# Claude Code vs goose (slim)

> goose has a score of 73.9 (BB) against Claude Code's 62.2 (B). Both do agent harness. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 40 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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goose has a score of 73.9 (BB) against Claude Code's 62.2 (B). Both do agent harness. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 40 points.

- Claude Code: B 62.2, rank #222 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- goose: BB 73.9, rank #52 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.min.md
- Pick Claude Code for agent ergonomics (+5), transparency & trust (+21). Pick goose for reliability (+27), payments & pricing (+40).

| Category | Claude Code | goose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 82 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 77 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 84 | 63 |