# OpenAI Codex vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> OpenAI Codex scores 73.4 (BB) to Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenAI Codex scores 73.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- OpenAI Codex: BB 73.4, rank #94 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-codex.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.min.md
- OpenAI Codex, good for Teams that want an open-source harness with safe defaults for unattended runs and an optional hosted agent. Ahead on Reliability, 55 against 35; Schema & documentation, 90 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 53; Security & auth, 82 against 48; Payments & pricing, 60 against 15; Maintenance & community, 87 against 61; Transparency & trust, 84 against 61. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Rovo Dev CLI, good for Teams already on Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket who want the agent to read and update work items and pages from the terminal or a pipeline.

| Category | OpenAI Codex | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 55 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 90 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 82 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 84 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenAI Codex | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenAI | Atlassian |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Codex CLI, its Rust crates and the TypeScript and Python SDKs). Codex cloud is a hosted service under OpenAI's terms | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 126k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 2/5 (4) |