agent · personal assistant
ClawBox vs Fay
55 fields both were evaluated on, 31 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 24 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | ClawBox | Fay |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Audit logs stated as built in from day one alongside role-based access and admin controls “Role-based access, audit logs, and admin controls built in from day one.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Explainability· | “Ask something, it makes a plan, and it happens.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Runtime governance· | no public information tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | yes “Role-based access, audit logs, and admin controls built in from day one.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Permission scopes· | “Define your OpenClaw’s personality, tone, expertise, and boundaries.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Compliance certifications· | no public information tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Dispute process· | refund issued “Duplicate charge of $49.99 on invoice #4821. Refund issued. Resolved”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | ClawBox | Fay |
|---|---|---|
| Human oversight· | “When it needs to log in somewhere, you step in directly — type your credentials yourself. OpenClaw hands off control and never sees what you enter.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | “Tell it what to do in plain language. It figures out the rest.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | multi-step “Give them a goal and the tools to do it — they handle the steps, manage the complexity, and operate continuously without hand-holding.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Action space· | “It browses the web, sends emails, and runs tasks on a schedule.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Operating environment· | “ClawBox deploys a private, secure OpenClaw instance on WhatsApp or Telegram. It browses the web, sends emails, and runs tasks on a schedule.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Set tasks to run on a schedule — every morning, every 30 minutes, every Friday. OpenClaw works while you don’t.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | can self-initiate “Agents are AI-powered workers that think, decide, and act autonomously toward a goal.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | ClawBox | Fay |
|---|---|---|
| Safety policy· | no public information tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | ClawBox | Fay |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model· | “Simple, transparent pricing No per-message charges, no overage fees, no surprises.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Price point· | ||
| Availability· | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Integrations· | no public information tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Slack, Gmail, Jira, PagerDuty, webhooks “Fay connects to Slack, Gmail, Jira, PagerDuty, webhooks, and 100+ tools natively.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Support model· | no public information tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | ClawBox | Fay |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, leading open-source models “Fay supports GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, and leading open-source models out of the box.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Model provider· | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, open-source communities “Fay supports GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, and leading open-source models out of the box.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Model swappable· | “Running fully locally off MiniMax 2.1, doing all the tool parsing needed.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Open weights· | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Fine-tuning· | “Define your OpenClaw’s personality, tone, expertise, and boundaries. Make it sound like you. No code required.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | ClawBox | Fay |
|---|---|---|
| Tool use· | “OpenClaw created a skill on its own within Telegram chat.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Multi-agent· | “Set it up with Obsidian notes and sub-agents.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | yes “Fay lets you combine both: embed an agent inside a workflow, or trigger a workflow from an agent.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| API access· | no public information tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Open source· | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | ClawBox | Fay |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | “189K+ GitHub stars. Thousands of daily users.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Deployment scale· | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Target sectors· | “Submitted health reimbursements, found doctor appointments, documents.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | customer support, sales, claims processing, incident response, internal productivity “Anything from customer support agents and sales prep bots to claims processing pipelines, incident triage systems, and internal productivity tools.”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| High-risk domains· | “Submitted health reimbursements, found doctor appointments, documents.”tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Documented incidents· | no public information tryclawbox.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Duplicate charge of $49.99 on invoice #4821. Refund issued. Resolved”fay.work · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both ClawBox and Fay publish nothing on these 24 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 24 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- Autonomy level
- Deployment options
- Supported regions
- Context window
- Protocols supported
- Marketplace presence
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Usage restrictions
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Third-party evaluations
- Data handling
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage
Questions
- How do ClawBox and Fay compare on integrations?
- ClawBox: no public information disclosed. Fay: Slack, Gmail, Jira, PagerDuty, webhooks.
- How do ClawBox and Fay compare on support model?
- ClawBox: no public information disclosed. Fay: 1-on-1 Dedicated Support.
- How do ClawBox and Fay compare on api access?
- ClawBox: no public information disclosed. Fay: yes.
- How do ClawBox and Fay compare on audit trail?
- ClawBox: no public information disclosed. Fay: Audit logs stated as built in from day one alongside role-based access and admin controls.
- How do ClawBox and Fay compare on runtime governance?
- ClawBox: no public information disclosed. Fay: yes.
- How do ClawBox and Fay compare on compliance certifications?
- ClawBox: no public information disclosed. Fay: SOC 2.