# QwenPaw vs Tab > QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) to Tab's 10.7 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.md (~3,300 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message. - QwenPaw: grade B, 62.2/100, rank #454 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwenpaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.json - Tab: grade F, 10.7/100, rank #1003 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### QwenPaw (B) Good 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 0 - Agent ergonomics, 67 against 0 - Security & auth, 60 against 4 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 0 - Maintenance & community, 73 against 58 - Transparency & trust, 56 against 45 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 ### Tab (F) Good for: A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where QwenPaw loses 3 points for them Watch for: Private beta behind a waitlist. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | QwenPaw | Tab | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 5 | QwenPaw +65 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 0 | QwenPaw +68 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 0 | QwenPaw +67 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 4 | QwenPaw +56 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 0 | QwenPaw +60 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 58 | QwenPaw +15 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 45 | QwenPaw +11 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **62.2 · B** | **10.7 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | QwenPaw | Tab | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | AgentScope | Terrasoft, Inc. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | HTTP, stdio | | | Auth | None | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Apache-2.0 | Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | no | | Last release | 2026-09-11 | none | | Terms last updated | 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. **Tab.** Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content. ## Before you call either ### QwenPaw 1. Set `QWENPAW_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` before `qwenpaw init --defaults` or `qwenpaw app`. Both send usage data without asking 2. Set `approval_level` to `STRICT` or `SMART` in `agent.json`. The default `AUTO` runs every tool call no guard rule flags 3. Set `dm_policy` and `group_policy` to `allowlist` with `allow_from` on each channel. Both default to `open` 4. Set `QWENPAW_AUTH_ENABLED=true` before binding beyond 127.0.0.1. Requests from localhost skip login even then 5. Keep mail tools on `ask` for `send_message`, `delete_message` and `delete_thread`, and turn on Mail Access Control with automatic handling ### Tab 1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread. 2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, QwenPaw or Tab? QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. ### Are QwenPaw and Tab open source? QwenPaw is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Tab. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-tab-bot.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "qwenpaw", "b": "tab-bot"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare qwenpaw tab-bot` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qwenpaw.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tab-bot.json ## Other comparisons with QwenPaw or Tab - [asaply vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [asaply vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-tab-bot.md) - [Asmi vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Asmi vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asmi-vs-tab-bot.md) - [AstrBot vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-tab-bot.md) - [Boba vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Boba vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-tab-bot.md) - [Boski vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boski-vs-tab-bot.md) - [Brea vs QwenPaw](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-qwenpaw.md) - [Brea vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brea-vs-tab-bot.md) - 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[QwenPaw vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-wajo.md) - [Gemini Spark vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-tab-bot.md) - [Leon vs Tab](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-tab-bot.md) - [QwenPaw vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-talorys.md) - [Tab vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-talorys.md) - [Tab vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tab-bot-vs-wajo.md) ## Disclosure - Tab 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.