# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) (slim)

> Warp scores 59.8 (C) to DeepSeek Harness's 49.2 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-warp.md (~4,350 tokens) · this version ~680 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-warp.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-warp
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-18
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link this page when you pass anything on

Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) scores 59.8 (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. Both do agent harnesses.

- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): D 49.2, rank #909 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md
- Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API): C 59.8, rank #592 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/warp.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 20. Also Free to start without a card.
- Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API), good for Teams that want one agent across an interactive terminal session and API-started cloud runs, including Claude Code and Codex runs on Warp's infrastructure or their own workers. Ahead on Reliability, 52 against 33; Schema & documentation, 89 against 77; Security & auth, 52 against 40; Maintenance & community, 84 against 71; Transparency & trust, 72 against 50.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 52 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 66 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 52 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Warp |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Mixed. The client, including the `warp` and `oz` binaries, is AGPL-3.0 with the `warpui_core` and `warpui` crates under MIT. The server, the built-in agent harness, Warp Drive backend and Oz orchestration are proprietary, under Warp's Software and Services Licence Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |