# Grok Bot vs Hermes Agent (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Grok Bot's 45.2 (E) 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 Grok Bot's 45.2 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.

- Grok Bot: E 45.2, rank #893 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grok-bot.min.md
- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- Grok Bot, good for A person or team already paying for Cursor or SuperGrok who wants named assistants that keep working on a cloud computer, with routines and Slack or X entry points, and who will write approval rules. 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 40; Schema & documentation, 80 against 40; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 50; Security & auth, 75 against 68; Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 84 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Grok Bot | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 40 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 50 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 75 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 20 | 84 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 66 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Grok Bot | Hermes Agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | SpaceXAI and Cursor (Anysphere, Inc.) | Nous Research |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary | MIT |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| 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 |