# Big Arrow vs Temporal (slim)

> Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) to Big Arrow's 70.7 (BB) for hitl ask. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Big Arrow's 70.7 (BB), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Big Arrow leads on payments & pricing. Both do hitl ask.

- Big Arrow: BB 70.7, rank #151 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bigarrow.min.md
- Temporal: BB 77.2, rank #24 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.min.md
- Big Arrow, good for An agent on a person's Mac that reaches a step only the person may do, such as a permission prompt, 2FA code or payment, and needs to show where. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card.
- Temporal, good for A team that already runs, or wants to run, agents as durable workflows with strict guarantees and an audit trail per run. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 75; Schema & documentation, 91 against 78; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 77; Security & auth, 86 against 67; Maintenance & community, 90 against 70; Transparency & trust, 70 against 59.

| Category | Big Arrow | Temporal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 86 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Big Arrow | Temporal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | Platform |
| Vendor | Franz Enzenhofer | Temporal Technologies |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-09-15 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-04-22 |
| Popularity | 747 stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.6/5 (8) |