{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "orchid-ai", "name": "Orchid", "vendor": "Zero Email, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://orchid.ai", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Orchid is a hosted executive assistant people reach by iMessage, SMS or Telegram. It triages Gmail, drafts replies, coordinates Google Calendar, prepares meetings and runs habits and reminders, with drafts held until the owner approves.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json", "license": "Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026).", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Google sign-in, and Orchid never asks for a password (https://orchid.ai/blog/orchid-ai-reviews-reddit-is-it-safe). The terms say integrations use OAuth 2.0 with the minimum permissions needed, and non-Google integrations go through Composio (https://orchid.ai/legal/terms and https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "\"Orchid is paid, from $29.99/mo, flat, with no free tier and no meter on your messages\" (https://orchid.ai/blog/is-orchid-ai-free-pricing-explained, 14 September 2026). Students and YC founders get 3 months free, and Notion Mail switchers a free month. Current plan details are inside the app, and orchid.ai/pricing showed no prices when read on 14 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$29.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on orchid.ai, llms.txt, the pricing post or the terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "llmsTxt": "https://orchid.ai/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "tasks.create", "memory.user" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "paid", "status-page", "llms-txt" ], "graded": true, "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.", "competesWith": "localghost", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 20.2, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 992, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 29, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 10, "reliability": 50, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.", "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.", "strengths": [ "Public status page with component history, one incident from August to October 2026.", "Drafts and calendar holds wait for the owner's approval by default, per the safety post.", "The privacy policy names twelve subprocessors by role, model providers included.", "Model providers are contractually barred from training on customer data." ], "weaknesses": [ "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.", "The privacy policy allows training a personal model on the owner's data, while the safety post says Orchid never trains.", "No free tier, and orchid.ai/pricing showed no prices on 14 October 2026.", "No security.txt, security contact or certification of its own found." ], "agentNotes": [ "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." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 20.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 24, "payments": 10, "reliability": 50, "schema": 10, "security": 0, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 72 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.messaging", "tool": "https://letme.dev/orchid-ai" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Orchid", "unit": "month", "usd": 29.99, "note": "\"From $29.99/mo\", billed monthly, per the pricing post of 14 September 2026." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Zero Email, Inc.", "domain": "orchid.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://orchid.ai/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://orchid.ai/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.orchid.ai", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms name Zero Email, Inc. (\"Orchid\") and were last updated on 16 January 2026. The privacy policy was last updated on 14 September 2026.", "orchid.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. No changelog was found; the blog carries product posts.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2017-12-16 for orchid.ai, which predates the product." ], "score": 72 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.json", "live": { "slug": "orchid-ai", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.orchid.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T01:33:09.414260421Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:33:09.414260421Z" } }, "answer": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "b": { "slug": "zeroclaw", "name": "ZeroClaw", "vendor": "ZeroClaw Labs", "vendorUrl": "https://www.zeroclaw.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Open-source personal AI assistant from ZeroClaw Labs, shipped as one Rust binary the owner runs. It answers on chat, email and voice channels, calls tools and MCP servers, and keeps memory in local SQLite.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zeroclaw.json", "repo": "https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw", "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account with the vendor. Model keys, bot tokens and mail passwords go in `~/.zeroclaw/config.toml` as encrypted secret fields, set through `zeroclaw config set`, the dashboard or the terminal UI. OpenAI Codex and Claude subscription tokens are accepted in place of API keys. Gateway clients pair first and then send `Authorization: Bearer \u003ctoken\u003e`, with token hashes kept in config (https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/blob/master/docs/book/src/security/authentication.md).", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free under MIT or Apache-2.0, with no subscription and no hosted seat (https://www.zeroclaw.com/). The owner pays the model provider, or nothing with a local model. ZeroRouter, the vendor's hosted beta model gateway, is optional and its prices were not read (checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source at commit 6c0b1f9 (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 32965, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.zeroclaw.com/master/en/introduction.html", "llmsTxt": "https://www.zeroclaw.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.memory", "assistant.self-hosted", "assistant.accounts", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "no-card", "rust", "mit", "apache-2.0", "pre-1.0", "no-telemetry", "mcp-client", "approvals", "acp", "docker", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 161, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 60, "reliability": 74, "schema": 82, "security": 76, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-05. GHSA-93f6-34w8-5g98 (high), an unvalidated `wasm_path` let `zeroclaw plugin install` write an attacker-controlled file outside the plugins directory in 0.8.4 and earlier. Fixed in 0.8.5 and published the same day, inside six months, -2. https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-93f6-34w8-5g98", "2026-04-01. The project lead wrote that a maintainer's AI automation merged pull requests that should not have gone through and that GitHub took enforcement action on the organisation. Disclosed, the maintainer removed and merge access tightened, over six months old, -1. https://www.zeroclaw.com/blog/community-and-stability" ], "verdict": "Supervised autonomy is the default, so tools outside a short read-only list wait for the owner's approval, and secrets are encrypted in the config file. The docs state that command execution is not written to an audit log, and the project publishes no privacy policy or terms.", "bestFor": "One person who wants an assistant on their own hardware that answers on Telegram, Discord, Matrix or email, asks before it writes or runs commands, and works with a local model.", "strengths": [ "Supervised mode is the default. Tools outside an eleven-item read-only and fetch list prompt the owner, and an unanswered prompt is a denial after 120 seconds", "Approval prompts arrive on the channel in use, and `approval_route` can send them to a separate approver channel that denies when unreachable", "Channel secrets and provider keys are encrypted with ChaCha20-Poly1305 in `config.toml`, with the key in `.secret_key` at mode 0600", "An empty peer set denies every inbound sender, and the gateway binds 127.0.0.1 with pairing required by default", "Three tagged releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, each with a Breaking Changes section, and CI passing on master on 11 October" ], "weaknesses": [ "The docs state that command execution is not audited. `[security.audit]` records certificate events only, and tool receipts are opt-in and not durable", "No privacy policy, terms or security.txt on zeroclaw.com, and the home page links none", "`web_fetch`, `web_search_tool` and `browser_open` run without approval by default, and sandboxed tools keep full network egress", "GHSA-93f6-34w8-5g98 (high) let a plugin install write outside the plugins directory in 0.8.4 and earlier, fixed in 0.8.5 on 5 September 2026", "Version 0.8.5 is pre-1.0, patch releases carry breaking changes, and 576 issues and 384 pull requests were open on 12 October 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Keep `[risk_profiles.\u003calias\u003e] level = \"supervised\"`. `full` runs every tool not listed in `always_ask`, and the YOLO preset removes the sandbox and path rules too", "Add sending and account tools such as `send_via`, `google_workspace` and `http_request` to `always_ask` so a session-level Always grant cannot skip the prompt", "List senders in `[peer_groups.\u003cname\u003e] external_peers`. `[\"*\"]` accepts anyone on that channel", "Set `[web_fetch].allowed_domains` and `[http_request].allowed_domains`. Fetches run unprompted and the OS sandbox does not block egress", "Run one-shot tasks with `zeroclaw agent -a \u003calias\u003e -m \"\u003ctask\u003e\"`. A cron or webhook turn has no prompt, so shell calls fall to the command policy" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 60, "reliability": 74, "schema": 82, "security": 76, "transparency": 74 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/master/install.sh | sh # or: brew install zeroclaw", "headless": { "command": "zeroclaw agent -a \u003calias\u003e -m \"$TASK\"", "setup": "zeroclaw quickstart" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/zeroclaw" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "ZeroClaw Labs", "domain": "zeroclaw.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-03-02", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The NOTICE file reads Copyright 2025 ZeroClaw Labs and the blog signs posts as CEO, ZeroClaw Labs. No company form, registration or address was found on the site or in the repository.", "The home page of www.zeroclaw.com links no terms and no privacy policy, so both fields are empty and the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence stands in.", "www.zeroclaw.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 12 October 2026. SECURITY.md asks for GitHub private vulnerability reporting and the README gives security@zeroclaw.dev.", "RDAP gives zeroclaw.com a registration date of 2026-03-02, registrar Atom.com Domains LLC. The repository was created on 13 February 2026.", "There is no hosted endpoint for the assistant. A gateway answers on its owner's own host." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.json", "live": { "slug": "zeroclaw", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw", "version": "v0.8.5", "released": "2026-09-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T23:34:20.397073508Z" } ], "githubStars": 32976, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://zeroclaw.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:18.226802237Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.zeroclaw.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:12:50.904192092Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-13T23:34:20.397073508Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Zero Email, Inc.", "b": "ZeroClaw Labs", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026).", "b": "MIT OR Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-09-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "33k stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in every scored category.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Orchid or ZeroClaw?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Orchid. ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Orchid and ZeroClaw open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them" ], "goodFor": "A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.", "slug": "orchid-ai", "watchFor": "No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent." }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 74 against 50", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 10", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 0", "Security \u0026 auth, 76 against 0", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 24" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "No key needed to call it", "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "One person who wants an assistant on their own hardware that answers on Telegram, Discord, Matrix or email, asks before it writes or runs commands, and works with a local model.", "slug": "zeroclaw", "watchFor": "The docs state that command execution is not audited. `[security.audit]` records certificate events only, and tool receipts are opt-in and not durable" } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.messaging", "name": "Assistants reached by message" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "asaply vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "asaply vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Asmi vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Asmi vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boba vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Boba vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Boski vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Brea vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Brea vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Caddy vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Del vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Del vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "folk vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "GAIA vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Haven vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Instinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Lindy vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "nanobot vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Dots vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Orbits vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Orbits vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.json", "title": "Orchid vs Pally", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orchid vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Orchid vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.json", "title": "Orchid vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Orchid vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.json", "title": "Orchid vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Orchid vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "szn vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Tab vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Zapia vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "AstrBot vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Boski vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Caddy vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "CowAgent vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "folk vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "GAIA vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Haven vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Instinct vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "IronClaw vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Leon vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Lindy vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "nanobot vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Dots vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Poke vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Town vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zeroclaw-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "ZeroClaw vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zeroclaw-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Leon vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Orchid", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Orchid vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Pally vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Tomo vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Wajo (Fo) vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Orchid vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Talorys vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 24, "edge": "zeroclaw", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "orchid-ai": 50, "weight": 16, "zeroclaw": 74 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 72, "edge": "zeroclaw", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "orchid-ai": 10, "weight": 13, "zeroclaw": 82 }, { "by": 72, "edge": "zeroclaw", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "orchid-ai": 0, "weight": 13, "zeroclaw": 72 }, { "by": 76, "edge": "zeroclaw", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "orchid-ai": 0, "weight": 14, "zeroclaw": 76 }, { "by": 50, "edge": "zeroclaw", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "orchid-ai": 10, "weight": 10, "zeroclaw": 60 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 56, "edge": "zeroclaw", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "orchid-ai": 24, "weight": 7, "zeroclaw": 80 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "zeroclaw", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "orchid-ai": 60, "weight": 7, "zeroclaw": 64 } ], "summary": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.", "verdicts": { "orchid-ai": "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.", "zeroclaw": "Supervised autonomy is the default, so tools outside a short read-only list wait for the owner's approval, and secrets are encrypted in the config file. The docs state that command execution is not written to an audit log, and the project publishes no privacy policy or terms." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.min.md" }, "markdown": "ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.\n\n- Orchid: grade F, 20.2/100, rank #992 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orchid-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json\n- ZeroClaw: grade BB, 70.2/100, rank #161 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zeroclaw.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Orchid (F)\n\nGood for: A founder or operator who wants Gmail and calendar triage by text with approval before anything leaves.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them\n\nWatch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.\n\n### ZeroClaw (BB)\n\nGood for: One person who wants an assistant on their own hardware that answers on Telegram, Discord, Matrix or email, asks before it writes or runs commands, and works with a local model.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 74 against 50\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 10\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 0\n- Security \u0026 auth, 76 against 0\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 24\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The docs state that command execution is not audited. `[security.audit]` records certificate events only, and tool receipts are opt-in and not durable\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Orchid | ZeroClaw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 50 | 74 | ZeroClaw +24 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 82 | ZeroClaw +72 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 72 | ZeroClaw +72 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 76 | ZeroClaw +76 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 60 | ZeroClaw +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 24 | 80 | ZeroClaw +56 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 64 | ZeroClaw +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **20.2 · F** | **70.2 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Orchid | ZeroClaw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Zero Email, Inc. | ZeroClaw Labs |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Closed service under Orchid's Terms of Service (Zero Email, Inc., last updated 16 January 2026). | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-05 |\n| Terms last updated | | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | none | 33k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**ZeroClaw.** Supervised autonomy is the default, so tools outside a short read-only list wait for the owner's approval, and secrets are encrypted in the config file. The docs state that command execution is not written to an audit log, and the project publishes no privacy policy or terms.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Orchid\n\n1. Don't plan to call Orchid from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, SMS and Telegram threads.\n2. Check status.orchid.ai before telling the owner Orchid is down. The 7 August incident moved it to a new number.\n3. Tell the owner that drafts and holds wait for their approval unless they widen it.\n\n### ZeroClaw\n\n1. Keep `[risk_profiles.\u003calias\u003e] level = \"supervised\"`. `full` runs every tool not listed in `always_ask`, and the YOLO preset removes the sandbox and path rules too\n2. Add sending and account tools such as `send_via`, `google_workspace` and `http_request` to `always_ask` so a session-level Always grant cannot skip the prompt\n3. List senders in `[peer_groups.\u003cname\u003e] external_peers`. `[\"*\"]` accepts anyone on that channel\n4. Set `[web_fetch].allowed_domains` and `[http_request].allowed_domains`. Fetches run unprompted and the OS sandbox does not block egress\n5. Run one-shot tasks with `zeroclaw agent -a \u003calias\u003e -m \"\u003ctask\u003e\"`. A cron or webhook turn has no prompt, so shell calls fall to the command policy\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Orchid or ZeroClaw?\n\nZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Orchid's 20.2 (F), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are Orchid and ZeroClaw open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Orchid. ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zeroclaw.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"orchid-ai\", \"b\": \"zeroclaw\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare orchid-ai zeroclaw`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/orchid-ai.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zeroclaw.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Orchid or ZeroClaw\n\n- [asaply vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [asaply vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Asmi vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Asmi vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boba vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Boba vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Boski vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Brea vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- 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ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-pally.md)\n- [Orchid vs PicoClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-picoclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orchid vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-szn.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Orchid vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Orchid vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zapia.md)\n- [Orchid vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [szn vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tab vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Zapia vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zapia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [AstrBot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Boski vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Caddy vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [CowAgent vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [folk vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [GAIA vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Haven vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Instinct vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [IronClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Leon vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Lindy vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [nanobot vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Dots vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Poke vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Town vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [ZeroClaw vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/zeroclaw-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Leon vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Orchid](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-orchid-ai.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Pally vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Tomo vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Wajo (Fo) vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/wajo-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Orchid vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Orchid competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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