Head to head · Hitl approve · October 2026 research run
gotoHuman vs withHuman
withHuman scores 51.8 (D) on agent readiness against gotoHuman's 43.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. gotoHuman leads on maintenance & community. Both do hitl approve.
Which one, for what
Good for A team that wants a ready reviewer inbox where people edit AI output before it ships, without building a UI.
Ahead on
- Maintenance & community, 64 against 49
Also in its favour
- Runs on your own machine
Watch for
No status page, published rate limits or documented error responses
Good for Teams that want tool calls from coding agents or their own agents held for approval by rules, with escalation and an audit log, and no review UI to build.
Ahead on
- Schema & documentation, 81 against 49
- Agent ergonomics, 74 against 62
- Security & auth, 73 against 44
Watch for
The terms say the service is in early access, and the API document is version 0.1.0
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | gotoHuman | withHuman | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 20 | 16 | gotoHuman +4 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 49 | 81 | withHuman +32 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 62 | 74 | withHuman +12 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 44 | 73 | withHuman +29 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 30 | even |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 64 | 49 | gotoHuman +15 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 52 | 53 | withHuman +1 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |
| Total | 43.6 · E | 51.8 · D |
Facts side by side
| Fact | gotoHuman | withHuman |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | gotoHuman | Metoro Inc |
| Hosted endpoint | https://api.gotohuman.com | https://app.withhuman.ai |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT (SDKs and MCP server) | Proprietary hosted service under Metoro Inc's terms. The site describes an open-source edition, but the repository it links to returned 404 on 8 October 2026 |
| Tools exposed | 3 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-04 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-04 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |
Verdicts
gotoHuman
Built for agent review, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, a 3-tool MCP server, an n8n node and a Make app. No status page, published rate limits or documented error responses.
withHuman
The approval API is small and carefully specified, with a public OpenAPI 3.1 document, mandatory idempotency keys and agent credentials that can never approve. The service is in early access under its own terms, with no status page, published rate limits or changelog, and the open-source repository the site links to returned 404 on 8 October 2026.
Before you call either
gotoHuman
- Call
get-form-schemabeforerequest-human-review-with-form, since the field data must match the review type - Send
agentIdon every API request, because the API reference marks it required even though the JS SDK doesn't - Pass a
webhookUrlper request when the review type has no default, or the answer has nowhere to go - Deduplicate webhook calls on the
Idempotency-Keyheader, since delivery is at least once - Set your own deadline on the agent side and treat silence as a rejection
withHuman
- Send an
Idempotency-Keyheader onPOST /api/aap/v1/requests. The call answers 400 without one - Read the decision with
GET /api/aap/v1/requests/{id}?wait=30sand repeat whilestatusispending.waitis capped at 30 seconds - Set
timeoutbetween one second and seven days, and treatexpiredandcancelledas a refusal - Start an approved call within five minutes of
decided_at, because the decision carries anexpires_at - Cancel a request when you stop waiting, so reviewers stop seeing it
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, gotoHuman or withHuman?
withHuman scores 51.8 (D) on agent readiness against gotoHuman's 43.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. gotoHuman leads on maintenance & community.
Do gotoHuman and withHuman need an API key?
gotoHuman needs an API key. withHuman takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.
Can an agent call gotoHuman and withHuman without installing anything?
Yes. gotoHuman has a hosted endpoint at https://api.gotohuman.com and withHuman at https://app.withhuman.ai.
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Machine-readable
- This page as Markdown
/compare/gotohuman-vs-withhuman.md· slim.min.md· JSON.json(or sendAccept: text/markdown) - Each listing in full
/api/v1/tools/gotohuman.json·/api/v1/tools/withhuman.json - From a terminal
anchor compare gotohuman withhuman(the CLI) - Over MCP
compare_tools {"a": "gotohuman", "b": "withhuman"}at/mcp, no key