# Zapia vs ZeroClaw

> ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) to Zapia's 17.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-13

ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

- 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
- ZeroClaw: grade BB, 70.2/100, rank #161 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zeroclaw.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

### 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 ZeroClaw loses 3 points for them

Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint, and the terms forbid unauthorised automated connections.

### ZeroClaw (BB)

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 15
- Schema & documentation, 82 against 0
- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 0
- Security & auth, 76 against 3
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 30
- Maintenance & community, 80 against 56
- Transparency & trust, 64 against 59

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
- No key needed to call it
- Free to start without a card
- Open source

Watch for: The docs state that command execution is not audited. `[security.audit]` records certificate events only, and tool receipts are opt-in and not durable


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Zapia | ZeroClaw | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 74 | ZeroClaw +59 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 82 | ZeroClaw +82 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 72 | ZeroClaw +72 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 3 | 76 | ZeroClaw +73 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | ZeroClaw +30 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 80 | ZeroClaw +24 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 64 | ZeroClaw +5 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **17.3 · F** | **70.2 · BB** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Zapia | ZeroClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Brainlogic AI S.A.S. | ZeroClaw Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Closed service under Zapia's terms and conditions (Brainlogic AI SAS). No date was found on the terms. | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-09-05 |
| 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 | none | 33k stars |

## Verdicts

**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.

**ZeroClaw.** Supervised autonomy is the default, so tools outside a short read-only list wait for the owner's approval, and secrets are encrypted in the config file. The docs state that command execution is not written to an audit log, and the project publishes no privacy policy or terms.

## Before you call either

### 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.

### ZeroClaw

1. Keep `[risk_profiles.<alias>] level = "supervised"`. `full` runs every tool not listed in `always_ask`, and the YOLO preset removes the sandbox and path rules too
2. Add sending and account tools such as `send_via`, `google_workspace` and `http_request` to `always_ask` so a session-level Always grant cannot skip the prompt
3. List senders in `[peer_groups.<name>] external_peers`. `["*"]` accepts anyone on that channel
4. Set `[web_fetch].allowed_domains` and `[http_request].allowed_domains`. Fetches run unprompted and the OS sandbox does not block egress
5. Run one-shot tasks with `zeroclaw agent -a <alias> -m "<task>"`. A cron or webhook turn has no prompt, so shell calls fall to the command policy

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Zapia or ZeroClaw?

ZeroClaw scores 70.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Zapia's 17.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.

### Are Zapia and ZeroClaw open source?

No open-source release is listed for Zapia. ZeroClaw is open source (MIT OR Apache-2.0).


## For agents

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

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## Disclosure

- Zapia 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.