# Droid CLI vs Harness² (slim)

> Droid CLI scores 59.1 (C) to Harness²'s 41.6 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Droid CLI scores 59.1 (C) on agent readiness against Harness²'s 41.6 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Harness² leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Droid CLI: C 59.1, rank #615 of 1135 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.min.md
- Harness²: E 41.6, rank #1029 of 1135 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness2.min.md
- Droid CLI, good for Teams that want a terminal coding agent with tiered autonomy, command rules and an optional sandbox, and that will pay for a Factory plan. Ahead on Reliability, 49 against 20; Schema & documentation, 79 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 59; Security & auth, 63 against 44; Maintenance & community, 79 against 36; Transparency & trust, 64 against 44.
- Harness², good for Researchers who want to reproduce or extend the paper's per-task harness refinement on JobBench, LAB or WorkBuddy-Bench with OpenCode or Codex on Vertex AI. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 10. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Droid CLI | Harness² |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 49 | 20 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 36 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Droid CLI | Harness² |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Factory | Google (Google Research) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary, under Factory's Terms and Conditions. The `droid` npm package is marked `UNLICENSED` and the public repository holds documentation only. The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0. Bundled benchmark runners keep their upstream licences (Apache-2.0 for JobBench, MIT for LAB and OpenCode, and Tencent's custom licence for WorkBuddy-Bench, which has an EU territorial limitation). |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 49 stars, 7.8k npm/wk | 4.2k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (4) |