{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "poke", "name": "Poke", "vendor": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://poke.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Hosted personal assistant from The Interaction Company of California, reached by text on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS. It works across the owner's Gmail or Outlook mail, calendar, contacts and connected apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json", "license": "Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "poke" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A person signs up at poke.com and connects a Google or Microsoft account. The Poke API takes `Authorization: Bearer \u003ckey\u003e` with a V2 key created in Kitchen under API Keys. Keys are named, shown once, revocable one at a time and have no scopes. Older `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated endpoint. The CLI signs in with a browser device code and stores credentials in `~/.config/poke/credentials.json`. Third-party MCP servers are connected with an API key or OAuth (https://poke.com/docs/api; https://poke.com/docs/mcp-servers; https://poke.com/docs/creating-recipes).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 with no card. Pro is $19 a month and Ultra $199 a month on monthly billing. Free and Pro have a refilling usage allowance, with no figures published, and Poke continues in a lighter mode past it. Ultra includes a monthly credit pool (1 credit is $1 of usage), with top-ups and optional auto-reload. Poke Human is included with Ultra, with real-world expenses charged at cost. Model usage is not billed separately (https://poke.com/pricing; https://poke.com/docs/usage-and-resets; https://poke.com/faq, checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "$19 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://poke.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://poke.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "messaging", "imessage", "whatsapp", "telegram", "gmail", "outlook", "mcp-client", "api-key", "free-tier", "status-page", "llms-txt", "trains-on-data-by-default" ], "lastRelease": "2026-06-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 37.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 960, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 18, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 30, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 30, "reliability": 51, "schema": 42, "security": 24, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.", "bestFor": "One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.", "strengths": [ "Answers on Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS, with the channel chosen in settings, per the docs welcome page and FAQ", "Free plan with no card, Pro at $19 a month and Ultra at $199 a month, all published without a sign-in", "Connects any remote MCP server by URL, with API key or OAuth, and OAuth servers with Dynamic Client Registration need no setup", "status.poke.com lists App, Email, Integrations, three messaging channels and API, with two incidents from July to 12 October 2026", "Named API keys are created in Kitchen, shown once and revoked one at a time" ], "weaknesses": [ "No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing", "Customer content, including email contents, may train AI models unless the user selects Maximum Privacy, per the privacy notice of 11 September 2026", "Model providers, sub-processors, hosting locations and where account tokens are stored are not named in the pages read", "An API key message is processed with full access to email, calendar and integrations. Keys have no scopes", "No security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found on poke.com", "The terms forbid automated access for scraping and use for benchmarking or competitive analysis. This matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`", "Expect only `{\"success\": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller", "Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice", "Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done", "Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`" ], "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": 37.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 30, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 30, "reliability": 51, "schema": 42, "security": 24, "transparency": 34 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "install": "npx poke@latest login", "http": "curl 'https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message' \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"message\": \"test\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/poke" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "billed monthly, refilling usage allowance with no published figure" }, { "item": "Ultra", "unit": "month", "usd": 199, "note": "billed monthly, includes a monthly credit pool and Poke Human" }, { "item": "Ultra top-up credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 1, "note": "1 credit is $1 of usage" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "domain": "poke.com", "domainRegistered": "1997-03-26", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://poke.com/terms", "privacy": "https://poke.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.poke.com", "changelog": "https://poke.com/docs/release-notes", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The privacy notice (last updated 11 September 2026) names The Interaction Company of California Inc. and gives 169 Waverley St Apt B, Palo Alto, CA 94301 as the controller's address. The terms (last modified 17 March 2026) name The Interaction Company of California d/b/a Poke.", "Cognition announced on 23 July 2026 that The Interaction Company of California was joining it. The terms and privacy notice read on 12 October 2026 do not name Cognition.", "poke.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. poke.com/robots.txt also answered 404, so the host publishes no crawl rules.", "RDAP for poke.com gives a registration date of 1997-03-26 and NameCheap, Inc. as registrar.", "The API answers at poke.com/api/v1, on the vendor's domain." ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.json", "live": { "slug": "poke", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.poke.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T01:21:56.534231962Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "poke", "version": "4.0.461", "seenAt": "2026-10-13T23:18:06.233295742Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 1763, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://poke.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:45:13.625983153Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://poke.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:12:20.959995816Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://poke.com/docs/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:21:20.181584647Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3945311a78aa" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:21:22.361897395Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b3b15529b8e6" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:21:24.507793647Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e6eb6e92a7f5" }, { "url": "https://poke.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:21:26.444198788Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ceaed31d64e8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T01:21:56.534231962Z" } }, "answer": "Town scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.", "b": { "slug": "town", "name": "Town", "vendor": "Town.com, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.town.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Town is a hosted AI assistant, called a Townie, with its own email address. It works across the owner's email, calendar and connected work apps, runs scheduled routines, and answers by email, text, WhatsApp, Telegram, the web or iOS.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.json", "license": "Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026).", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "People sign up at town.com with account credentials or a linked Google or single sign-on account (https://www.town.com/terms-of-service). A routine can expose its own webhook URL, called with a bearer secret that is shown once and can be rotated. Town answers a wrong secret, a disabled endpoint and a missing one with the same 404 (https://www.town.com/docs/routines/stock-routines/webhooks).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free at $0 with no credit card, 30 chat messages a month, the weekly briefing and a 7-day Pro trial on signup. Starter is $15 a month billed monthly with 1,250 credits. Pro ($49), Power ($99) and Power Plus ($199) are monthly prices at the billed-annually rate, and monthly billing is \"available at a slightly higher rate\". Team is $59 and Team Plus $149 a seat a month. Credits past the allotment bill at $0.044 (Pro), $0.038 (Power, Team), $0.032 (Power Plus) and $0.030 (Team Plus), with an optional monthly spend cap (https://www.town.com/pricing and https://www.town.com/docs/billing/plans, checked 14 October 2026).", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 found on town.com's pricing, docs and terms, checked 14 October 2026.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.town.com/docs", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.messaging", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "mailbox.read", "mailbox.send", "calendar.write", "messaging.whatsapp", "messaging.rcs", "messaging.inbound", "email.inbound", "voice.calls", "memory.user", "tasks.create", "notify.push", "agent.multi-agent", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "ios", "soc2", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-10", "graded": true, "disclosure": "Town 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": 48.7, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 834, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1010, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 33, "security": 79, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default.", "bestFor": "An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.", "disclosure": "Town 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": [ "Per-routine webhook secrets, shown once and rotatable, with an X-Town-Idempotency-Key header and six documented responses.", "Routines run in autonomous, approval-required or read-only mode, with per-tool overrides and account scope defaulting to the trigger account.", "Webhook payloads are framed as untrusted data, and Town can block a webhook routine that combines untrusted input with autonomous sending.", "SOC 2 Type 2 audited per the trust page, with a security@corp.town.com reporting address.", "Free plan at $0 with no credit card, and a dated subprocessor list naming model providers." ], "weaknesses": [ "The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in.", "The trust page says Town never sends without the owner's OK, while the docs describe autonomous routines and an Allow all actions session mode.", "A webhook call returns only 202, so the caller can't read what the routine did.", "No status page, published webhook rate limit or SLA found." ], "agentNotes": [ "Start a Town routine with POST to its webhook URL, Authorization Bearer whsec_ secret, and application/json or text/plain. Expect 202 only.", "Send X-Town-Idempotency-Key with a stable event id on every retry so Town doesn't start a second run.", "Treat 404 as wrong secret, disabled endpoint or missing endpoint alike, and ask the owner to check Routine Settings rather than retrying.", "Send account_email only if the owner allowed the override. It must match a connected account in full and can't widen the routine's scope.", "Ask the owner to keep routines that act on webhook input in approval-required mode, as Town's own docs advise." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 48.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 60, "payments": 30, "reliability": 35, "schema": 33, "security": 79, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/town" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Town Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "Billed monthly, 1,250 credits. Checked 14 October 2026." }, { "item": "Town Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "Billed annually, 5,000 credits. Monthly billing costs more." }, { "item": "Town Power", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "Billed annually, 12,000 credits." }, { "item": "Town Power Plus", "unit": "month", "usd": 199, "note": "40,000 credits." }, { "item": "Town Team", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 59, "note": "6,000 credits a seat, pooled." }, { "item": "Town Pro overage", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.044, "note": "Per credit past the plan allotment." } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Town.com, Inc.", "domain": "town.com", "domainRegistered": "1996-11-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.town.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.town.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://www.town.com/updates", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "town.com's robots.txt gives ClaudeBot an allow list of named pages and disallows everything else, so only listed pages were read. security.txt and llms.txt are not on the list and were not requested.", "The terms name Town.com, Inc. and were updated on 21 July 2026. Legal contact legal@corp.town.com, support support@corp.town.com.", "No status page was found on the pages read.", "Webhook URLs are created per routine on Town's own service; their host is not shown in the docs.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 1996-11-13 for town.com, which predates the company." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "The Interaction Company of California Inc.", "b": "Town.com, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT", "b": "Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026).", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-06-25", "b": "2026-10-10", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-03-17", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-11", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Town scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Poke or Town?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 51 against 35", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 42 against 33" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.", "slug": "poke", "watchFor": "No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 49 against 30", "Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 24", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 31", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 58" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.", "slug": "town", "watchFor": "The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in." } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Proactive personal assistants" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke.json", "title": "asaply vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town.json", "title": "asaply vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-poke.json", "title": "Asmi vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town.json", "title": "Asmi vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.json", "title": "Boba vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.json", "title": "Boba vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke.json", "title": "Brea vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town.json", "title": "Brea vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke.json", "title": "Del vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.json", "title": "Del vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.json", "title": "HireAlpha vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.json", "title": "OpenInstinct vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.json", "title": "Orbits vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.json", "title": "Orbits vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town" }, { "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-town.json", "title": "Orchid vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn.json", "title": "Poke vs szn", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.json", "title": "Poke vs Tab", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Poke vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.json", "title": "szn vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.json", "title": "Tab vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia.json", "title": "Town vs Zapia", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-town.