# GAIA vs Hermes Agent (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to GAIA's 49.5 (D) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against GAIA's 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. GAIA leads on reliability. Both do assistant proactive.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #813 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- GAIA, good for It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 57.
- Hermes Agent, good for A technical owner who wants one always-on agent across chat apps with memory and scheduled jobs, on their own machine or a small server, with any model. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 54; Security & auth, 75 against 54; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 84 against 78. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | GAIA | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 75 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | Nous Research |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-10-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 308 stars | 253k stars |