# Hermes Agent vs Tab (slim)

> Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) to Tab's 10.7 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hermes Agent scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Hermes Agent: B 67.9, rank #244 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hermes-agent.min.md
- Tab: F 10.7, rank #1003 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tab-bot.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 5; Schema & documentation, 80 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 0; Security & auth, 75 against 4; Payments & pricing, 60 against 0; Maintenance & community, 84 against 58; Transparency & trust, 63 against 45. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Tab, good for A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls. Also No incidents deducted, where Hermes Agent loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Hermes Agent | Tab |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 5 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 4 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 84 | 58 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 45 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hermes Agent | Tab |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Nous Research | Terrasoft, Inc. |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-11 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 253k stars | none |