# Hatchet vs withHuman (slim)

> Hatchet scores 68.3 (B) to withHuman's 51.8 (D) for human approval. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hatchet scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on security & auth. Both do human approval.

- Hatchet: B 68.3, rank #225 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hatchet.min.md
- withHuman: D 51.8, rank #746 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman.min.md
- Hatchet, good for It suits a team already running background jobs or agent loops on Hatchet that wants an approval pause inside the same durable task, in Python, TypeScript, Go or Ruby. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 16; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 74; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Maintenance & community, 90 against 49; Transparency & trust, 71 against 53. Also Runs on your own machine; Open source.
- withHuman, good for Teams that want tool calls from coding agents or their own agents held for approval by rules, with escalation and an audit log, and no review UI to build. Ahead on Security & auth, 73 against 62.

| Category | Hatchet | withHuman |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 16 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 90 | 49 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hatchet | withHuman |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Hatchet Technologies, Inc. | Metoro Inc |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.hatchet.run` | `https://app.withhuman.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary hosted service under Metoro Inc's terms. The site describes an open-source edition, but the repository it links to returned 404 on 8 October 2026 |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2025-07-17 | 2026-09-04 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-18 | 2026-09-04 |