# Conductor vs Traycer (slim)

> Traycer scores 57 (C) to Conductor's 41.3 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Traycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Conductor's 41.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- Conductor: E 41.3, rank #1285 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/conductor.min.md
- Traycer: C 57, rank #811 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.min.md
- Conductor, good for Existing Conductor users planning their move before Cloud closes on 20 November 2026 and the local app winds down in early 2027.
- Traycer, good for Teams who want several coding agents working together with shared context and boards. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 25; Schema & documentation, 65 against 60; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 55; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 75 against 58; Transparency & trust, 60 against 53. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Conductor | Traycer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 60 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 55 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 42 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 58 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 53 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Conductor | Traycer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Conductor (joining Meta) | Traycer AI |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary. A closed-source Mac app and hosted Conductor Cloud under Conductor's terms | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-06 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | no document linked |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, Traycer +40: 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.); Traycer 65 (Local software. Builds for macOS, Linux and Windows, and package-manager publishing workflows (20). test.yml, CodeQL, OpenSSF Scorecard and secret scanning run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). CHANGELOG.md (15). Host 1.5.3 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 15 = 65.)
- Payments & pricing, Traycer +30: 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).); Traycer 30 (Scored on the paid option, Traycer's own inference subscription, whose price wasn't read (0 of 20). No protocol (0). Bring-your-own-agent use is free (20). Accounts for sync and teams weren't checked, half (10). 0 + 0 + 20 + 10 = 30.)
- Maintenance & community, Traycer +17: 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.); Traycer 75 (Commits on 6 November 2026 and host 1.5.3 (30). More than three releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Current apps and CLI packages (15). CI with tests (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75.)
- Agent ergonomics, Traycer +10: Conductor 55 (Harness reading. Each task gets a workspace, branch, terminal and diff, with pull requests and merges from the app, and an API for integrations; not re-read in detail (55).); Traycer 65 (Harness reading. Model switching within an agent, agent-to-agent loops, a CLI and cross-device sync (65).)
- Transparency & trust, Traycer +7: 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.); Traycer 60 (MIT (30). README privacy section and a linked privacy policy (not read) (18 of 30). CHANGELOG.md, no deprecation policy (10). Analytics described as 'may be enabled', with no opt-out given in the README (8 of 20). 30 + 18 + 10 + 8 = 66.)
- Schema & documentation, Traycer +5: 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).); Traycer 65 (Harness reading. Mintlify docs, a protocol package and a CLI (65).)