Spinrun vs Hermes Agent
Self-improving open-source agentHermes is one agent you install and run, or host on Hermes Cloud by the day. Spinrun gives you a team of agents already doing the job, on one machine included in the plan.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs Paperclip
Paperclip is an open-source control plane you host: it gives the agents you already run an org chart, budgets and approval gates. Spinrun gives you the agents themselves, already running on a private machine in the cloud.
Last reviewed , against each product’s public pricing and docs.
The short answer
Pick Paperclip if you already run several coding agents and want one org chart, per-agent budgets and approval gates over all of them, and you are happy to host a Node server and its database. Pick Spinrun if you want the agents, not the place to manage them: each one runs on your workspace’s private machine, with 3,000+ apps in one click and memory between runs.
Choose Paperclip if
- You already run several coding agents and want one org chart over them
- You want free, MIT-licensed software you can read, fork and extend with plugins
- You want per-agent and per-project budgets that hard-stop at 100%
- Your work is repositories, pull requests and preview URLs
Choose Spinrun if
- You want agents that already work, not a control plane over agents you still have to install
- Nobody on the team wants to host a server, a database and its backups
- Teammates should answer the agents from a browser, without a VPN
- You want an agent that can send the email, not only draft it
Side by side
Spinrun vs Paperclip at a glance.
Paperclip gives the agents you already run an org chart, budgets and approval gates, on a server you host. Spinrun gives you the agents themselves, already running on a machine we keep up.
The agent itself
Paperclip is the manager, not the worker: for every role you install a harness on its host, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, and give it a key or a sign-in.
The agent comes with the product. You create it in the browser and pick its model, or sign it in to the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
Where it runs
The box you installed it on. Running agents anywhere else means bringing and paying for a sandbox provider: E2B, Modal, Daytona, Cloudflare or your own Kubernetes.
A private virtual machine per workspace, kept on and patched for you, with a browser, a shell and its own databases.
Getting started
An empty company: you hire a CEO, approve the strategy it writes, and the tasks it creates land on the board. The ready-made teams are exec, engineering, design and content.
110+ ready-made agents to install for sales, inbox, invoices and reporting, or an expert builds yours and hands it over.
Your team
Multi-user login means switching the instance to authenticated mode and putting it somewhere your teammates can reach, on a LAN, a VPN or the open internet.
Invite a teammate by email. They open the same board in their browser and can answer any agent that asks a question.
Connecting apps
62 connectors, and some stop short by design: their Gmail reads and creates drafts, sending is switched off, and a person sends the draft from Gmail.
One Google sign-in and the agent reads, labels, replies and sends. The other 3,000+ apps connect from the same screen, by sign-in, by key or through any MCP server.
What you pay
The software is free. You pay the model calls, and their own quickstart budgets $20 to $100 a month for an active company, plus the server, its database and a release to apply most weeks.
$29 a month, all in: the machine, unlimited agents, model credit and your whole team, with runs never counted.
Key differences
Where Spinrun and Paperclip part ways.
Four differences that change your day to day, shown on the real product.
The agents come with the machine
Give it a machinePaperclip hires agents you then have to supply: a harness installed on the host for each role, or a sandbox provider you bring and pay for. A Spinrun agent arrives with its machine, where it writes files, runs scripts, drives a browser and keeps its own databases.
Nothing to install or host
Automate a taskPaperclip is a Node server you install, point at a Postgres and keep patched, and letting a teammate in means switching it to authenticated mode on a server they can reach, over a LAN, a VPN or the open internet. Paperclip Cloud is still a waitlist. Spinrun agents already run in the cloud, on schedule, whether you are online or not.
listening
running
A payment just failed
Margo is chasing it
done
New email from a lead
Jules is drafting a reply
done
Every morning at 7:00
Sam sorted your inbox
Apps the agent can act with
Connect your stackPaperclip’s catalog holds 62 connectors, and the setup is yours: its Gmail is limited to reading and creating drafts, a person sends them, and while Google reviews their app the Google connectors are hidden from the list. Its one-click managed sign-in only works on instances enrolled in Paperclip Cloud. On Spinrun, one Google sign-in gives the agent a Gmail it reads, labels, replies to and sends from, and the rest of the catalog connects from the same screen or through any MCP server.
Memory that is already there
See how it learnsPaperclip lists memory and knowledge as a direction for future work, with experimental connections to Mem0, Zep or Supermemory behind an instance setting. Spinrun agents keep memory, skills and a private database between runs, and get sharper every time you correct them.
