# Droid CLI vs Mistral Vibe CLI (slim)

> Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) to Droid CLI's 59.1 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Droid CLI's 59.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Droid CLI leads on security & auth. Both do agent harnesses.

- Droid CLI: C 59.1, rank #619 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/droid-cli.min.md
- Mistral Vibe CLI: B 62.9, rank #457 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.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 Security & auth, 63 against 58. Also No incidents deducted, where Mistral Vibe CLI loses 8 points for them.
- Mistral Vibe CLI, good for Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tuned for Mistral models, with hard per-run budgets and an export file, or a local model with no account. Ahead on Reliability, 69 against 49; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 72; Payments & pricing, 60 against 10; Transparency & trust, 79 against 64. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Droid CLI | Mistral Vibe CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 49 | 69 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 79 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Droid CLI | Mistral Vibe CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Factory | Mistral AI |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| 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 |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-14 | 2026-09-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-20 | 2026-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 49 stars, 7.8k npm/wk | 5.1k stars, 332k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |