# gotoHuman vs Restate (slim)

> Restate scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against gotoHuman's 43.6 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do hitl approve. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Restate scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against gotoHuman's 43.6 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do hitl approve.

- gotoHuman: E 43.6, rank #670 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gotohuman.min.md
- Restate: BB 73.3, rank #78 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/restate.min.md
- gotoHuman, good for A team that wants a ready reviewer inbox where people edit AI output before it ships, without building a UI. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine.
- Restate, good for A team that already writes agent steps as durable handlers and wants a long, cheap wait for a human answer in TypeScript, Python, Java, Go or Rust, with the option to self-host. Ahead on Reliability, 91 against 20; Schema & documentation, 85 against 49; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 62; Security & auth, 61 against 44; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Maintenance & community, 92 against 64. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card.

| Category | gotoHuman | Restate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 20 | 91 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 49 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 62 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 92 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | gotoHuman | Restate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model platform |
| Vendor | gotoHuman | Restate GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.gotohuman.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs and MCP server) | BSL 1.1 converting to Apache-2.0 four years after release (server), MIT (SDKs) |
| Tools exposed | 3 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 4.5k stars, 329k npm/wk, 76k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |