# Town vs ZeroClaw (slim)

> ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) to Town's 48.7 (D) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Town's 48.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Town: D 48.7, rank #834 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.min.md
- ZeroClaw: BB 70.2, rank #161 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.min.md
- Town, good for An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger. 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 35; Schema & documentation, 82 against 33; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 49; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 80 against 60. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Town | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 33 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 49 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 79 | 76 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Town | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Town.com, Inc. | ZeroClaw Labs |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-10 | 2026-09-05 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 33k stars |