# Temporal vs withHuman (slim)

> 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 & pricing. Both do hitl approve. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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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 & pricing. Both do hitl approve.

- Temporal: BB 77.2, rank #20 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.min.md
- withHuman: D 51.8, rank #573 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/withhuman.min.md
- Temporal, good for A team that already runs, or wants to run, agents as durable workflows with strict guarantees and an audit trail per run. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 16; Schema & documentation, 91 against 81; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 74; Security & auth, 86 against 73; Maintenance & community, 90 against 49; Transparency & trust, 70 against 53. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Open source.
- withHuman, good 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. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Temporal | withHuman |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 16 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 85 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 86 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 90 | 49 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 53 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Temporal | withHuman |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Temporal Technologies | Metoro Inc |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://app.withhuman.ai` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| 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 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-15 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-04 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-22 | 2026-09-04 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | 3.6/5 (8) | none |