# Harness vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> Harness scores 60.3 (C) to Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E) 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 Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- Harness: C 60.3, rank #573 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness-autonomous.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.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 Schema & documentation, 85 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 53; Security & auth, 57 against 48; Payments & pricing, 40 against 15; Transparency & trust, 68 against 61. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Rovo Dev CLI, good for Teams already on Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket who want the agent to read and update work items and pages from the terminal or a pipeline.

| Category | Harness | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 60 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 68 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Harness | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Autonomous, Inc. | Atlassian |
| Transports | stdio |  |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1.3k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |