OpenClaw vs Tome
A feature-by-feature comparison of OpenClaw and Tome across 7 capability categories.
Modalities — OpenClaw Wins
| Feature | OpenClaw | Tome |
|---|---|---|
Text Input | Yes, requires free plan. You message the agent in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, or the desktop chat. It replies in that same thread. | No. tome.app returned 404 on 2026-09-02. The slides product is not serving. Do not treat this as a live writer. |
Image Upload / Vision | Yes, requires free plan. Users send photos (e.g. a snake in the yard) and the agent identifies them. Vision depends on the model you attach. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Image Generation | No. OpenClaw is a personal-agent harness. It does not ship an image model. | No. Presentation product is gone. Not a live image generator. |
Voice Mode | Partial. Community posts wire OpenAI realtime voice to OpenClaw. That is BYOK, not a first-party always-on voice SKU on the homepage. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Video Understanding | Unknown. No first-party video-watch product was on the homepage. A skill could call a video API. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Video Generation | No. Not a video generation product. | No. Not a video generation product. |
File Upload (PDF, DOCX) | Unknown. Inbox/calendar/skills imply files, but a PDF-chat uploader was not listed on the homepage. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Code Execution | Yes, requires free plan. Microsoft Execution Containers / sandbox quotes describe running agent code. Skills can execute on your machine. | No. Never a code sandbox; URL is 404. |
Audio Input | Unknown. Twilio phone-number demos exist in testimonials. A first-party audio-file transcribe feature was not on the homepage. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Canvas / Artifact Editor | No. Chat/agent, not an artifacts canvas. | No. No live canvas. URL 404. |
Screen Sharing / Computer Use | Yes, requires free plan. Node/desktop features: a Mac mini with eyes and hands, keyboard and mouse. Computer-use is the pitch. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Memory & Context — OpenClaw Wins
| Feature | OpenClaw | Tome |
|---|---|---|
Persistent Memory | Yes, requires free plan. Homepage: memories and skills live on your computer and persist; the longer you use it, the more it becomes yours. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Large Context Window | Unknown. Window size is the model you bring (ChatGPT sign-in, Claude Max, etc.). OpenClaw does not publish its own token limit. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Custom Instructions | Yes, requires free plan. Persona onboarding, skills, and cron/heartbeats are the instruction layer. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Conversation History | Yes, requires free plan. Chat history lives in the apps you already use plus local memory. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Integrations — OpenClaw Wins
| Feature | OpenClaw | Tome |
|---|---|---|
Web Search / Browsing | Unknown. Skills can browse. A built-in cited search box was not on the homepage. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Plugins / Extensions | Yes, requires free plan. Community skills (/autoreview, /handoff, etc.). Growing skill ecosystem is the product pitch. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
API Access | Unknown. Gateway/node is local. A public REST product SKU was not on the marketing homepage. | No. No live API. tome.app is 404. |
Zapier Integration | Unknown. No first-party Zapier listing was checked. | No. No live product to integrate. |
Custom GPTs / Bots | Yes, requires free plan. You run your own claw with skills and persona; share with a team. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Real-time Collaboration | No. Run it for yourself or share with a team — not a multiplayer canvas. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Live Social Data Integration | No. X API access is a partner quote, not a live social-firehose product. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Live Citation Mapping | No. Not a cited-search product. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Developer — OpenClaw Wins
| Feature | OpenClaw | Tome |
|---|---|---|
Function Calling | Yes, requires free plan. The harness is tool/skill calling: inbox, calendar, flights, code, cron. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Streaming Responses | Unknown. Realtime voice wiring is mentioned in testimonials. Token streaming of the desktop chat was not specified. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Fine-Tuning | No. You bring model subscriptions. OpenClaw does not train foundation weights. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Embeddings API | No. Not an embeddings API product. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Structured Output (JSON) | Unknown. Skills return actions. A JSON-schema guarantee was not on the homepage. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Reasoning / Thinking Mode | Unknown. Depends on the model (GPT-5.5, Claude, etc.). No OpenClaw Deep Think toggle. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Local Execution | Yes, requires free plan. Open-source agent that runs on your machines. Cloud models are optional BYOK. | No. Nothing to run. URL 404. |
Open Weights | Partial. The harness is open source (most-starred GitHub repo claim). You choose closed or open models. | No. Never open weights; URL 404. |
Multi-Agent Orchestration | Partial. Testimonials of two claws chatting. Not a marketed multi-agent orchestrator SKU. | No. No live product at tome.app. |
Platforms — OpenClaw Wins
| Feature | OpenClaw | Tome |
|---|---|---|
Web App | No. Install desktop apps (or one-liner). Not a hosted SaaS web chat. | No. Checked https://tome.app on 2026-09-02; HTTP 404. Not a working web app. |
iOS App | No. No iOS app. You talk to it from WhatsApp/Telegram on the phone. | No. No live iOS app to install from the official URL. |
Android App | No. No Android app. Chat apps are the mobile surface. | No. No live Android app from the official URL. |
Desktop App | Yes, requires free plan. Full apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux (AppImage/Debian). They install gateway, chat, setup, and node features. | No. No live desktop app from the official URL. |
Chrome Extension | No. No Chrome extension is advertised. | No. No live extension from the official URL. |
Privacy — Tie
| Feature | OpenClaw | Tome |
|---|---|---|
GDPR Compliant | Unknown. Local-first helps, but a GDPR statement was not on the homepage. | Unknown. No live privacy statement at tome.app (404). |
Opt Out of Data Training | Partial. Context and skills stay on your computer. The models you sign into still follow those vendors’ training policies. | Unknown. No live privacy controls at tome.app (404). |
Enterprise Privacy Mode | Partial. Windows sandbox/execution-container quotes exist. There is no OpenClaw Enterprise SKU on the homepage. | Unknown. No live enterprise SKU at tome.app (404). |
Workspaces — OpenClaw Wins
| Feature | OpenClaw | Tome |
|---|---|---|
Projects / Folders | Yes, requires free plan. Memories, skills, cron, and machines persist on your hardware. | No. No live product at tome.app. |