# Hermes Agent vs OpenDuet (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) to OpenDuet's 49.5 (D) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 68.2 (B) on agent readiness against OpenDuet's 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Hermes Agent: B 68.2, rank #255 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- OpenDuet: D 49.5, rank #962 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.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 42; Schema & documentation, 80 against 58; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 52; Security & auth, 75 against 59; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 84 against 37. Also No key needed to call it.
- OpenDuet, good for A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account. Also No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Hermes Agent | OpenDuet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 42 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 52 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 37 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | OpenDuet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nous Research | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-27 |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 253k stars | 1.6k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |