# Claude Code vs Jules (slim)

> Claude Code scores 59.9 (C) to Jules's 44.5 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Claude Code scores 59.9 (C) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Jules leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Claude Code: C 59.9, rank #588 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- Jules: E 44.5, rank #1000 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md
- Claude Code, good for A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 13; Agent ergonomics, 87 against 64; Security & auth, 80 against 57; Maintenance & community, 82 against 18; Transparency & trust, 81 against 44.
- Jules, good for A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where Claude Code loses 8 points for them.

| Category | Claude Code | Jules |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 13 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 18 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Code | Jules |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anthropic | Google LLC |
| Transports |  | HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed |
| Tools exposed | none | 8 |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-03-09 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-07-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 141k stars | 1.3k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |