# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Harness (slim)

> Harness scores 60.3 (C) to DeepSeek Harness's 49.2 (D) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Harness scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): D 49.2, rank #909 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md
- Harness: C 60.3, rank #573 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.min.md
- DeepSeek Harness (dsh), good for Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 71 against 60.
- Harness, good for A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 77; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 68; Security & auth, 57 against 40; Transparency & trust, 68 against 50. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek Harness (dsh) loses 6 points for them.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Harness |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 82 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Harness |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Autonomous, Inc. |
| Transports |  | stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth |
| Tools exposed | none | 7 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 1.3k stars |