Head to head · Agent harnesses · October 2026 research run

Sculptor vs Unstoppable

Sculptor scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Unstoppable's 34.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

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Which one, for what

Sculptor D

Best for Developers who want parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces and are fine with a research preview.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 45 against 30
  • Agent ergonomics, 50 against 5
  • Security & auth, 57 against 36
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 30
  • Maintenance & community, 75 against 58

Also in its favour

  • Open source

Watch for

Labelled an experimental research preview that may change drastically

Unstoppable F

Best 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.

Also in its favour

  • 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

Why the edge

Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.

Agent ergonomics Sculptor +45

Sculptor 50

Harness reading. Workspaces as isolated copies, review and merge back, and built-in skills (50).

Unstoppable 5

These lines measure an interface an agent calls, and Unstoppable has none, so context cost, output controls and retries score nothing. For the person, a usage limit shows choices to wait for the reset or continue on credits (2 of 20). Guest use with no account, a first-run page that imports Claude and Codex projects, and few required settings. No SDK (3 of 15). Total 5.

Payments & pricing Sculptor +30

Sculptor 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.

Unstoppable 30

No x402, MPP or L402 (0). The app is published as free, but AI credit prices appear only after sign-in, and no pricing page exists (unstoppable.ai/pricing redirects to the home page). Plan prices of $19, $29 and $49 appear only in an 11 August 2026 blog post (10). Guest use with no account, and 10 free AI credits a day with no card (20). A person has to download and install the app, so no autonomous onboarding (0). Total 30.

Security & auth Sculptor +21

Sculptor 57

Harness reading. Product analytics, error reporting and session recording default to off in the user config, and the app asks for a telemetry level and privacy consent at first run; PostHog runs on the front end only for now (25 of 30). Each workspace is an isolated copy of the code (14 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). SECURITY.md (8). 25 + 14 + 5 + 5 + 8 = 57.

Unstoppable 36

Harness reading of the framework checklist, as for the other harnesses. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Activity sharing is Off for every activity type by default and secrets are removed before upload, but the privacy policy also collects usage telemetry (feature use, session activity, token and spend metrics, diagnostics) with no opt-out stated, and updates download automatically by default (15 of 30). Ask and Accept edits modes with allow and deny rules by command, file write, MCP tool and network host, deny winning, and safety rules that block force-pushes and destructive deletes. Every kind of chat starts in Full access, which skips prompts and safety rules, and local agents have no documented sandbox. Cloud worktrees get their own sandbox (8 of 20). The in-app browser stops agents acting on private sign-in pages. No other guidance on untrusted content from web pages, MCP servers or connected tools (3 of 15). Cost and usage panels, a team feed with tool-use metadata, approval rules with their origin, and an Audit Trail experiment in Labs (8 of 15). Two-factor authentication for accounts. No security.txt on unstoppable.ai, the parent's security.txt expired on 22 January 2024, its bug bounty policy link returns 404, and no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 found (2 of 20). Total 36.

Maintenance & community Sculptor +17

Sculptor 75

Commits on 6 November 2026 and frequent tagged versions (30). More than three releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent; the README says Imbue can't take many outside contributions yet (0). Current official downloads (15). CI on pull requests (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75.

Unstoppable 58

Read for a closed product. Version 1.15.0 on 23 October 2026, and iOS 1.1.9 on 27 October (30). Four desktop releases from 20 to 23 October and nine iOS updates since 11 August 2026 (20). A public changelog, a support email, in-app feedback and a Discord server, none tested for replies. Help articles were updated between 19 and 24 October (6 of 15). No SDK and no MCP registry entry (0). Windows updates check signatures per the 1.13.0 notes, with no build pipeline to inspect (2 of 10). Total 58.

Schema & documentation Sculptor +15

Sculptor 45

Harness reading. A README, specs and agent docs in the repository; no API reference (45).

Unstoppable 30

Graded on the interface an outside agent can use, which is none. No API, OpenAPI file, MCP server or documented command (0). unstoppable.ai/llms.txt lists the product, help and policy pages in Markdown (10). Twenty-two dated help articles explain for a person what each part does and when to use it, such as Code and Work modes and approval modes (5 of 20). No typed inputs an agent could call (0). Step-by-step examples for people and named error states such as usage limit reached and update failed, with no error responses for an agent (3 of 15). Numbered versions and a public dated changelog, which lists only four releases from 20 to 23 October 2026 (12 of 15). Total 30.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runSculptorUnstoppableEdge
Reliability16%204345Unstoppable +2
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.24530Sculptor +15
Agent ergonomics13%16.2505Sculptor +45
Security & auth14%17.55736Sculptor +21
Payments & pricing10%12.56030Sculptor +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87558Sculptor +17
Transparency & trust7%8.85756Sculptor +1
Negative events≤1500
TotalD 53.1/100F 34.7/100

Facts side by side

FactSculptorUnstoppable
KindAgent harnessAgent harness
VendorImbue, Inc.Unstoppable Domains, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthNoneNone
PricingFreeFreemium
x402nono
LicenceMITProprietary, under Unstoppable Domains, Inc.'s Terms of Service. No source published
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-11-062026-10-23
Terms last updatedno document linked2026-10-06
Privacy policy last updatedno document linked2026-10-08
Customer content may train modelsnot read yetnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot read yetnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot read yetyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot read yetnot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot read yetyes

How the scores have moved

Sculptor

No score change since it was listed.

Unstoppable

Verdicts

Sculptor

Imbue's open-source app for parallel coding agents in isolated workspaces, with telemetry off until you choose otherwise. It's an experimental research preview that warns of bugs and drastic changes, Mac and Linux only, with no changelog.

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

Sculptor

  1. Download from the README's links, connect a repository and create a workspace before prompting
  2. Review the diff before merging a workspace back to main

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, Sculptor or Unstoppable?

Sculptor scores 53.1 (D) on agent readiness against Unstoppable's 34.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

Are Sculptor and Unstoppable open source?

Sculptor is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Unstoppable.

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