# Orbits vs Zo Computer

> Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) 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-zo-computer
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.md (~3,450 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.min.md (~680 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.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

Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) 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
- Zo Computer: grade E, 43.1/100, rank #915 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.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.

### Zo Computer (E)

Good for: One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 73 against 10
- Agent ergonomics, 34 against 0
- Security & auth, 37 against 0
- Payments & pricing, 40 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 68 against 54
- Transparency & trust, 60 against 43

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Orbits | Zo Computer | 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 | 73 | Zo Computer +63 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 34 | Zo Computer +34 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 37 | Zo Computer +37 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Zo Computer +20 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 68 | Zo Computer +14 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 60 | Zo Computer +17 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **15.6 · F** | **43.1 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Orbits | Zo Computer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Nemus AI, Inc. | Zo Computer Company |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under the Orbits Terms of Service (Nemus AI, Inc.). | Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-13 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2025-08-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-05-20 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |

## 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.

**Zo Computer.** Zo publishes an OpenAPI file, Markdown docs, plan prices and a named list of the providers that receive user content. One access token grants full access to the workspace, no approval step before sending or buying was found in the reviewed docs, and no status page, rate limit or SLA is published.

## 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.

### Zo Computer

1. Send `POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask` with `Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_...` and an `input` string. The owner creates the token under Settings > Advanced
2. Pass `persona_id` for a persona with a narrow tool set. The token itself carries every permission the owner has
3. Set `memory_mode` to `off` to keep workspace memory out of a request. The field is in the OpenAPI file and absent from the API guide
4. Do not retry `/zo/ask` blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented and the request may already have sent a message
5. Append `.md` to any guide or reference URL for Markdown

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Orbits or Zo Computer?

Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Orbits's 15.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

### Can an agent call Orbits and Zo Computer without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for Orbits. Zo Computer has a hosted endpoint at https://api.zo.computer/mcp.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zo-computer.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "orbits", "b": "zo-computer"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare orbits zo-computer`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orbits.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json

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## 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.