# Harness² vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> Rovo Dev CLI scores 43.9 (E) to Harness²'s 41.6 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Rovo Dev CLI scores 43.9 (E) on agent readiness against Harness²'s 41.6 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Harness² leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Harness²: E 41.6, rank #1040 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/harness2.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.min.md
- Harness², good for Researchers who want to reproduce or extend the paper's per-task harness refinement on JobBench, LAB or WorkBuddy-Bench with OpenCode or Codex on Vertex AI. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 51 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 59 against 53; Payments & pricing, 40 against 15. Also No key needed to call it; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.5 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. Ahead on Reliability, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 61 against 36; Transparency & trust, 61 against 44.

| Category | Harness² | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 20 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 36 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Harness² | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google (Google Research) | Atlassian |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0. Bundled benchmark runners keep their upstream licences (Apache-2.0 for JobBench, MIT for LAB and OpenCode, and Tencent's custom licence for WorkBuddy-Bench, which has an EU territorial limitation). | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 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 | 4.2k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |