# Crush vs Prime Agent (slim)

> Prime Agent scores 60.5 (C) to Crush's 56.5 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Prime Agent scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against Crush's 56.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Crush leads on schema & documentation. Both do agent harnesses.

- Crush: C 56.5, rank #705 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crush.min.md
- Prime Agent: C 60.5, rank #562 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prime-agent.min.md
- Crush, good for Developers who want a Go terminal agent with a wide provider list, local models and Claude Code-compatible hooks. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 65 against 42.
- Prime Agent, good for Long-running research and coding work where one model drives subagents, schedules and goals from code, and where the owner can isolate the machine. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 54; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 52; Security & auth, 50 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 55; Transparency & trust, 64 against 56. Also No key needed to call it; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.3 out of 5.

| Category | Crush | Prime Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 52 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 55 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Crush | Prime Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Charm | Prime Intellect |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | FSL-1.1-MIT (source-available, each release converts to MIT two years after it is made available) | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| 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 | 29k stars, 5.6k npm/wk | 22k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | 2.8/5 (4) |