# Pi vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> Pi scores 68.4 (B) to Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Pi scores 68.4 (B) on agent readiness against Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- Pi: B 68.4, rank #233 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/earendil-pi.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.min.md
- Pi, good for Developers and pipelines that want a small, scriptable coding agent they can extend in TypeScript and drive over JSONL or RPC, inside their own container. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 35; Schema & documentation, 84 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 53; Security & auth, 61 against 48; Payments & pricing, 60 against 15; Maintenance & community, 87 against 61. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.3 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Rovo Dev CLI, good for Teams already on Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket who want the agent to read and update work items and pages from the terminal or a pipeline. Also No incidents deducted, where Pi loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Pi | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Pi | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Earendil | Atlassian |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| 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 |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 113k stars, 5.2M npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |