# PicoClaw vs szn (slim)

> PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) to szn's 7.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-13

PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

- PicoClaw: D 46.1, rank #883 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/picoclaw.min.md
- szn: F 7.3, rank #1010 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/szn.min.md
- PicoClaw, good for A person who wants a chat-app assistant on a cheap Linux board, an old Android phone or a home server, with reminders, web search and file memory, and who accepts running software its maker calls pre-production. Ahead on Reliability, 54 against 5; Schema & documentation, 51 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 0; Security & auth, 51 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 22 against 2; Transparency & trust, 56 against 23. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- szn, good for A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code. Also No incidents deducted, where PicoClaw loses 7 points for them.

| Category | PicoClaw | szn |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 5 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 22 | 2 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 23 |

| Fact (where they differ) | PicoClaw | szn |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Sipeed | Nomadic Futures |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service. No terms of service were found on theszn.ai. A privacy policy and an acceptable use policy (both last updated March 2026) apply. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-07-03 | none |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 30k stars | none |