# Prime Agent vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> Prime Agent scores 60.5 (C) 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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Prime Agent scores 60.5 (C) on agent readiness against Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- Prime Agent: C 60.5, rank #562 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/prime-agent.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.min.md
- Prime Agent, good for Long-running research and coding work where one model drives subagents, schedules and goals from code, and where the owner can isolate the machine. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 35; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 53; Payments & pricing, 60 against 15; Maintenance & community, 79 against 61. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 2.8 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 | Prime Agent | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 42 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 50 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Prime Agent | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Prime Intellect | Atlassian |
| Auth | None | 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 |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-16 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 22k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | 2.8/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |