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A security and permissions page (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance found (5). No audit log found (5). SOC 2 Type II report at trust.conductor.build (15 of 20). 10 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45.", "b": "Project keys with restricted per-endpoint permissions, service accounts and workload identity, per the openai-api listing; we didn't confirm a key can be limited to /v1/agents (27 of 30). Automatic review for approvals, a sandbox network restricted to a host allowlist, vaults for secrets and a sandbox security guide (17 of 20). The agent reads web pages, MCP results and browser content; the sandbox security guide and approval flow are the mitigations, with no prompt-injection guide of its own found (8 of 15). Tracing, observability and usage per session and admin audit logs (15). SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 family, Bugcrowd bounty and a disclosure policy, per the openai-api listing (20). Not ZDR-eligible and US residency only, recorded under transparency. 27 + 17 + 8 + 15 + 20 = 87." }, "scores": { "a": 45, "b": 87 } }, { "by": 35, "category": "reliability", "leads": "openai-agents-api", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Read as local software that is winding down. Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25.", "b": "Read as a hosted API. status.openai.com has an Agents component under APIs (20). 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Subprocessors and processing countries listed, per the openai-api listing (20). 15 + 25 + 15 + 20 = 75." }, "scores": { "a": 53, "b": 85 } }, { "by": 30, "category": "payments", "leads": "openai-agents-api", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No new sign-ups since 4 November, free users can't upgrade, and no price is shown. No protocol, no published price, no open free tier, no onboarding (0).", "b": "No machine payment protocol (0). Model, tool and container prices published without a login, and no fee for the API itself (20). The Free tier reading of the openai-api listing, half (10). Sign-up in a browser (0). 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30." }, "scores": { "a": 0, "b": 30 } }, { "by": 29, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "openai-agents-api", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. The local app gets new models and critical fixes only until early 2027.", "b": "Closed API. Last dated change 16 October 2026, Ultrafast mode and document skills (30). Four dated changelog entries in the 57 days since release, 10 September, 29 September, 9 October and 16 October (20). Changelog and help centre, as the openai-api listing reads them (12 of 15). Official SDKs carry beta.agents (15). SDK CI, per the openai-api listing (10). 30 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 10 = 87." }, "scores": { "a": 58, "b": 87 } }, { "by": 28, "category": "schema", "leads": "openai-agents-api", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "Conductor vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Conductor vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-t3-code.json", "title": "Conductor vs T3 Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-t3-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-traycer.json", "title": "Conductor vs Traycer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-traycer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-unstoppable.json", "title": "Conductor vs Unstoppable", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-unstoppable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Conductor vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "Conductor vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-warp.json", "title": "Conductor vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-openai-agents-api.json", "title": "Crush vs OpenAI Agents API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-openai-agents-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-openai-agents-api.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs OpenAI Agents API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-openai-agents-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-openai-agents-api.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs OpenAI Agents API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-openai-agents-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-superagent-vs-openai-agents-api.json", "title": "dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) vs OpenAI Agents API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-superagent-vs-openai-agents-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-openai-agents-api.json", "title": "Devin vs OpenAI Agents API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-openai-agents-api" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-openai-agents-api.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs OpenAI Agents API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-openai-agents-api" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-t3-code.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs T3 Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-t3-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-traycer.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Traycer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-traycer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-unstoppable.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Unstoppable", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-unstoppable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-verdent.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-warp.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-conductor.json", "title": "Clawboo vs Conductor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-conductor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Conductor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-conductor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "Conductor vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Conductor vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "Conductor vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-parallax-agents" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 35, "conductor": 25, "edge": "openai-agents-api", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openai-agents-api": 60, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 28, "conductor": 60, "edge": "openai-agents-api", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openai-agents-api": 88, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 25, "conductor": 55, "edge": "openai-agents-api", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "openai-agents-api": 80, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 42, "conductor": 45, "edge": "openai-agents-api", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "openai-agents-api": 87, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 30, "conductor": 0, "edge": "openai-agents-api", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "openai-agents-api": 30, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 29, "conductor": 58, "edge": "openai-agents-api", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "openai-agents-api": 87, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 32, "conductor": 53, "edge": "openai-agents-api", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "openai-agents-api": 85, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "OpenAI Agents API scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "conductor": "Conductor ran parallel coding agents on the Mac, and Meta is acquiring it. It has taken no new users since 4 November 2026, Cloud turns read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, and the local app winds down in early 2027, when all user data is deleted.", "openai-agents-api": "OpenAI's hosted agent runtime, the Codex harness behind one session call, with MCP, functions, web search, computer use, subagents and sandboxes on OpenAI or your own infrastructure. Documentation, errors and SDKs are thorough. It's still public beta, can't use Zero Data Retention and keeps data in the United States only." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "OpenAI Agents API scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Conductor: grade E, 41.3/100, rank #1285 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/conductor.json\n- OpenAI Agents API: grade BB, 73.3/100, rank #110 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-agents-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-agents-api.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Conductor (E)\n\nGood for: Existing Conductor users planning their move before Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.\n\nWatch for: No new downloads or sign-ups since 4 November 2026\n\n### OpenAI Agents API (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams that want OpenAI to run the agent loop, with sandboxes, MCP tools and subagents, and are fine with a beta API, US-only data residency and no Zero Data Retention.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 88 against 60\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 87 against 45\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 87 against 58\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Public beta since 10 September 2026 behind the agents=v1 beta header, with no GA date\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: OpenAI Agents API +42\n\n- Conductor (45): Closed app. Telemetry and data handling weren't read beyond the transition notice (10 of 30). A security and permissions page (10 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance found (5). No audit log found (5). SOC 2 Type II report at trust.conductor.build (15 of 20). 10 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 = 45.\n- OpenAI Agents API (87): Project keys with restricted per-endpoint permissions, service accounts and workload identity, per the openai-api listing; we didn't confirm a key can be limited to /v1/agents (27 of 30). Automatic review for approvals, a sandbox network restricted to a host allowlist, vaults for secrets and a sandbox security guide (17 of 20). The agent reads web pages, MCP results and browser content; the sandbox security guide and approval flow are the mitigations, with no prompt-injection guide of its own found (8 of 15). Tracing, observability and usage per session and admin audit logs (15). SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 family, Bugcrowd bounty and a disclosure policy, per the openai-api listing (20). Not ZDR-eligible and US residency only, recorded under transparency. 27 + 17 + 8 + 15 + 20 = 87.\n\n### Reliability: OpenAI Agents API +35\n\n- Conductor (25): Read as local software that is winding down. Installed from Conductor's own download, which stopped taking new users on 4 November 2026 (10). Closed source, so no public CI or issue tracker (0, 0). A dated changelog, newest 0.93.0 on 4 November (15). Version 0.93 (0). 10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 25.\n- OpenAI Agents API (60): Read as a hosted API. status.openai.com has an Agents component under APIs (20). Since release on 10 September (57 days, not 90), the feed names the Agents API in a degraded-performance incident on 14 September, the elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex and the API on 29 September (the openai-api listing reads that one as a major, 17:52 to 23:14 UTC), computer use issues and degraded workspace agents on 6 and 7 October, degraded performance across the APIs for 22 minutes on 21 October, and overbilling for hosted containers on 19 September. One major, the rest minor (10). Rate limits come from the shared guide, published per tier and model with headers, and the errors page adds a Files API allowance on session creation (15). 429 and 503 guidance with Retry-After, capped backoff and a check-then-retry procedure for turns (15). The Scale Tier SLA in the openai-api listing isn't shown to cover a beta API (0). Public beta behind the agents=v1 header (0). 20 + 10 + 15 + 15 + 0 + 0 = 60.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: OpenAI Agents API +32\n\n- Conductor (53): Closed service with terms and privacy pages (15). The transition notice says when Cloud data deletion begins (20 November) and that all user data is deleted when the app shuts down in early 2027 (20 of 30). Dated shutdown notice (15 of 20). SOC 2 report on a trust portal, subprocessors not read (10 of 20). 