# Gumloop vs Kestra (slim)

> Kestra scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Gumloop's 61.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Gumloop leads on security & auth. Both do automation workflows. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Kestra scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Gumloop's 61.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Gumloop leads on security & auth. Both do automation workflows.

- Gumloop: C 61.6, rank #419 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gumloop.min.md
- Kestra: B 63.6, rank #351 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kestra.min.md
- Gumloop, good for A team that wants hosted agents with connectors, approvals and triggers, driven or configured by an outside agent through the API or MCP server. Ahead on Security & auth, 50 against 41. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Kestra, good for Engineering and data teams that want declarative YAML flows with scripts in any language, run on their own infrastructure. Ahead on Reliability, 89 against 82; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 66; Payments & pricing, 50 against 20; Maintenance & community, 93 against 77; Transparency & trust, 69 against 57. Also Open source.

| Category | Gumloop | Kestra |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 82 | 89 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 50 | 41 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 93 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 69 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gumloop | Kestra |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | AgentHub Inc. | Kestra Technologies |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.gumloop.com/api/v1` | no (local only) |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Gumloop's terms of service. The Python SDK and CLI repository and the npm package are Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (open-source server and SDK repository). Enterprise Edition and Kestra Cloud are commercial |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 188 npm/wk, 2.9k PyPI/wk | 29k stars, 244 npm/wk, 170 PyPI/wk |