# Paperclip vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> Paperclip scores 59 (C) to Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (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 Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do multi-agent orchestration.

- Paperclip: C 59, rank #625 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.min.md
- 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 35; Schema & documentation, 81 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 70 against 53; Security & auth, 64 against 48; Payments & pricing, 60 against 15; Maintenance & community, 78 against 61. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- 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. Also No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 10 points for them.

| Category | Paperclip | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 64 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Paperclip | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Paperclip Labs, Inc. | Atlassian |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-23 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-23 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (4) |