# Hermes Agent vs Poke (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Poke's 37.6 (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 Poke's 37.6 (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
- Poke: F 37.6, rank #955 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/poke.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 51; Schema & documentation, 80 against 42; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 30; Security & auth, 75 against 24; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 84 against 31; Transparency & trust, 63 against 58. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Poke, good for One person who wants an assistant in their text messages that reads and drafts mail, manages a calendar and reaches other apps through MCP. Also No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Hermes Agent | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 30 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 24 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | Poke |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Nous Research | The Interaction Company of California Inc. |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Poke's Terms of Service. The `poke` npm package (CLI and Node.js SDK) declares MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | 2026-06-25 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-03-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-11 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| 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 |