# Agent Zero vs Droid CLI (slim)

> Droid CLI scores 59.1 (C) to Agent Zero's 54.2 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Droid CLI scores 59.1 (C) on agent readiness against Agent Zero's 54.2 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Agent Zero leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Agent Zero: C 54.2, rank #709 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-zero.min.md
- Droid CLI: C 59.1, rank #573 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.min.md
- Agent Zero, good for A technical owner who wants an agent with its own Linux machine, reachable from Telegram, WhatsApp or email, with scheduled tasks and editable memory. Ahead on Reliability, 57 against 49; Payments & pricing, 60 against 10. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Droid CLI, good for Teams that want a terminal coding agent with tiered autonomy, command rules and an optional sandbox, and that will pay for a Factory plan. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 79 against 64; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 62; Security & auth, 63 against 54; Transparency & trust, 64 against 55. Also No incidents deducted, where Agent Zero loses 6 points for them.

| Category | Agent Zero | Droid CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 49 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 64 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 62 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Agent Zero | Droid CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agent Zero, s.r.o. | Factory |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under Factory's Terms and Conditions. The `droid` npm package is marked `UNLICENSED` and the public repository holds documentation only. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-07-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-20 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 19k stars | 49 stars, 7.8k npm/wk |