# Rovo Dev CLI vs Unstoppable

> Rovo Dev CLI scores 44.1 (E) to Unstoppable's 34.9 (F) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Rovo Dev CLI scores 44.1 (E) on agent readiness against Unstoppable's 34.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Unstoppable leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Rovo Dev CLI: grade E, 44.1/100, rank #1048 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rovo-dev-cli.json
- Unstoppable: grade F, 34.9/100, rank #1133 of 1218. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/unstoppable.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/unstoppable.json
- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md
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## Which one, for what

### Rovo Dev CLI (E)

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.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 45 against 30
- Agent ergonomics, 53 against 5
- Security & auth, 48 against 36
- Transparency & trust, 63 against 58

Watch for: Atlassian has announced end of life for standalone Rovo Dev, with the CLI moving to the Rovo CLI and no dates set

### Unstoppable (F)

Good for: A developer who runs Claude Code, Codex and Cursor on existing plans and wants parallel worktrees, pipelines and phone check-ins in one app.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 45 against 35
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 15

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: No API, MCP server, SDK or documented CLI for an outside agent. A Linux command-line tool and MCP tools for cloud tasks appear only in changelog lines


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Rovo Dev CLI | Unstoppable | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 35 | 45 | Unstoppable +10 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 45 | 30 | Rovo Dev CLI +15 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 53 | 5 | Rovo Dev CLI +48 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 48 | 36 | Rovo Dev CLI +12 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 15 | 30 | Unstoppable +15 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 58 | Rovo Dev CLI +3 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 58 | Rovo Dev CLI +5 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **44.1 · E** | **34.9 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Rovo Dev CLI | Unstoppable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Atlassian | Unstoppable Domains, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published | Proprietary, under Unstoppable Domains, Inc.'s Terms of Service. No source published |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2026-10-23 |
| Terms last updated | no date given |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (4) | none |

## Verdicts

**Rovo Dev CLI.** Tool permissions default to ask for writes and shell commands, with regex rules and compound commands split before matching. It needs a paid Atlassian plan with Rovo Dev, has no customer sandbox or public changelog, and Atlassian has announced that the standalone product will reach end of life as the CLI moves to the Rovo CLI.

**Unstoppable.** Unstoppable runs several coding agents side by side in separate worktrees on the owner's Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor plans, with dated help articles and a public changelog. It has no API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call, every chat starts in Full access, and its pages disagree on which parts need a paid plan.

## Before you call either

### Rovo Dev CLI

1. Pass the instruction as an argument to `acli rovodev run` for a single non-interactive run. No JSON output flag or exit codes are documented
2. Use `acli rovodev serve <port>` and stream `/v3/stream_chat?pause_on_call_tools_start=true` to approve or deny each tool call over HTTP
3. Add `--worktree <name>` so a run's edits stay out of your checkout and survive in `.rovodev/worktrees/<name>`
4. Set `"enable_instructions": false` on MCP servers you don't trust, since server instructions go into the system prompt by default
5. Check `/usage` before long runs. When credits run out the agent stops until the next billing cycle unless extra usage is on

### Unstoppable

1. Don't plan to drive Unstoppable from another agent. It has no documented API, MCP server or CLI. Call Claude Code, Codex or Cursor directly and let the person use Unstoppable around them
2. Inside Unstoppable, check the approval mode before acting. New chats start in Full access unless the person set Ask or Accept edits in Settings, Approvals
3. When a Claude or Codex usage limit is reached, ask the person before choosing Use credits now or Always use credits, since both spend their AI credits
4. Keep each task in its own worktree and let the person review the diff and press Create PR, rather than pushing to a shared branch

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Rovo Dev CLI or Unstoppable?

Rovo Dev CLI scores 44.1 (E) on agent readiness against Unstoppable's 34.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Unstoppable leads on reliability and payments & pricing.


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- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rovo-dev-cli.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/unstoppable.json

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