# Gemini Spark vs Hermes Agent (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F) 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 Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

- Gemini Spark: F 24.5, rank #974 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-spark.min.md
- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- Gemini Spark, good for A person who already keeps mail, calendar and files in a personal Google Account and accepts Keep Activity being on. Also No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.
- 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 Reliability, 57 against 14; Schema & documentation, 80 against 17; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 9; Security & auth, 75 against 60; Payments & pricing, 60 against 10; Maintenance & community, 84 against 17; Transparency & trust, 63 against 49. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Gemini Spark | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 14 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 17 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 9 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 60 | 75 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 17 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gemini Spark | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Google LLC | Nous Research |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under the Google Terms of Service | MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-05-19 | 2026-10-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-30 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-24 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | none | 253k stars |