# Pally vs Zo Computer

> Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) to Pally's 37.8 (F) for assistants that act in your accounts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zo-computer
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zo-computer.md (~2,900 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-zo-computer.min.md (~730 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-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: 2026-10-12

Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

- Pally: grade F, 37.8/100, rank #956 of 993. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pally.json
- Zo Computer: grade E, 43.1/100, rank #913 of 993. 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 314 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Pally (F)

Good for: A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 44 against 37
- Maintenance & community, 75 against 68
- Transparency & trust, 73 against 60

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card

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

### 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 33
- Payments & pricing, 40 against 30

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 | Pally | 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) | 33 | 73 | Zo Computer +40 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 31 | 34 | Zo Computer +3 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 37 | Pally +7 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Zo Computer +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 68 | Pally +7 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 60 | Pally +13 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **37.8 · F** | **43.1 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Pally | Zo Computer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Pally Technologies, Inc. | Zo Computer Company |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). | Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service |
| Tools exposed | 2 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `com.pally/pally` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 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

**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.

**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

### 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.

### 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, Pally or Zo Computer?

Zo Computer scores 43.1 (E) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on security & auth, maintenance & community and transparency & trust.

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

Yes. Pally has a hosted endpoint at https://agent.pally.com/mcp and Zo Computer at https://api.zo.computer/mcp.


## For agents

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

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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.