# Hermes Agent vs Lindy (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Lindy's 32.3 (F) 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 Lindy's 32.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistant proactive.

- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- Lindy: F 32.3, rank #968 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lindy.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 Reliability, 57 against 24; Schema & documentation, 80 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 43; Security & auth, 75 against 49; Payments & pricing, 60 against 35; Maintenance & community, 84 against 9; Transparency & trust, 63 against 52. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Lindy, good for Lindy suits a person or small team that lives in Slack and Google or Microsoft mail and wants briefs, drafts, scheduling and meeting notes done on a schedule.

| Category | Hermes Agent | Lindy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 24 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 32 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 43 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 49 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 9 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | Lindy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy) |
| Auth | None | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Lindy's Terms of Service. No source is published |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2025-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-24 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-28 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | yes |
| Popularity | 253k stars | none |