## Procedure
1. Pull unpaid invoices from Stripe daily
2. Send a first reminder on day 7 past due
3. Escalate to the account owner after 2 tries
4. Log every touch in the CRM thread
## Exceptions
- Never chase an invoice under $50
- Read references/tone.md before escalating
3files
## Billing
- Pays around day 30, sometimes later
- A PO number is required on every invoice
- Invoices go to ap@acme.co, not to Dana
## People
- Dana Reyes runs ops, answers within a day
- Escalations go through their COO
74%
## Voice
- English, formal, no emoji
- Sign off as the founder, not an assistant
- Keep it under 120 words
## Timing
- Follow up twice, then stop
- Send whenever the draft is ready
44%
Switching
Move from Paperclip in three steps.
No migration project. Start with the one task that costs you the most, and let it prove itself.
Step 01
Chase invoicesEvery Monday
Reply to leadsOn every new email
Find 20 new leadsEvery day, 8:00
Pick the agent that costs you most hours
Describe its job in plain words. The agent writes its own instructions and skills, no harness to install.
Step 02
Connect apps and your model
One click per app. Keep the Claude or ChatGPT sign-in you were already paying for, or an API key.
Step 03
This morning07:00
- Sort the inbox07:04
- Chase 2 invoices07:09
- Write the weekly reportRunning
Shut the server down
The agent now runs on your workspace’s machine, on its own schedule, and asks any teammate before anything risky.
Pricing
What you actually pay.
Paperclip is free and MIT-licensed, and there is no Paperclip plan to buy. Their own quickstart budgets $5 to $20 to try it and $20 to $100 a month for an active company in model calls, on top of the machine, the database and the upkeep, with a release most weeks. Spinrun hosts a secured private machine for you, with unlimited agents, and does not count runs.
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Unlimited Coworkers
As many Coworkers as you need, running side by side, each with its own job and tools.
Your own machine
A private computer in the cloud where every Coworker of your workspace lives, shares its files and its data. Only yours.
Unlimited seats
Your whole team on the same workspace, with no per-seat fee.
Also included
Bring your own AI
Optional: your own key, subscription or local model.
3,000+ apps
All your tools ready to connect, plus any MCP or API.
Delegate any task
Hand off the busywork. Your Coworkers run it around the clock.
Invite your teammates
Share your workspace and build your Coworkers together.
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Spinrun vs Manus
General AI agent with its own computerManus delivers one-off research, slides and sites. Spinrun runs your recurring work every day.
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Read the comparisonSpinrun vs Zapier
App-to-app automationA Zap moves data between apps. A Spinrun agent sorts the inbox, answers the lead and chases the invoice.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs Make
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Read the comparisonSpinrun vs n8n
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Spinrun vs Lindy
AI assistant for your team and your toolsLindy bills every active user, then every task in credits. Spinrun runs the same jobs on the AI you already pay for.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs Twin
AI agents for one operator and their clientsTwin is flat-priced too, but the browser agent and the lead data sit on its $149 plan, and the people you invite are clients, not teammates.
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Spinrun vs Dust
AI agents on your company knowledgeDust answers from your company’s documents, priced per seat. Spinrun agents do the recurring work for the whole team.
Read the comparisonSpinrun vs Squad
AI teammates on the AI plan you bringSquad is $99 a month on top of the AI plan you bring. Spinrun has agents ready to install and runs on the AI plan or key you bring.
Read the comparisonFAQ
Spinrun vs Paperclip, your questions.
Is Spinrun a hosted Paperclip alternative?
Yes, with one difference worth knowing first. Paperclip organizes agents you install and host yourself; Spinrun’s agents come with the product, already running on your workspace’s private machine, with your apps connected from the browser and a live board your team can read.
Does Paperclip run the agents itself?
No. Paperclip is the control plane: “if it can receive a heartbeat, it’s hired.” You bring the runtime for every role, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes or OpenClaw, and install it on the host. On Spinrun the agent is the product, and you only choose which model it runs on.
What does Paperclip actually cost?
The software is free and MIT-licensed. You pay the model bill, and their quickstart plans $5 to $20 to try it and $20 to $100 a month for an active company, plus the server, its Postgres and the time to keep both current. Spinrun hosts the machine and unlimited agents for you, and they run on the AI plan or key you bring.
Can Spinrun run on my Claude or ChatGPT plan, like Paperclip?
Yes, and so can Paperclip, so this is not where they differ. Paperclip signs in with the provider’s CLI installed on its host; on Spinrun you sign in from the browser, and you can also use an API key.
Does Spinrun have budgets and approvals like Paperclip?
Approvals, yes: agents stop before anything consequential and ask in the app, and any teammate can answer. Budgets are where Paperclip is ahead, with policies per company, agent and project that pause the work at 100%. Spinrun does not count runs.
Is Spinrun open source?
No. Spinrun is a hosted product.
Hire Coworkers on the ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
- 1. Plug in your subscription
- 2. Set up your Coworkers
- 3. Run your business with Coworkers
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