# MiniMax Code vs Vibe-Trading (slim)

> MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) to Vibe-Trading's 62.2 (B) 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 Vibe-Trading's 62.2 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Vibe-Trading leads on security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do agent harnesses.

- MiniMax Code: B 67.5, rank #278 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.min.md
- Vibe-Trading: B 62.2, rank #502 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vibe-trading.min.md
- MiniMax Code, good for Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 81 against 72; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 67; Transparency & trust, 61 against 47. Also No incidents deducted, where Vibe-Trading loses 4 points for them.
- Vibe-Trading, good for A person or a pipeline that wants a ready-made finance research agent over free market data, with backtests, swarm reviews and exports, run on their own machine or used as an MCP server by another agent. Ahead on Security & auth, 70 against 57; Maintenance & community, 82 against 77. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine.

| Category | MiniMax Code | Vibe-Trading |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 63 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 57 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 47 |

| Fact (where they differ) | MiniMax Code | Vibe-Trading |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | MiniMax | HKUDS |
| Transports |  | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Licence | MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published | MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 82 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-19 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-01-19 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk | 37k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | none |