# Auggie CLI vs Paperclip (slim)

> Paperclip scores 59 (C) to Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Auggie CLI's 50.8 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- Auggie CLI: D 50.8, rank #872 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/auggie.min.md
- Paperclip: C 59, rank #625 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.min.md
- Auggie CLI, good for Teams already paying for Augment who want its Context Engine in a terminal, in CI or through ACP and MCP, with permission rules a security team can delegate to a webhook. Also No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 10 points for them.
- Paperclip, good for Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 43; Schema & documentation, 81 against 67; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65; Security & auth, 64 against 47; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 78 against 58; Transparency & trust, 65 against 57. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Auggie CLI | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 43 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 47 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 58 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Auggie CLI | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Harness (formerly Augment Code) | Paperclip Labs, Inc. |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary. The licence from Augment Computing, Inc. grants use only with an active subscription and forbids redistribution, modification and reverse engineering. The GitHub repository holds the README, changelog, examples and issue tracker, not the source | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-08-21 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-07-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-07-23 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 16k npm/wk | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |