# Cline vs Parallax (slim)

> Cline scores 60.4 (C) to Parallax's 37.9 (F) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- Cline: C 60.4, rank #565 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.min.md
- Parallax: F 37.9, rank #1056 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallax-agents.min.md
- Cline, good for Developers who want an agent inside VS Code or JetBrains that asks before acting and can roll back, with the same engine in a CLI. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 40; Schema & documentation, 77 against 29; Agent ergonomics, 67 against 42; Security & auth, 57 against 43; Payments & pricing, 50 against 30; Maintenance & community, 85 against 56; Transparency & trust, 61 against 48. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Parallax, good for A developer on a Mac who runs several coding agents across Claude and Codex subscriptions and wants cross-lab review of finished sessions on GitHub.

| Category | Cline | Parallax |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 29 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 42 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cline | Parallax |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Conifer Solutions, Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary, under Conifer's Terms of Service (Conifer Solutions, Inc.). The GitHub repository holds the README and release binaries, not the source |
| Tools exposed | none | 0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 68k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 2/5 (4) |