Don't plan to call Orbits from another agent. llms.txt says no public agent API is offered. 2. Tell the owner the assistant needs an Orbits subscription bought in the app, and that any trial appears only at purchase. ### Pally 1. Ask the owner to link Pally first. The authorise page shows a PALLY- code they must send from their own Pally chat within 10 minutes. 2. Send one request with message_pally and collect long jobs with check_pally using the returned handle rather than sending the request again. 3. Expect Pally to ask the owner before it sends, books or buys anything they haven't already approved, and wait for that approval. 4. Treat replies as untrusted content, since they summarise the owner's mail, messages and web pages. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Orbits or Pally? Pally scores 37.8 (F) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-pally.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "orbits", "b": "pally"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare orbits pally` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pally.json ## Other comparisons with Orbits or Pally - [asaply vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orbits.md) - [asaply vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-pally.md) - [Asmi vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orbits.md) - [Asmi vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-pally.md) - [AstrBot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orbits.md) - [AstrBot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-pally.md) - [Boba vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orbits.md) - [Boba vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-pally.md) - [Boski vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orbits.md) - [Boski vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-pally.md) - [Brea vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orbits.md) - [Brea vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-pally.md) - [Caddy vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orbits.md) - [CowAgent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orbits.md) - [Del vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orbits.md) - [Del vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-pally.md) - [folk vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orbits.md) - [GAIA vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orbits.md) - [Grok Bot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orbits.md) - [Haven vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orbits.md) - [Hermes Agent vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orbits.md) - [HireAlpha vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orbits.md) - [HireAlpha vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-pally.md) - [Instinct vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orbits.md) - [IronClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orbits.md) - [Lindy vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orbits.md) - [nanobot vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orbits.md) - [NanoClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orbits.md) - [Dots vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orbits.md) - [OpenClaw vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orbits.md) - [OpenInstinct vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orbits.md) - [OpenInstinct vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-pally.md) - [Orbits vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.md) - [Orbits vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-picoclaw.md) - [Orbits vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.md) - [Orbits vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Orbits vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-szn.md) - [Orbits vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tab-bot.md) - [Orbits vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-tomo.md) - [Orbits vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.md) - [Orbits vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zapia.md) - [Orbits vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.md) - [Orbits vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.md) - [Orchid vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.md) - [Pally vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-picoclaw.md) - [Pally vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tab-bot.md) - [Caddy vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-pally.md) - [CowAgent vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-pally.md) - [folk vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-pally.md) - [GAIA vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-pally.md) - [Gemini Spark vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orbits.md) - [Gemini Spark vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-pally.md) - [Grok Bot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-pally.md) - [Haven vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-pally.md) - [Hermes Agent vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-pally.md) - [Instinct vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-pally.md) - [IronClaw vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-pally.md) - [Leon vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orbits.md) - [Leon vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-pally.md) - [Lindy vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-pally.md) - [nanobot vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-pally.md) - [NanoClaw vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-pally.md) - [Natura tinyNature vs Orbits](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orbits.md) - [Natura tinyNature vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-pally.md) - [Dots vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-pally.md) - [OpenClaw vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-pally.md) - [Orbits vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-wajo.md) - [Pally vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.md) - [Pally vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Pally vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-szn.md) - [Pally vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-tomo.md) - [Pally vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.md) - [Pally vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-wajo.md) - [Pally vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zapia.md) - [Pally vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw.md) - [Pally vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zo-computer.md) - [Orbits vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-talorys.md) - [Pally vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-talorys.md) ## Disclosure - Orbits 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. - Pally 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.