# Claude Code vs Cline (slim)

> Claude Code has a score of 62.2 (B) against Cline's 60.8 (C). Both do agent harness. The largest gap is reliability, 30 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Claude Code has a score of 62.2 (B) against Cline's 60.8 (C). Both do agent harness. The largest gap is reliability, 30 points.

- Claude Code: B 62.2, rank #222 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- Cline: C 60.8, rank #239 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.min.md
- Pick Claude Code for agent ergonomics (+20), security & auth (+23), transparency & trust (+18). Pick Cline for reliability (+30), payments & pricing (+30).

| Category | Claude Code | Cline |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 84 | 66 |