# Poke vs ZeroClaw (slim)

> ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) to Poke's 37.6 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Poke's 37.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

- Poke: F 37.6, rank #955 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.min.md
- ZeroClaw: BB 70.2, rank #161 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.min.md
- Poke, good 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. Also No incidents deducted, where ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them.
- ZeroClaw, good for One person who wants an assistant on their own hardware that answers on Telegram, Discord, Matrix or email, asks before it writes or runs commands, and works with a local model. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 51; Schema & documentation, 82 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 30; Security & auth, 76 against 24; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 80 against 31; Transparency & trust, 64 against 58. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Poke | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 51 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 42 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 30 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 24 | 76 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 31 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Poke | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | The Interaction Company of California Inc. | ZeroClaw Labs |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-06-25 | 2026-09-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-17 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-11 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | none | 33k stars |