# Town vs Zo Computer (slim)

> Town scores 48.7 (D) to Zo Computer's 43.1 (E) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Town scores 48.7 (D) on agent readiness against Zo Computer's 43.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Zo Computer leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Town: D 48.7, rank #834 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/town.min.md
- Zo Computer: E 43.1, rank #915 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.min.md
- Town, good for An owner who wants a mail and calendar assistant whose routines other systems can trigger. Ahead on Reliability, 35 against 15; Agent ergonomics, 49 against 34; Security & auth, 79 against 37. Also Free to start without a card.
- Zo Computer, 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 Schema & documentation, 73 against 33; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Maintenance & community, 68 against 60. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Town | Zo Computer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 33 | 73 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 49 | 34 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 79 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 68 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Town | Zo Computer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Town.com, Inc. | Zo Computer Company |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Closed service under Town's Terms of Service (Town.com, Inc., updated 21 July 2026). | Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-10 | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2025-08-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-05-20 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |