# Jules vs MiniMax Code (slim)

> MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) to Jules's 44.5 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- Jules: E 44.5, rank #1014 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md
- MiniMax Code: B 67.5, rank #277 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.min.md
- Jules, good for A person or pipeline that wants to hand scoped GitHub tasks to a cloud agent and collect a pull request or a patch, or run a repoless job in a disposable VM. Also Runs on your own machine.
- MiniMax Code, good for Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 13; Schema & documentation, 81 against 76; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 64; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 77 against 18; Transparency & trust, 61 against 44. Also Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.8 out of 5.

| Category | Jules | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 13 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 18 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jules | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google LLC | MiniMax |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio |  |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google Terms of Service. The TypeScript SDK is Apache-2.0; the CLI binary is closed | MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| Last release | 2026-03-09 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-30 | 2026-01-19 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-01-19 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 1.3k npm/wk | 2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |