# PicoClaw vs Zapia (slim)

> PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) to Zapia's 17.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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PicoClaw scores 46.1 (D) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Zapia leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistants reached by message.

- PicoClaw: D 46.1, rank #883 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/picoclaw.min.md
- Zapia: F 17.3, rank #995 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.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 15; Schema & documentation, 51 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 0; Security & auth, 51 against 3; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Zapia, good for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 56 against 22. Also No incidents deducted, where PicoClaw loses 7 points for them.

| Category | PicoClaw | Zapia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 3 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 22 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | PicoClaw | Zapia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Sipeed | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. |
| Last release | 2026-07-03 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 30k stars | none |