# Agent Zero vs OpenHands (slim)

> OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) to Agent Zero's 54.2 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenHands scores 70.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Agent Zero's 54.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- Agent Zero: C 54.2, rank #709 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-zero.min.md
- OpenHands: BB 70.8, rank #143 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openhands.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. Also No key needed to call it.
- OpenHands, good for Teams that want to self-host a coding agent with a web UI, per-conversation Docker sandboxes and scheduled or webhook automations, or embed the agent through a Python SDK and REST API. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 57; Schema & documentation, 87 against 64; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 62; Security & auth, 66 against 54; Maintenance & community, 85 against 75; Transparency & trust, 67 against 55. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Agent Zero | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 64 | 87 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 62 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 55 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Agent Zero | OpenHands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Agent Zero, s.r.o. | All Hands AI |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | MIT (Agent Canvas, SDK, tools and Agent Server). OpenHands Cloud is a hosted service |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Popularity | 19k stars | 90k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |