# Orkes Conductor Human tasks vs withHuman (slim)

> Orkes Conductor Human tasks scores 54 (C) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do hitl approve. Category scores…

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Orkes Conductor Human tasks scores 54 (C) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 2 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do hitl approve.

- Orkes Conductor Human tasks: C 54, rank #537 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orkes-conductor.min.md
- withHuman: D 51.8, rank #573 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman.min.md
- Orkes Conductor Human tasks, good for Teams that already orchestrate agents as Conductor workflows and need formal routing, per-assignee deadlines and escalation without writing them. Ahead on Reliability, 32 against 16; Maintenance & community, 81 against 49. Also Runs on your own machine; Open source.
- withHuman, good for Teams that want tool calls from coding agents or their own agents held for approval by rules, with escalation and an audit log, and no review UI to build. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 81 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 69; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Transparency & trust, 53 against 44.

| Category | Orkes Conductor Human tasks | withHuman |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 32 | 16 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 49 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Orkes Conductor Human tasks | withHuman |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Orkes | Metoro Inc |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://developer.orkescloud.com/api` | `https://app.withhuman.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (Conductor OSS and SDKs), proprietary (Orkes Conductor) | Proprietary hosted service under Metoro Inc's terms. The site describes an open-source edition, but the repository it links to returned 404 on 8 October 2026 |
| Tools exposed | 19 | none |
| MCP registry | `io.github.conductor-oss/conductor-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-10 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-04 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2022-02-23 | 2026-09-04 |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |