# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Parallax (slim)

> DeepSeek Harness scores 49.2 (D) to Parallax's 37.9 (F) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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DeepSeek Harness (dsh) scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Parallax's 37.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Parallax leads on reliability. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): D 49.2, rank #909 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md
- Parallax: F 37.9, rank #1069 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallax-agents.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 Schema & documentation, 77 against 29; Agent ergonomics, 68 against 42; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 71 against 56. Also Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Parallax, good for A developer on a Mac who runs several coding agents across Claude and Codex subscriptions and wants cross-lab review of finished sessions on GitHub. Ahead on Reliability, 40 against 33.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Parallax |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 29 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 42 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Parallax |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Conifer Solutions, Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under Conifer's Terms of Service (Conifer Solutions, Inc.). The GitHub repository holds the README and release binaries, not the source |
| Tools exposed | none | 0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |