# Orca vs T3 Code (slim)

> Orca scores 57.4 (C) to T3 Code's 51.9 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Orca scores 57.4 (C) on agent readiness against T3 Code's 51.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. T3 Code leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Orca: C 57.4, rank #791 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orca.min.md
- T3 Code: D 51.9, rank #1002 of 1486 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/t3-code.min.md
- Orca, good for Developers who want an orchestrator agent to split work across parallel coding agents, on desktop or mobile. Ahead on Reliability, 58 against 43; Schema & documentation, 65 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 60; Security & auth, 43 against 35.
- T3 Code, good for Developers who want one app, including on their phone, to drive several coding agents they already pay for. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 40.

| Category | Orca | T3 Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 58 | 43 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 55 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 54 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Orca | T3 Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Lovecast Inc. | T3 Tools Inc. |

Why the edge:
- Payments & pricing, T3 Code +20: Orca 40 (Scored on the cloud option. No protocol (0). The cloud price wasn't found on the pages read (0). The desktop app is free and MIT with no card (20). The local app needs no sign-up that we found (20). 0 + 0 + 20 + 20 = 40.); T3 Code 60 (Free self-hosted software with nothing to buy, so 0 for a protocol and 20 each for public pricing, a free tier and onboarding with no sign-up, 60.)
- Reliability, Orca +15: Orca 58 (Local software. Desktop and mobile builds and a Homebrew cask (20). Unit, end-to-end and platform test workflows; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Tags to v1.4.251, no changelog file (8). Version 1.4 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 15 = 58.); T3 Code 43 (Local software. An install script and desktop and mobile apps from the vendor (20). ci.yml and windows-tests.yml run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Stable tags v0.1.5 to v0.1.7 with many nightlies, no changelog file (8). Version 0.1.7 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 43.)
- Schema & documentation, Orca +10: Orca 65 (Harness reading. A docs site with CLI orchestration and native chat pages (65).); T3 Code 55 (Harness reading. User docs in the repository (managed policy, handoffs, providers, telemetry), AGENTS.md for contributors, a server other clients connect to (55).)
- Agent ergonomics, Orca +10: Orca 70 (Harness reading. An orchestrator agent that splits work across workers in their own workspaces, chat or raw CLI, a browser and a CLI in one app (70).); T3 Code 60 (Harness reading. Remote control from phone or browser, portable handoffs between providers and managed policies for teams (60).)
- Security & auth, Orca +8: Orca 43 (Harness reading. Anonymous usage data with an opt-out, per the README's link to its telemetry docs (15 of 30). Worktrees per agent and a sandboxed Linux build (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). A dependency-security workflow (6 of 20). 15 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 6 = 43.); T3 Code 35 (Harness reading. Product usage events go by default to ingest.t3.codes and PostHog, with hashed identifiers for your T3 Connect, OpenAI and Claude accounts, and relay traces to Axiom, which can include machine names and error text. Off with T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false or a managed policy. Disclosed in docs/user/telemetry.md, not the README (10 of 30). Permission modes and managed policies (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). No security policy file found (3). 10 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 35.)