Claude Code vs Hermes Agent
Claude Code is a terminal agent by Anthropic. Hermes Agent is a terminal agent by Nous Research. Every cell below is read from the directory data and points back to a vendor page.
 Claude Code |  Hermes Agent | |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Layer | Terminal agent, Editor extension, Cloud agent | Terminal agent |
| Vendor | Anthropic | Nous Research |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows, Web | macOS, Linux, Windows, Android |
| License | Proprietary Proprietary | MIT Open source |
| Status | active | active |
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Entry price | $20/mo | Free |
| Top individual plan | $200/mo | $200/mo |
| Team seat | $25/user/mo | — |
| Included usage | — | $22/mo Nous Portal Plus |
| Beyond the plan | API list price | Credit packs |
| Part of a plan | Claude | — |
| Models | ||
| Providers | Anthropic | Vendor models, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Moonshot, Zhipu, MiniMax, Alibaba, OpenRouter |
| Bring your own key | BYOK | BYOK |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Features | ||
| Git worktrees | No | Yes |
| Parallel agents | Yes | Yes |
| Subagents | Yes | Yes |
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| ACP agent | Yes | No |
| Browser automation | Yes | Yes |
| Sandboxing | Yes | Yes |
| Remote execution | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile companion | Yes | No |
| Scheduled tasks | Yes | Yes |
| Checkpoints | Yes | No |
| Plugins | Yes | Yes |
| Hooks | Yes | No |
| Works with | ||
| Runs | — | — |
| Runs inside | Claude desktop app, Claude Squad, cmux, Conductor, dmux, Emdash, goose, Herdr, JetBrains AI, Nimbalyst, opcode, OpenHands, Orca, Paseo, Sculptor, Superset, T3 Code, Vibe Kanban, Vibe Notch, Visual Studio Code, Warp, Xcode, Zed | — |
| Pricing verified | 2026-08-23 | 2026-08-23 |