# Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw (slim)

> Hermes Agent and OpenClaw score within a point of each other for assistant proactive, 67.9 and 67.1 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent and OpenClaw score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 67.9 (B) and 67.1 (B). OpenClaw 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
- OpenClaw: B 67.1, rank #270 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.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. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card.
- OpenClaw, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 57; Transparency & trust, 68 against 63.

| Category | Hermes Agent | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | OpenClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | OpenClaw Foundation |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |
| Popularity | 253k stars | 392k stars |