Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
QwenPaw vs szn
QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
QwenPaw B
Best for One person who wants an assistant on Chinese and Western chat apps with scheduled digests, a consumer mailbox and file-based memory, on their own machine and with a model of their choice.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 70 against 5
- Schema & documentation, 68 against 10
- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 0
- Security & auth, 60 against 0
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 20
- Maintenance & community, 73 against 2
- Transparency & trust, 56 against 23
Also in its favour
- No key needed to call it
- Runs on your own machine
- Open source
Watch for
Usage data is on by default, qwenpaw init --defaults accepts it without a prompt, and the opt-out variable is absent from the README and docs
szn F
Best for A person who wants calls, emails and bookings done for them and has an access code.
Also in its favour
- No incidents deducted, where QwenPaw loses 3 points for them
Watch for
Early access by access code only.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | QwenPaw | szn | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 70 | 5 | QwenPaw +65 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 68 | 10 | QwenPaw +58 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 67 | 0 | QwenPaw +67 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 60 | 0 | QwenPaw +60 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 20 | QwenPaw +40 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 73 | 2 | QwenPaw +71 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 56 | 23 | QwenPaw +33 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |
| Total | B 62.2/100 | F 7.3/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | QwenPaw | szn |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | AgentScope | Nomadic Futures |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | 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 | 2026-09-11 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |
| Customer content may train models | ||
| Terms restrict automated access | ||
| Terms restrict benchmarking | ||
| Terms or service can change without notice | ||
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | ||
| Popularity | 36k stars | none |
Verdicts
QwenPaw
Mail tools ask for approval by default, automatic mail handling may not delete permanently, and the security docs list what each sandbox backend fails to enforce. Usage data is sent by default, the default approval level passes every tool call no rule flags, and no privacy policy or security advisory is published.
szn
szn is an errand assistant in early access that makes calls, sends emails and books for its owner, free during the preview for people with an access code. No outside agent can call it, no terms of service or legal entity appear in its policies, and its privacy policy says nothing on training.
Before you call either
QwenPaw
- Set
QWENPAW_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=truebeforeqwenpaw init --defaultsorqwenpaw app. Both send usage data without asking - Set
approval_leveltoSTRICTorSMARTinagent.json. The defaultAUTOruns every tool call no guard rule flags - Set
dm_policyandgroup_policytoallowlistwithallow_fromon each channel. Both default toopen - Set
QWENPAW_AUTH_ENABLED=truebefore binding beyond 127.0.0.1. Requests from localhost skip login even then - Keep mail tools on
askforsend_message,delete_messageanddelete_thread, and turn on Mail Access Control with automatic handling
szn
- Don't plan to call szn from another agent. It answers only its web app, iMessage, SMS and email for the owner.
- Tell the owner they need an access code to start, and that the acceptable use policy makes them responsible for confirming actions.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, QwenPaw or szn?
QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against szn's 7.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.
Are QwenPaw and szn open source?
QwenPaw is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for szn.
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Disclosure
szn 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.
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/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.json·/api/v1/tools/szn.json - From a terminal
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