# Hermes Agent vs Pally (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Pally's 37.8 (F) for assistants that act in your accounts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Pally's 37.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Pally leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- Pally: F 37.8, rank #956 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.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 33; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 31; Security & auth, 75 against 44; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 84 against 75. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Pally, good for A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 73 against 63. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Hermes Agent | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 31 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Pally Technologies, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` |
| Transports |  | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). |
| Tools exposed | none | 2 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 253k stars | none |