# Cline vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> Cline scores 60.4 (C) to Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cline scores 60.4 (C) on agent readiness against Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- Cline: C 60.4, rank #568 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cline.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.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 35; Schema & documentation, 77 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 67 against 53; Security & auth, 57 against 48; Payments & pricing, 50 against 15; Maintenance & community, 85 against 61. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Rovo Dev CLI, good for Teams already on Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket who want the agent to read and update work items and pages from the terminal or a pipeline. Also No incidents deducted, where Cline loses 8 points for them.

| Category | Cline | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cline | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cline Bot Inc. | Atlassian |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-25 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 68k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | 2/5 (4) |