# Orbits vs Pally (slim)

> 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.

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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: F 15.6, rank #997 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orbits.min.md
- Pally: F 37.8, rank #958 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.min.md
- Orbits, good for Families who want one shared assistant for calendars, lists, meals, chores and household email.
- Pally, 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 A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Orbits | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 31 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 54 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 43 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Orbits | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-12 |