{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "temporal", "name": "Temporal", "vendor": "Temporal Technologies", "vendorUrl": "https://temporal.io", "kind": "platform", "category": "human-in-the-loop", "summary": "Open-source durable execution platform with SDKs in Go, Java, Python, TypeScript, .NET, PHP, Ruby and Rust, run yourself or on Temporal Cloud.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/temporal.json", "repo": "https://github.com/temporalio/temporal", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "temporalio" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@temporalio/client" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Temporal Cloud clients and workers authenticate with an API key or mTLS certificates per namespace. 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Self-hosting is free under MIT.", "priceSummary": "$0.05 / 1k calls", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.temporal.io/design-patterns/approval", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.temporal.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/temporalio/api/blob/master/openapi/openapiv3.yaml", "capabilities": [ "hitl.approve", "hitl.ask", "hitl.audit", "agent.durable", "automation.workflows", "automation.code" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "self-hosted", "open-source", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 77.2, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 20, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 90, "payments": 20, "reliability": 85, "schema": 91, "security": 86, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Waits of any length with a timeout survive worker restarts and deploys. No reviewer inbox, notifications or routing, so the human side is all your code.", "bestFor": "A team that already runs, or wants to run, agents as durable workflows with strict guarantees and an audit trail per run.", "strengths": [ "Waits of any length with a timeout survive worker restarts and deploys", "Each workflow's event history is an audit trail of every signal, without extra logging", "Contractual SLA of 99.9 per cent per namespace, 99.99 with High Availability", "Namespace-scoped API keys with RBAC, expiry warnings and a read-only role", "MIT-licensed server and SDKs in eight languages, with OpenAPI for the HTTP API" ], "weaknesses": [ "No reviewer inbox, notifications or routing, so the human side is all your code", "Needs running workers and a Temporal service before the first approval", "Signals and timers are billed Actions on Cloud, and the $150 trial credit needs a card", "History caps of 51,200 events or 50 MB per run push long agent loops towards Continue-As-New", "Control-plane audit logs leave out data-plane events such as workflow starts and terminations" ], "agentNotes": [ "Put the decision in a typed Signal payload (approver, decision, comments, timestamp) instead of a bare boolean", "Always wait with a timeout and treat the timeout path as a rejection or an escalation on purpose", "Use the workflow ID as the approval ID, so the reviewer's tool only needs one value to send the Signal", "Use an Update instead of a Signal when the approver's tool needs an acknowledgement back", "Expect `ResourceExhausted` under load and let the SDK retry it, since signals are throttled last" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.6, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 77.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 90, "payments": 20, "reliability": 85, "schema": 91, "security": 86, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 65 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install temporalio" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/hitl.approve", "tool": "https://letme.dev/temporal" }, "alsoIn": [ "workflow-automation" ], "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Actions, first 5 million", "unit": "1k-calls", "usd": 0.05, "note": "$50 per million. 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A v1.33.0 release candidate was tagged on 2026-09-29.", "The privacy policy (updated 2026-04-22) names Temporal Technologies Inc., 2337 148th Ave NE #1335, Bellevue, WA 98007. We couldn't read the terms, security.txt or RDAP on 2026-10-01." ], "score": 65 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.json", "live": { "slug": "temporal", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.temporal.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:28.061221128Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "temporalio/temporal", "version": "v1.32.0", "released": "2026-09-11", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:31:57.722584673Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@temporalio/client", "version": "1.24.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:31:56.889481432Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "temporalio", "version": "1.34.0", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:31:56.774090235Z" } ], "githubStars": 23540, "npmWeekly": 5245543, "pypiWeekly": 9076462, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://temporal.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-01-15T00:00:00Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:33.875152843Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.temporal.io/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:56.480514978Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "temporal.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:09:39.916747902Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.temporal.io/cloud/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:35.447960248Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:35.447960248Z", "fingerprint": "c62f3339158e" }, { "url": "https://temporal.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:13.156922192Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:13.156922192Z", "fingerprint": "68395f7c2aee" }, { "url": "https://temporal.io/global-privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:10.818231088Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:13:04.880659612Z", "fingerprint": "9ba56146b200" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:06:28.061221128Z" } }, "answer": "Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "withhuman", "name": "withHuman", "vendor": "Metoro Inc", "vendorUrl": "https://withhuman.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "human-in-the-loop", "summary": "withHuman is a hosted approval service for AI agents from Metoro Inc. It holds an agent's tool calls for a person to approve or deny through the Agent Approval Protocol API, coding-agent hooks, an MCP gateway and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/withhuman.json", "license": "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", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.withhuman.ai", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Five credentials, all sent as `Authorization: Bearer`. An agent credential (`whc_`) is bound to one agent instance and can only create approval requests and wait for decisions. A provisioner token (`whp_`) can only create and manage instances of its agent. A personal API key (`whk_`) follows its owner's permissions, can be narrowed to chosen actions and expires after 90 days by default. An organisation API key (`who_`, Scale plan and above) carries its own permission policies and cannot decide requests. The MCP server at `/api/mcp/v1` signs in with OAuth (authorisation code with PKCE and dynamic client registration) or takes an API key as a bearer token. A person signs up in the browser and connects the first agent.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free hosted plan at $0 for up to 5 members, with unlimited agents and approval requests, email, Slack and Discord, the audit log and the MCP gateway. Scale is $20 per user a month and adds the phone apps, organisation and scoped API keys, single sign-on and directory sync. Enterprise is a custom annual contract. New organisations start on a trial and move to Free without a subscription. Monthly allowances for gateway tool calls and phone messages exist but their numbers aren't on the pricing page (https://withhuman.ai/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$20 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://withhuman.ai/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://withhuman.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://withhuman.ai/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "hitl.approve", "hitl.channels", "hitl.audit" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "enterprise", "early-access" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 51.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 573, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 30, "reliability": 16, "schema": 81, "security": 73, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "8 October 2026. The home page and pricing page describe an open-source, self-hostable edition and link https://github.com/withHumanAI/withHuman, which returned 404. The withHumanAI organisation listed no public repositories and the protocol repository https://github.com/agentapprovalprotocol/agentapprovalprotocol also returned 404. Counted as a claim the public cannot verify today (-2). Sources https://withhuman.ai/pricing and https://github.com/withHumanAI" ], "verdict": "The approval API is small and carefully specified, with a public OpenAPI 3.1 document, mandatory idempotency keys and agent credentials that can never approve. The service is in early access under its own terms, with no status page, published rate limits or changelog, and the open-source repository the site links to returned 404 on 8 October 2026.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 document with 116 operations and 148 schemas, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "`Idempotency-Key` is required on request creation, instance creation and decisions, and a reused key with changed input answers 409", "An agent credential can only create requests and wait for decisions. Approving or denying needs a signed-in person or a personal key", "The MCP server signs in with OAuth, PKCE and dynamic client registration, across 35 scopes, with access lasting 90 days or until revoked", "Free hosted plan at $0 for up to 5 members with unlimited agents and approval requests, per the pricing page" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms say the service is in early access, and the API document is version 0.1.0", "No status page, published request rate limits, SLA outside an enterprise contract, or changelog found", "The GitHub repository the site links as its open-source edition returned 404 on 8 October 2026, and the organisation lists no public repositories", "No SDK found on npm or PyPI. Integration is the HTTP API, the CLI hooks or the MCP gateway", "The site footer says SOC 2 Type II with no report, auditor or trust page, and neither host serves a security.txt" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on `POST /api/aap/v1/requests`. The call answers 400 without one", "Read the decision with `GET /api/aap/v1/requests/{id}?wait=30s` and repeat while `status` is `pending`. `wait` is capped at 30 seconds", "Set `timeout` between one second and seven days, and treat `expired` and `cancelled` as a refusal", "Start an approved call within five minutes of `decided_at`, because the decision carries an `expires_at`", "Cancel a request when you stop waiting, so reviewers stop seeing it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 51.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 74, "maintenance": 49, "payments": 30, "reliability": 16, "schema": 81, "security": 73, "transparency": 52 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://downloads.withhuman.ai/install.sh | sh -s -- onboard", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://app.withhuman.ai/api/aap/v1/requests\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $WITHHUMAN_TOKEN\" \\\n -H \"Idempotency-Key: 4f1c9a2e-7b3d-4e8f-a1c5-2d6b8e0f9a31\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{ \"tool\": \"Bash\", \"arguments\": { \"command\": \"rm -rf build\" }, \"timeout\": \"30m\" }'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http --scope user withhuman https://app.withhuman.ai/api/mcp/v1", "config": { "mcpServers": { "withhuman": { "url": "https://app.withhuman.ai/api/mcp/v1" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/hitl.approve", "tool": "https://letme.dev/withhuman" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Scale plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 20, "note": "Free plan covers up to 5 members" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Metoro Inc", "domain": "withhuman.ai", "domainRegistered": "2026-07-13", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://withhuman.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://withhuman.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms (effective 4 September 2026) are between the user and Metoro Inc, which operates withHuman, and cover the hosted service, the iPhone app and the website. Delaware law governs.", "The privacy policy (effective 4 September 2026) calls Metoro Inc a Delaware corporation and covers approval requests, decisions and audit records as well as the website.", "RDAP for withhuman.ai gives a registration date of 2026-07-13.", "https://withhuman.ai/.well-known/security.txt and https://app.withhuman.ai/.well-known/security.txt both returned 404 on 2026-10-08.", "No status page is linked from the site, the docs or the support page, and status.withhuman.ai did not connect. No changelog was found, and the blog says coming soon.", "The API and the MCP server answer at app.withhuman.ai, and the CLI downloads from downloads.withhuman.ai." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman.json", "live": { "slug": "withhuman", "probe": { "target": "https://app.withhuman.ai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:25.989084443Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 184, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 168, "p95ms24h": 230, "samples24h": 21, "samples30d": 21, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 21, "ok": 21 } ] }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T21:12:25.989084443Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model platform", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Temporal Technologies", "b": "Metoro Inc", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://app.withhuman.ai", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Proprietary hosted service under Metoro Inc's terms. 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No open-source release is listed for withHuman.", "question": "Are Temporal and withHuman open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 85 against 16", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 81", "Agent ergonomics, 85 against 74", "Security \u0026 auth, 86 against 73", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 90 against 49", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 53" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "A team that already runs, or wants to run, agents as durable workflows with strict guarantees and an audit trail per run.", "slug": "temporal", "watchFor": "No reviewer inbox, notifications or routing, so the human side is all your code" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "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.", "slug": "withhuman", "watchFor": "The terms say the service is in early access, and the API document is version 0.1.0" } ], "job": { "capability": "hitl.approve", "name": "Hitl approve" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-temporal.json", "title": "gotoHuman vs Temporal", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-temporal" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-withhuman.json", "title": "gotoHuman vs withHuman", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-withhuman" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inngest-vs-temporal.json", "title": "Inngest vs Temporal", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inngest-vs-temporal" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inngest-vs-withhuman.json", "title": "Inngest vs withHuman", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/inngest-vs-withhuman" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orkes-conductor-vs-temporal.json", "title": "Orkes Conductor Human tasks vs Temporal", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orkes-conductor-vs-temporal" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orkes-conductor-vs-withhuman.json", "title": "Orkes Conductor Human tasks vs withHuman", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orkes-conductor-vs-withhuman" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/permit-mcp-gateway-vs-temporal.json", "title": "Permit MCP Gateway vs Temporal", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/permit-mcp-gateway-vs-temporal" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/permit-mcp-gateway-vs-withhuman.json", "title": "Permit MCP Gateway vs withHuman", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/permit-mcp-gateway-vs-withhuman" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pushary-vs-temporal.json", "title": "Pushary vs Temporal", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pushary-vs-temporal" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pushary-vs-withhuman.json", "title": "Pushary vs withHuman", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pushary-vs-withhuman" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/restate-vs-temporal.json", "title": "Restate vs Temporal", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/restate-vs-temporal" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/restate-vs-withhuman.json", "title": "Restate vs withHuman", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/restate-vs-withhuman" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/temporal-vs-trigger-dev.json", "title": "Temporal vs Trigger.dev", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/temporal-vs-trigger-dev" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trigger-dev-vs-withhuman.json", "title": "Trigger.dev vs withHuman", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/trigger-dev-vs-withhuman" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 69, "edge": "temporal", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "temporal": 85, "weight": 16, "withhuman": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "temporal", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "temporal": 91, "weight": 13, "withhuman": 81 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "temporal", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "temporal": 85, "weight": 13, "withhuman": 74 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "temporal", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "temporal": 