# Skydive vs Zo Computer

> Skydive scores 52.1 (D) to Zo Computer's 43.2 (E) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skydive-vs-zo-computer
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skydive-vs-zo-computer.md (~4,200 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skydive-vs-zo-computer.min.md (~830 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skydive-vs-zo-computer.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
- MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)
- Updated: 2026-10-31

Skydive scores 52.1 (D) on agent readiness against Zo Computer's 43.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Zo Computer leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do assistants that remember you.

- Skydive: grade D, 52.1/100, rank #899 of 1244. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skydive.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skydive.json
- Zo Computer: grade E, 43.2/100, rank #1084 of 1244. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 1245 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Skydive (D)

Good for: A person or team who wants hosted agents with their own cloud computers, memory and connected apps, reachable in Slack, email, text and a CLI, and who can drive them from scripts through the CLI.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 41 against 15
- Schema & documentation, 81 against 73
- Agent ergonomics, 59 against 34
- Security & auth, 59 against 37
- Transparency & trust, 75 against 61

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: The API has no operation for sending an agent a task. That runs through the CLI's `chat -p`, outside the OpenAPI contract.

### Zo Computer (E)

Good for: One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step.

Ahead on:
- Payments & pricing, 40 against 35
- Maintenance & community, 68 against 56

Also in its favour:
- No incidents deducted, where Skydive loses 5 points for them

Watch for: The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Skydive | Zo Computer | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 41 | 15 | Skydive +26 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 73 | Skydive +8 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 34 | Skydive +25 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 37 | Skydive +22 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 40 | Zo Computer +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 68 | Zo Computer +12 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 61 | Skydive +14 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **52.1 · D** | **43.2 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Skydive | Zo Computer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Create, Inc. | Zo Computer Company |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.skydive.com/v1` | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under the Skydive Terms of Service (Create, Inc.), effective 29 July 2026. The skydive-cli npm package is published under the MIT licence. | Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-08-26 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-08-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-05-20 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 5.5k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.3/5 (4) |

## Verdicts

**Skydive.** Skydive publishes an OpenAPI 3.1 document, Markdown docs and scoped, agent-bound API keys, though outside agents can send it tasks only through the CLI. Its status page records several major incidents, including a 25-hour Agent Hosting outage, and its home and pricing pages say data is never used for training while the privacy policy turns training on by default.

**Zo Computer.** Zo publishes an OpenAPI file, Markdown docs, plan prices and a named list of the providers that receive user content. One access token grants full access to the workspace, no approval step before sending or buying was found in the reviewed docs, and no status page, rate limit or SLA is published.

## Before you call either

### Skydive

1. Send tasks with `skydive chat -p "..." --agent <id> --json` and pass `--conversation <id>` from the JSON to keep context. The REST API can't send a task.
2. Don't retry `chat -p` or a create blindly after a timeout. There's no idempotency key, so list agents or keys before retrying.
3. Ask the owner for an agent-bound `use` key when you only need to read. Account-level `edit` keys can create agents and mint keys.
4. Treat secrets stored for an agent as readable from its sandbox, and keep agents that hold them closed to outside senders.
5. Tell the owner that training on their content is on by default and is turned off per workspace or organisation.

### Zo Computer

1. Send `POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask` with `Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_...` and an `input` string. The owner creates the token under Settings > Advanced
2. Pass `persona_id` for a persona with a narrow tool set. The token itself carries every permission the owner has
3. Set `memory_mode` to `off` to keep workspace memory out of a request. The field is in the OpenAPI file and absent from the API guide
4. Do not retry `/zo/ask` blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented and the request may already have sent a message
5. Append `.md` to any guide or reference URL for Markdown

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Skydive or Zo Computer?

Skydive scores 52.1 (D) on agent readiness against Zo Computer's 43.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Zo Computer leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community.

### Can an agent call Skydive and Zo Computer without installing anything?

Yes. Skydive has a hosted endpoint at https://api.skydive.com/v1 and Zo Computer at https://api.zo.computer/mcp.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skydive-vs-zo-computer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/skydive-vs-zo-computer.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "skydive", "b": "zo-computer"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare skydive zo-computer`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/skydive.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json

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## Disclosure

- Skydive 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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