# Harness vs MiniMax Code (slim)

> MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) to Harness's 60.3 (C) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Harness's 60.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Harness leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- Harness: C 60.3, rank #578 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.min.md
- MiniMax Code: B 67.5, rank #277 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.min.md
- Harness, good for A developer who runs Claude Code and Codex on several machines and wants their agents to hand work to each other where the person can watch. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 82 against 75; Transparency & trust, 68 against 61. Also Runs on your own machine.
- MiniMax Code, good for Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 35; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 77 against 60. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | Harness | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Harness | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Autonomous, Inc. | MiniMax |
| Transports | stdio |  |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | MIT | MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-01-19 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-01-19 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| 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 |  | yes |
| Popularity | 1.3k stars | 2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |