# Hermes Agent vs IronClaw (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to IronClaw's 66.7 (B) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against IronClaw's 66.7 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. IronClaw leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do assistant proactive.

- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- Hermes Agent, good for A technical owner who wants one always-on agent across chat apps with memory and scheduled jobs, on their own machine or a small server, with any model. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 74; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 69; Security & auth, 75 against 66; Maintenance & community, 84 against 74. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card.
- IronClaw, good for One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 57; Transparency & trust, 75 against 63.

| Category | Hermes Agent | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | NEAR AI |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-09-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Popularity | 253k stars | 13k stars |