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke.json", "title": "Boski vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-town.json", "title": "Boski vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke.json", "title": "Caddy vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town.json", "title": "Caddy vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke.json", "title": "folk vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town.json", "title": "folk vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.json", "title": "GAIA vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.json", "title": "GAIA vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-poke.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke.json", "title": "Haven vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town.json", "title": "Haven vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.json", "title": "Instinct vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town.json", "title": "Instinct vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke.json", "title": "Leon vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town.json", "title": "Leon vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-poke.json", "title": "Lindy vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town.json", "title": "Lindy vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-poke.json", "title": "nanobot vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town.json", "title": "nanobot vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke.json", "title": "Dots vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town.json", "title": "Dots vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town.json", "title": "OpenClaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-poke.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town.json", "title": "PicoClaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Poke vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "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/poke-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Poke vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town.json", "title": "QwenPaw vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town" }, { "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/town-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Town vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-poke.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town.json", "title": "Natura tinyNature vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.json", "title": "Pally vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.json", "title": "Pally vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.json", "title": "Poke vs Tomo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Poke vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town.json", "title": "Tomo vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-wajo.json", "title": "Town vs Wajo (Fo)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-wajo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.json", "title": "Poke vs Talorys", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town.json", "title": "Talorys vs Town", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 16, "edge": "poke", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "poke": 51, "town": 35, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "poke", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "poke": 42, "town": 33, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 19, "edge": "town", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "poke": 30, "town": 49, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 55, "edge": "town", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "poke": 24, "town": 79, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "poke": 30, "town": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 29, "edge": "town", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "poke": 31, "town": 60, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "town", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "poke": 58, "town": 63, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Town scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation. Both do proactive personal assistants.", "verdicts": { "poke": "Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.", "town": "Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.min.md" }, "markdown": "Town scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation. Both do proactive personal assistants.\n\n- Poke: grade F, 37.6/100, rank #960 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json\n- Town: grade D, 48.7/100, rank #834 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.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### Poke (F)\n\nGood for: One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 51 against 35\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 42 against 33\n\nWatch for: No documented setting for which actions need approval before Poke sends, deletes or spends. Release notes mention email draft approval only in passing\n\n### Town (D)\n\nGood for: An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 49 against 30\n- Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 24\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 60 against 31\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 58\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The privacy policy describes training with an opt-out and the trust page says training is opt-in.\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Poke | Town | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 51 | 35 | Poke +16 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 42 | 33 | Poke +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 30 | 49 | Town +19 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 24 | 79 | Town +55 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 31 | 60 | Town +29 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 63 | Town +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **37.6 · F** | **48.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Poke | Town |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | The Interaction Company of California Inc. | Town.com, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-06-25 | 2026-10-10 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-17 | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-11 | |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Poke.** Hosted assistant that answers in Apple Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram and RCS and acts in Gmail, Outlook, calendars and MCP servers. Plan prices and a status page are public. No approval settings, credential storage, model providers or retention periods are documented, and customer content trains models unless Maximum Privacy is selected.