# Jules vs Paperclip (slim)

> Paperclip scores 59 (C) to Jules's 44.5 (E) for multi-agent orchestration. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Jules's 44.5 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- Jules: E 44.5, rank #1000 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jules.min.md
- Paperclip: C 59, rank #625 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.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; No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 10 points for them.
- Paperclip, good for Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 13; Schema & documentation, 81 against 76; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 64; Security & auth, 64 against 57; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 78 against 18; Transparency & trust, 65 against 44. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Jules | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 13 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 18 | 78 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jules | Paperclip |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google LLC | Paperclip Labs, Inc. |
| 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 |
| Tools exposed | 8 | none |
| Last release | 2026-03-09 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-30 | 2026-07-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-07-23 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 1.3k npm/wk | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | none |