# Harness vs Paperclip (slim)

> Harness scores 60.3 (C) to Paperclip's 59 (C) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Harness scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Paperclip's 59 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Paperclip leads on reliability, security & auth, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- Harness: C 60.3, rank #570 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.min.md
- Paperclip: C 59, rank #620 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.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 70. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 10 points for them.
- Paperclip, good for Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 35; Security & auth, 64 against 57; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Maintenance & community, 78 against 60.

| Category | Harness | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Harness | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Autonomous, Inc. | Paperclip Labs, Inc. |
| Transports | stdio |  |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2026-07-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2026-07-23 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| 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 |  | yes |
| Popularity | 1.3k stars | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |