# Hermes Agent vs Lobby (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Lobby's 11.1 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Lobby's 11.1 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #263 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- Lobby: F 11.1, rank #1182 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lobby-os.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 15; Schema & documentation, 80 against 10; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0; Security & auth, 75 against 0; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 84 against 2; Transparency & trust, 63 against 43. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Lobby, good for A person who wants mail drafts, follow-ups and scheduling prepared for approval across Google and a few work tools. Also No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Hermes Agent | Lobby |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 10 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 0 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 2 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 43 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | Lobby |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Lobby OS, Inc. |
| Auth | None | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Lobby's Terms of Use (Lobby OS, Inc.), last updated 26 March 2026. |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 253k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |