# QwenPaw vs Zapia > QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) to Zapia's 17.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.md (~3,350 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.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 Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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 - Zapia: grade F, 17.3/100, rank #995 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zapia.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zapia.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 15 - Schema & documentation, 68 against 0 - Agent ergonomics, 67 against 0 - Security & auth, 60 against 3 - Payments & pricing, 60 against 30 - Maintenance & community, 73 against 56 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 ### Zapia (F) Good for: Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking users who want an assistant over their mail, calendar, Drive and WhatsApp in an app. Also in its favour: - No incidents deducted, where QwenPaw loses 3 points for them Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections. ## Score by category | Category | Weight | QwenPaw | Zapia | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 15 | QwenPaw +55 | | 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 | 3 | QwenPaw +57 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | QwenPaw +30 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 56 | QwenPaw +17 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 59 | Zapia +3 | | Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **62.2 · B** | **17.3 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | QwenPaw | Zapia | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Agent harness | Platform | | Vendor | AgentScope | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | HTTP, stdio | | | Auth | None | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Apache-2.0 | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | no | | Last release | 2026-09-11 | 2026-10-12 | | 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. **Zapia.** Zapia is a personal assistant app for iOS, Android and the web with a free plan that isn't a trial, weekly iOS releases and explicit confirmation before anything that writes. No outside agent can call it, and no status page, security contact or hosting location was found. ## 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 ### Zapia 1. Don't plan to call Zapia from another agent. It answers only in its own app and on the web, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated access. 2. Tell the owner that Pro and Ultra trials become paid after 7 days unless cancelled in the app store. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, QwenPaw or Zapia? QwenPaw scores 62.2 (B) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ### Are QwenPaw and Zapia open source? QwenPaw is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Zapia. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qwenpaw-vs-zapia.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "qwenpaw", "b": "zapia"}`. 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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.