# Guru vs Hexis Cloud

> Hexis Cloud scores 55.3 (C) to Guru's 45.1 (E) for company knowledge search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hexis Cloud scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Guru's 45.1 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Guru leads on reliability. Both do company knowledge search.

- Guru: grade E, 45.1/100, rank #940 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guru.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/guru.json
- Hexis Cloud: grade C, 55.3/100, rank #705 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hexis.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hexis.json
- Best company knowledge search and data catalogues for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/company-knowledge/index.md
- All 87 knowledge comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/company-knowledge/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Guru (E)

Good for: Companies already running Guru that want agents to answer from verified cards with each user's permissions, and to draft card changes.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 48 against 18

Watch for: No public prices, plans or trial, and the pricing page sends everyone to sales

### Hexis Cloud (C)

Good for: A team that wants its agent skills, company pages and tool credentials in one git repository, reviewed and access-controlled per file, and reached by any MCP client.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 83 against 58
- Agent ergonomics, 57 against 48
- Security & auth, 64 against 52
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 0
- Maintenance & community, 85 against 46
- Transparency & trust, 75 against 59

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine
- Free to start without a card
- Open source

Watch for: The terms and security page state no backups, no SLA, no penetration test, no certification and no MFA of its own


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Guru | Hexis Cloud | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 48 | 18 | Guru +30 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 83 | Hexis Cloud +25 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 48 | 57 | Hexis Cloud +9 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 52 | 64 | Hexis Cloud +12 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 30 | Hexis Cloud +30 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 46 | 85 | Hexis Cloud +39 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 75 | Hexis Cloud +16 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **45.1 · E** | **55.3 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Guru | Hexis Cloud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Guru Technologies, Inc. | Bevelites GmbH (Bevel) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp` | `https://<workspace>.hexis.software/api/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Guru's terms of service. The Python SDK (guruhq/guru-py-sdk) is MIT, and the MCP server's public repository holds only a README and server.json | Apache-2.0 (the Hexis software). Hexis Cloud, the hosted service at hexis.software, is governed by Bevel's Terms of Service of 11 October 2026 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `com.getguru/mcp-server` | `io.github.Bevel-Software/hexis` |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-25 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-19 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | 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 | 114 stars, 900 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |

## Verdicts

**Guru.** Hosted MCP server at https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp, registered as com.getguru/mcp-server in the official MCP registry. No public prices, plans or trial, and the pricing page sends everyone to sales.

**Hexis Cloud.** Agents reach a git-backed knowledge base, shared skills and connected tools through one OAuth MCP endpoint that applies each person's per-file permissions, with read-only connections and an audit log of tool calls. The hosted edition dates from 11 October 2026, and its own terms state no backups, no uptime commitment and no security certification.

## Before you call either

### Guru

1. Ask the person for a Guru account. There's no trial or keyless route, and OAuth needs a pre-approved client
2. Send `Authorization: Bearer email:token` to the MCP server when OAuth isn't available, and basic auth to https://api.getguru.com/api/v1/
3. Use a collection token for read-only work. User tokens write with the user's full rights
4. Follow the `Link` header to page REST search results. Each page holds at most 50 cards
5. Confirm with a person before archiving or moving cards. Guru documents no confirmation step

### Hexis Cloud

1. Ask the person for a read-only connection when the task only reads. It answers canWrite false everywhere
2. Pass the branch you are working on to every knowledge-base tool. Calls without a required branch are refused
3. Check canWrite from list_files, read_file or get_skill before writing, and open a change request when it is false
4. Use list_tools and tools_info before call_tool_chain, and never ask the person for a tool's secret in chat
5. Keep your own copy of anything important. Hexis Cloud keeps no backups of Managed repositories

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Guru or Hexis Cloud?

Hexis Cloud scores 55.3 (C) on agent readiness against Guru's 45.1 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Guru leads on reliability.

### Do Guru and Hexis Cloud need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Guru and Hexis Cloud without installing anything?

Yes. Guru has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp and Hexis Cloud at https://<workspace>.hexis.software/api/mcp.

### Are Guru and Hexis Cloud open source?

No open-source release is listed for Guru. Hexis Cloud is open source (Apache-2.0 (the Hexis software). Hexis Cloud, the hosted service at hexis.software, is governed by Bevel's Terms of Service of 11 October 2026).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guru-vs-hexis.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/guru-vs-hexis.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "guru", "b": "hexis"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare guru hexis`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/guru.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hexis.json

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