\n\n**Town.** Town is a hosted assistant that works across the owner's mail, calendar and work apps, and other systems can start its routines through per-routine webhooks with rotatable secrets, idempotency keys and documented errors. A caller can't read a run's result. The privacy policy and trust page disagree on whether training is on by default.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Poke\n\n1. POST JSON to `https://poke.com/api/v1/inbound/api-message` with a Bearer key from Kitchen. Legacy `pk_` keys work only on the deprecated `/api/v1/inbound-sms/webhook`\n2. Expect only `{\"success\": true}` back. Poke's answer goes to the owner's message thread, not to the caller\n3. Do not retry a POST blindly. No idempotency key is documented, and a repeated message may make Poke act twice\n4. Treat an API key as full access to the owner's mail, calendar and integrations. Create one key per automation and revoke it when done\n5. Avoid the prefilled integration link with `apiKey` in the query string for real secrets. Enter the key in the form or use `npx poke@latest mcp add -k`\n\n### Town\n\n1. Start a Town routine with POST to its webhook URL, Authorization Bearer whsec_ secret, and application/json or text/plain. Expect 202 only.\n2. Send X-Town-Idempotency-Key with a stable event id on every retry so Town doesn't start a second run.\n3. Treat 404 as wrong secret, disabled endpoint or missing endpoint alike, and ask the owner to check Routine Settings rather than retrying.\n4. Send account_email only if the owner allowed the override. It must match a connected account in full and can't widen the routine's scope.\n5. Ask the owner to keep routines that act on webhook input in approval-required mode, as Town's own docs advise.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Poke or Town?\n\nTown scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Poke leads on reliability and schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-town.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"poke\", \"b\": \"town\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare poke town`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/poke.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/town.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Poke or Town\n\n- [asaply vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-poke.md)\n- [asaply vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-town.md)\n- [Asmi vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-poke.md)\n- [Asmi vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-town.md)\n- [Boba vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-poke.md)\n- [Boba vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-town.md)\n- [Brea vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-poke.md)\n- [Brea vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-town.md)\n- [Del vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-poke.md)\n- [Del vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/del-vs-town.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-poke.md)\n- [HireAlpha vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hirealpha-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenInstinct vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openinstinct-vs-town.md)\n- [Orbits vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orbits vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orbits-vs-town.md)\n- [Orchid vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-poke.md)\n- [Orchid vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orchid-ai-vs-town.md)\n- [Poke vs szn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-szn.md)\n- [Poke vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tab-bot.md)\n- [Poke vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zapia.md)\n- [szn vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/szn-vs-town.md)\n- [Tab vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Town vs Zapia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zapia.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-poke.md)\n- [AstrBot vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-town.md)\n- [Boski vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-poke.md)\n- [Boski vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-town.md)\n- [Caddy vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-poke.md)\n- [Caddy vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/caddy-app-vs-town.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-poke.md)\n- [CowAgent vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-town.md)\n- [folk vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-poke.md)\n- [folk vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/folk-nozomio-vs-town.md)\n- [GAIA vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-poke.md)\n- [GAIA vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-town.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke.md)\n- [Gemini Spark vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-town.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-poke.md)\n- [Grok Bot vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-town.md)\n- [Haven vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-poke.md)\n- [Haven vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-town.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-poke.md)\n- [Hermes Agent vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-town.md)\n- [Instinct vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-poke.md)\n- [Instinct vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-town.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [IronClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [Leon vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-poke.md)\n- [Leon vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-town.md)\n- [Lindy vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-poke.md)\n- [Lindy vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-town.md)\n- [nanobot vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-poke.md)\n- [nanobot vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-town.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [NanoClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [Dots vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke.md)\n- [Dots vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-town.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [OpenClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-poke.md)\n- [PicoClaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/picoclaw-vs-town.md)\n- [Poke vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-qwenpaw.md)\n- [Poke vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Poke vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [QwenPaw vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-town.md)\n- [Town vs ZeroClaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zeroclaw.md)\n- [Town vs Zo Computer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-zo-computer.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-poke.md)\n- [Natura tinyNature vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-town.md)\n- [Pally vs Poke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-poke.md)\n- [Pally vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pally-vs-town.md)\n- [Poke vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-tomo.md)\n- [Poke vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Tomo vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tomo-vs-town.md)\n- [Town vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/town-vs-wajo.md)\n- [Poke vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/poke-vs-talorys.md)\n- [Talorys vs Town](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/talorys-vs-town.md)\n\n## Disclosure\n\n- Town competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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