15 + 20 + 15 + 10 = 60.\n- OpenAI Agents API (85): Closed service with clear terms, Apache-2.0 SDKs (15). Session state retained until deleted, deletable sessions and artifacts, not ZDR-eligible, US residency only, and the data-controls guide agrees; no retention period for artifacts after a sandbox expires (25 of 30). Dated deprecation notices with minimum periods for GA models; a beta API can change faster (15 of 20). Subprocessors and processing countries listed, per the openai-api listing (20). 15 + 25 + 15 + 20 = 75.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: OpenAI Agents API +30\n\n- Conductor (0): No new sign-ups since 4 November, free users can't upgrade, and no price is shown. No protocol, no published price, no open free tier, no onboarding (0).\n- OpenAI Agents API (30): No machine payment protocol (0). Model, tool and container prices published without a login, and no fee for the API itself (20). The Free tier reading of the openai-api listing, half (10). Sign-up in a browser (0). 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 = 30.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: OpenAI Agents API +29\n\n- Conductor (58): 0.93.0 on 4 November 2026 (30). Several dated releases in 90 days, per the changelog index (20). Discord, a subreddit and email for support (8). Closed app, no package or CI to read (0). 30 + 20 + 8 + 0 + 0 = 58. The local app gets new models and critical fixes only until early 2027.\n- OpenAI Agents API (87): Closed API. Last dated change 16 October 2026, Ultrafast mode and document skills (30). Four dated changelog entries in the 57 days since release, 10 September, 29 September, 9 October and 16 October (20). Changelog and help centre, as the openai-api listing reads them (12 of 15). Official SDKs carry beta.agents (15). SDK CI, per the openai-api listing (10). 30 + 20 + 12 + 15 + 10 = 87.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: OpenAI Agents API +28\n\n- Conductor (60): Harness reading. Docs for workspaces, review and merge, a Conductor API reference page linked from the docs (not read), and security and permissions pages (60).\n- OpenAI Agents API (88): The reference is linked from the overview and the SDKs carry beta.agents types; we didn't confirm /agents/sessions in OpenAI's public OpenAPI file, so 15 of 25. llms.txt with every Agents API page and Markdown twins (10). The overview, architecture page and the agents guide that compares the Agents API, Agents SDK and Responses API say when to use it (20). Typed configuration with enumerated container sizes, network modes and environment types (13 of 15). Examples in six languages and an errors page with codes per HTTP status, turn and session (15). Dated changelog entries and a versioned beta header (15). 15 + 10 + 20 + 13 + 15 + 15 = 88.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Conductor | OpenAI Agents API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 60 | OpenAI Agents API +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 88 | OpenAI Agents API +28 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 80 | OpenAI Agents API +25 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 87 | OpenAI Agents API +42 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 30 | OpenAI Agents API +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 87 | OpenAI Agents API +29 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 85 | OpenAI Agents API +32 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **41.3 · E** | **73.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Conductor | OpenAI Agents API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Conductor (joining Meta) | OpenAI |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.openai.com/v1/agents/sessions` |\n| Transports | | https |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms | Proprietary hosted API under OpenAI's Services Agreement. The SDKs are Apache 2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | couldn't be read |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Conductor.** Conductor ran parallel coding agents on the Mac, and Meta is acquiring it. It has taken no new users since 4 November 2026, Cloud turns read-only on 13 November and shuts down on 20 November, and the local app winds down in early 2027, when all user data is deleted.\n\n**OpenAI Agents API.** OpenAI's hosted agent runtime, the Codex harness behind one session call, with MCP, functions, web search, computer use, subagents and sandboxes on OpenAI or your own infrastructure. Documentation, errors and SDKs are thorough. It's still public beta, can't use Zero Data Retention and keeps data in the United States only.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Conductor\n\n1. Export your data from Settings, Account, Export data before 20 November 2026\n2. Move Cloud workspaces to your Mac with Transfer to local before 13 November\n3. Plan a move off the local app before early 2027; see the agent-harnesses category for alternatives\n\n### OpenAI Agents API\n\n1. POST https://api.openai.com/v1/agents/sessions with a project key and the header OpenAI-Beta: agents=v1, or use client.beta.agents in the SDKs\n2. Before retrying, retrieve the session and turn and check which actions completed, since there's no idempotency key\n3. Set the sandbox network to restricted with an allowlist of up to 100 hosts when the agent doesn't need the open web\n4. Save files from /workspace/outputs before deleting a session; no retention period is stated for artifacts\n5. Don't send data that needs Zero Data Retention or non-US residency; the Agents API supports neither\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Conductor or OpenAI Agents API?\n\nOpenAI Agents API scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Can an agent call Conductor and OpenAI Agents API without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Conductor. OpenAI Agents API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.openai.com/v1/agents/sessions.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-openai-agents-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"conductor\", \"b\": \"openai-agents-api\"}`. 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