# asaply vs Hermes Agent (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to asaply's 7.6 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

- asaply: F 7.6, rank #1006 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply.min.md
- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- asaply, good for People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text. Also No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.
- Hermes Agent, good for A technical owner who wants one always-on agent across chat apps with memory and scheduled jobs, on their own machine or a small server, with any model. Ahead on Reliability, 57 against 10; Schema & documentation, 80 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0; Security & auth, 75 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 0; Maintenance & community, 84 against 2; Transparency & trust, 63 against 43. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | asaply | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 10 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 75 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 43 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | asaply | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Asaply Inc. | Nous Research |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Free |
| Licence | Closed service under asaply's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Messaging Terms (Asaply Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). | MIT |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-11 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 253k stars |