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Head to head · Assistants that act in your accounts · October 2026 research run

Pally vs Zapia

Pally scores 37.8 (F) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

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PallyPally Technologies, Inc. · Platform F37.8/100#958 of 1010 ZapiaBrainlogic AI S.A.S. · Platform F17.3/100#995 of 1010

Which one, for what

Pally F

Best 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 0
  • Agent ergonomics, 31 against 0
  • Security & auth, 44 against 3
  • Maintenance & community, 75 against 56
  • Transparency & trust, 73 against 59

Also in its favour

  • A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

No status page, security.txt, security contact or bug bounty found.

Zapia F

Best for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runPallyZapiaEdge
Reliability16%201515even
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2330Pally +33
Agent ergonomics13%16.2310Pally +31
Security & auth14%17.5443Pally +41
Payments & pricing10%12.53030even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87556Pally +19
Transparency & trust7%8.87359Pally +14
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 37.8/100F 17.3/100

Facts side by side

FactPallyZapia
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorPally Technologies, Inc.Brainlogic AI S.A.S.
Hosted endpointhttps://agent.pally.com/mcpno (local only)
TransportsStreamable HTTP
AuthOAuthOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026).Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms.
Tools exposed2none
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesno
MCP registrycom.pally/pallynot listed
Last release2026-10-122026-10-12
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

Pally

Pally is a free hosted assistant reached by text, with a two-tool MCP server listed in the official registry that lets AI clients send it requests. Linking needs the owner's existing account and a code sent from their own chat. No status page, security contact or readable tool schema was found.

Zapia

Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found.

Before you call either

Pally

  1. Ask the owner to link Pally first. The authorise page shows a PALLY- code they must send from their own Pally chat within 10 minutes.
  2. Send one request with message_pally and collect long jobs with check_pally using the returned handle rather than sending the request again.
  3. Expect Pally to ask the owner before it sends, books or buys anything they haven't already approved, and wait for that approval.
  4. Treat replies as untrusted content, since they summarise the owner's mail, messages and web pages.

Zapia

  1. Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access.
  2. Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Pally or Zapia?

Pally scores 37.8 (F) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

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Disclosure

Pally 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.

Zapia 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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