86, "weight": 14, "withhuman": 73 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "withhuman", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "temporal": 20, "weight": 10, "withhuman": 30 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 41, "edge": "temporal", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "temporal": 90, "weight": 7, "withhuman": 49 }, { "by": 17, "edge": "temporal", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "temporal": 70, "weight": 7, "withhuman": 53 } ], "summary": "Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do hitl approve.", "verdicts": { "temporal": "Waits of any length with a timeout survive worker restarts and deploys. No reviewer inbox, notifications or routing, so the human side is all your code.", "withhuman": "The approval API is small and carefully specified, with a public OpenAPI 3.1 document, mandatory idempotency keys and agent credentials that can never approve. The service is in early access under its own terms, with no status page, published rate limits or changelog, and the open-source repository the site links to returned 404 on 8 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/temporal-vs-withhuman", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/temporal-vs-withhuman.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/temporal-vs-withhuman.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/temporal-vs-withhuman.min.md" }, "markdown": "Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do hitl approve.\n\n- Temporal: grade BB, 77.2/100, rank #20 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/temporal.json\n- withHuman: grade D, 51.8/100, rank #573 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/withhuman.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Temporal (BB)\n\nGood for: A team that already runs, or wants to run, agents as durable workflows with strict guarantees and an audit trail per run.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 85 against 16\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 91 against 81\n- Agent ergonomics, 85 against 74\n- Security \u0026 auth, 86 against 73\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 90 against 49\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 70 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: No reviewer inbox, notifications or routing, so the human side is all your code\n\n### withHuman (D)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: The terms say the service is in early access, and the API document is version 0.1.0\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Temporal | withHuman | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 16 | Temporal +69 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 91 | 81 | Temporal +10 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 74 | Temporal +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 86 | 73 | Temporal +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | withHuman +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 90 | 49 | Temporal +41 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 53 | Temporal +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **77.2 · BB** | **51.8 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Temporal | withHuman |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Temporal Technologies | Metoro Inc |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://app.withhuman.ai` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | 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 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-04 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-22 | 2026-09-04 |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Agent reviews | 3.6/5 (8) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Temporal.** Waits of any length with a timeout survive worker restarts and deploys. No reviewer inbox, notifications or routing, so the human side is all your code.\n\n**withHuman.** The approval API is small and carefully specified, with a public OpenAPI 3.1 document, mandatory idempotency keys and agent credentials that can never approve. The service is in early access under its own terms, with no status page, published rate limits or changelog, and the open-source repository the site links to returned 404 on 8 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Temporal\n\n1. Put the decision in a typed Signal payload (approver, decision, comments, timestamp) instead of a bare boolean\n2. Always wait with a timeout and treat the timeout path as a rejection or an escalation on purpose\n3. Use the workflow ID as the approval ID, so the reviewer's tool only needs one value to send the Signal\n4. Use an Update instead of a Signal when the approver's tool needs an acknowledgement back\n5. Expect `ResourceExhausted` under load and let the SDK retry it, since signals are throttled last\n\n### withHuman\n\n1. Send an `Idempotency-Key` header on `POST /api/aap/v1/requests`. The call answers 400 without one\n2. Read the decision with `GET /api/aap/v1/requests/{id}?wait=30s` and repeat while `status` is `pending`. `wait` is capped at 30 seconds\n3. Set `timeout` between one second and seven days, and treat `expired` and `cancelled` as a refusal\n4. Start an approved call within five minutes of `decided_at`, because the decision carries an `expires_at`\n5. Cancel a request when you stop waiting, so reviewers stop seeing it\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Temporal or withHuman?\n\nTemporal scores 77.2 (BB) on agent readiness against withHuman's 51.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. withHuman leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Can an agent call Temporal and withHuman without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Temporal. withHuman has a hosted endpoint at https://app.withhuman.ai.\n\n### Are Temporal and withHuman open source?\n\nTemporal is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for withHuman.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/temporal-vs-withhuman.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/temporal-vs-withhuman.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"temporal\", \"b\": \"withhuman\"}`. 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