# Claude Code vs Paperclip (slim)

> Claude Code scores 61.9 (C) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 59 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Paperclip leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do agent multi agent. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Claude Code scores 61.9 (C) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 59 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Paperclip leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do agent multi agent.

- Claude Code: C 61.9, rank #316 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- Paperclip: C 59, rank #390 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.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 Agent ergonomics, 87 against 70; Security & auth, 80 against 64; Transparency & trust, 81 against 65.
- 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 50; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Claude Code | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Code | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anthropic | Paperclip Labs, Inc. |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| 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 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-07-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-07-23 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 141k stars | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk |