Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
Orchid vs Tomo
Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Tomo leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
Orchid F
Best for A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 50 against 15
- Schema & documentation, 10 against 0
- Transparency & trust, 60 against 47
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Tomo F
Best for People who want accountability, check-ins and reminders by text, including in group chats.
Ahead on
- Maintenance & community, 54 against 24
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Orchid | Tomo | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 50 | 15 | Orchid +35 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 0 | Orchid +10 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 10 | 10 | even |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 24 | 54 | Tomo +30 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 60 | 47 | Orchid +13 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 20.2/100 | F 13.1/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Orchid | Tomo |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Zero Email, Inc. | Mapo Labs, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). | Closed service under Tomo's Terms of Service (Mapo Labs, Inc., last updated 24 September 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-29 |
| 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
Orchid
Orchid is a paid executive assistant over iMessage, SMS and Telegram that holds drafts and calendar holds until the owner approves, with a public status page and a named subprocessor list. No outside agent can call it, there's no free tier, and its privacy policy allows training a personal model while its blog says it never trains.
Tomo
Tomo is a hosted personal AI over iMessage and an iOS app, centred on goals, check-ins and reminders, with regular iOS releases since April 2026. No outside agent can call it, there's no free plan, and no status page, security contact or subprocessor list was found.
Before you call either
Orchid
- Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads.
- Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number.
- Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it.
Tomo
- Don't plan to call Tomo from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, group chats it's added to and the iOS app.
- Tell the owner that adding Tomo to a group chat applies its terms to every participant.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Orchid or Tomo?
Orchid scores 20.2 (F) on agent readiness against Tomo's 13.1 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Tomo leads on maintenance & community.
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Disclosure
Orchid 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.
Tomo 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.
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