# Orchid vs Skydive (slim)

> Skydive scores 52.1 (D) to Orchid's 20.2 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Skydive scores 52.1 (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.

- Orchid: F 20.2, rank #1193 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.min.md
- Skydive: D 52.1, rank #899 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skydive.min.md
- Orchid, good for A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 41. Also No incidents deducted, where Skydive loses 5 points for them.
- Skydive, good for A person or team who wants hosted agents with their own cloud computers, memory and connected apps, reachable in Slack, email, text and a CLI, and who can drive them from scripts through the CLI. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 81 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 59 against 0; Security & auth, 59 against 0; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10; Maintenance & community, 56 against 24; Transparency & trust, 75 against 60. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Orchid | Skydive |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 41 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 24 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Orchid | Skydive |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Zero Email, Inc. | Create, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.skydive.com/v1` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). | Closed service under the Skydive Terms of Service (Create, Inc.), effective 29 July 2026. The skydive-cli npm package is published under the MIT licence. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-08-26 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-16 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-14 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 5.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | none |