# Gemini CLI vs Jules (slim)

> Gemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) to Jules's 44.5 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Gemini CLI scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Jules leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Gemini CLI: B 66.7, rank #307 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-cli.min.md
- Jules: E 44.5, rank #1000 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md
- Gemini CLI, good for Teams with a paid Gemini API key, Vertex AI credentials or existing Code Assist Standard or Enterprise licences that want an open-source harness with documented headless output. Ahead on Reliability, 71 against 13; Schema & documentation, 93 against 76; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 64; Security & auth, 67 against 57; Maintenance & community, 88 against 18; Transparency & trust, 89 against 44. Also Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.8 out of 5.
- Jules, good for A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where Gemini CLI loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Gemini CLI | Jules |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 71 | 13 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 93 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 88 | 18 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 89 | 44 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gemini CLI | Jules |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google | Google LLC |
| Transports |  | HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed |
| Tools exposed | none | 8 |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-03-09 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-07-30 |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 107k stars | 1.3k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 2.8/5 (4) |