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Hermes Agent beat OpenClaw on Grok 4.5 in a real security audit. — Hermes: $4.63 / 1.42M tokens / 5m 4s — OpenClaw: $1.31 / 396K tokens / 2m 55s So why would you ever pay more? Because Hermes caught what OpenClaw missed. It flagged the AWS key as a copy-paste docs example instead of a live secret, found the file's path sitting in shell history, and shipped a per-provider rotation checklist that actually closes the incident. OpenClaw was faster, cheaper, and cleaner to read, but it measured the keys without ever asking whether they were real, and stopped at the file instead of chasing where the leak could spread. The honest verdict: OpenClaw is the efficient baseline, perfect when you want a quick, cheap scan. Hermes is the one you want when it actually matters, because it spends the extra time and tokens on judgment, not padding.

Grok 4.5 performed GPT Sol level for free! We gave 4 models the same prompt: build three self-contained HTML5 canvas scenes with real physics demos Prompts: -robot deathmatch, Tombstone vs Minotaur -a hydraulic press flattening stuff on a conveyor -a semi truck jumping a canyon Outputs: GPT-5.6 Sol: 12.9K tokens, $0.51 (~7 min) Grok 4.5: 10.8K tokens, $0 (~5 min) Muse Spark 1.1: 26.8K tokens, $0.12 (~7.5 min) GLM 5.2: 10.9K tokens, $0.02 (~12 min) Grok 4.5 handled all three scenes genuinely well and got surprisingly close to GPT-5.6 this round. On top of that, it ran on the free tier. GPT-5.6 Sol, the frontier model, put out solid but not standout work. GLM 5.2 rendered all three scenes for pennies, but it came out the roughest of the four. Meta's new Muse Spark burned the most tokens yet still stayed cheap, delivering an average result.

Grok 4.5 crushed OpenAI & Meta in this test! Cost per run: GPT Sol $1.63 Grok 4.5 $2.47 Meta Muse Spark 1.1 $1.08 The three prompts: • Fruit Ninja – style slicing game • Angry Birds – style fort collapse • Crossy Road clone Grok nailed all three: clean physics, smooth playback, good visuals. GPT Sol did fine until Crossy Road, where it froze. Meta Muse Spark was cheapest and it showed: its Crossy Road lagged badly. The question isn't which model is cheapest, it's what a broken output costs you in reruns, wasted time, and things you can't ship. Cheap stops being cheap when it doesn't work.

GPT 5.6 Sol & Terra just made Fable 5's pricing look like a joke! We gave OpenAI's top models (Sol, Terra) and Anthropic's top models (Fable 5, Opus 4.8) the same 3 prompts: • Supernova boom • Meteor hitting a city • Solar system model The bill: Sol: $4.77 Terra: $1.24 Fable 5: $9.94 Opus 4.8: $2.46 Outputs came out surprisingly close. The prices didn't. Fable 5 cost unreasonably more than everything else, with Sol not far behind. Considering latest Fable 5 nerf, it's hard to see what you're paying for.

GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra lost to GPT-5.5 on physics at 3× the cost! We gave 4 models the same prompt: build three self-contained HTML5 canvas scenes with real physics demos Prompts: - A monster truck backflipping onto a parked car - A stunt car jumping six buses into a brick wall - A train derailing off a broken bridge into the water Outputs: GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra: 32.9K tokens, $0.33 Opus 4.8: 9.2K tokens, $0.24 GPT-5.5: 12.4K tokens, $0.11 Grok 4.5: 7.0K tokens, $0.08 Sol Ultra draws just like GPT-5.5, only with more detail and it shows clearest on the bus jump where the two look almost identical. In the other tests Sol Ultra came out worse than its predecessor and the physics really got weaker. We think GPT-5.5 took the truck flip and the train outright. With Sol Ultra you basically get GPT-5.5 with weaker physics and a nicer picture for 3x the price. Newborn Grok 4.5 failed two of the three tests and only came good on the train

Thanks a lot to @aimlapi for api keys!

Hermes Agent beat OpenClaw on Grok 4.5 in a real security audit. — Hermes: $4.63 / 1.42M tokens / 5m 4s — OpenClaw: $1.31 / 396K tokens / 2m 55s So why would you ever pay more? Because Hermes caught what OpenClaw missed. It flagged the AWS key as a copy-paste docs example instead of a live secret, found the file's path sitting in shell history, and shipped a per-provider rotation checklist that actually closes the incident. OpenClaw was faster, cheaper, and cleaner to read, but it measured the keys without ever asking whether they were real, and stopped at the file instead of chasing where the leak could spread. The honest verdict: OpenClaw is the efficient baseline, perfect when you want a quick, cheap scan. Hermes is the one you want when it actually matters, because it spends the extra time and tokens on judgment, not padding.

@sosidudku @Teknium @steipete don't be sad...

@atomicbot_ai @Teknium, congrats! cause last time Hermes was terrible against OpenClaw

@TechByMarkandey yes, so you can switch agents in Atomic Bot and choose what is better for you

@atomicbot_ai Speed and cost matter, but missing context can be far more expensive.

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@Touretro no separate install needed, just update Atomic when a new version drops. welcome aboard btw

@atomicbot_ai Cool I just moved from goose to atomic.. one question: how do I get a current vs of Hermes’ in Atomic without triggering a separate install? : )

We released iOS app for Hermes Agent 📱 Connect to your self-hosted agent over Tailscale, Cloudflare Tunnel or ngrok. Or deploy on a VPS. Run tasks and manage your agent from anywhere.

@itsthedonhashim @testingcatalog Tailscale puts your phone and VPS on the same private encrypted network. Hermes runs on the VPS, your phone connects like it's local

@testingcatalog @testingcatalog curious how the setup with Tailscale works. been looking for a solid mobile control option for ages

Atomic Bot released an iOS app for Hermes Agent, bringing mobile control to a self-hosted agent running 24/7 on your own VPS. > Remote access via Tailscale, Cloudflare, or ngrok > Open source and private by default

@Prashtwtz @testingcatalog that's literally Atomic Hermes, just try it

@testingcatalog This is the underrated part of self-hosted agents: mobile is just the remote. The real product is the always-on worker sitting on your VPS, ready to turn random thoughts into jobs before they die in Notes.

@Jmoon_174 @testingcatalog Tailscale is the move fr, ngrok is fine but messier. what are you running rn?

@testingcatalog self-hosted + Tailscale is genuinely the right call here. ngrok works but Tailscale keeps the agent reachable without punching random holes in the network

@JacobShintas @testingcatalog but until then, run it on our app

@testingcatalog Would be really cool if the Grok app implemented something like this.

@RaafatMS1 @testingcatalog same behavior as core Hermes, we don't override session recovery logic. waiting on upstream updates from @Teknium on that one. what's your VPS setup?

@testingcatalog Ran Hermes on a VPS for two weeks before this dropped. The 24/7 uptime is solid, but the real test is session recovery after network drops. Does Atomic Bot resume interrupted tasks mid-run, or restart from scratch?

@notjazii @svpino want it – just try it!

@svpino Wait fr? I want this

Hermes now on your phone. Natively. If they haven’t already, I’m sure they are close to take over a OpenClaw in features and users

@theazaelov @svpino honestly try both and see. but Hermes gets smarter the more you use it, not just faster

@svpino whats the actual incentive to leave OpenClaw when most of the network effect is already there?

@velonxbt @svpino depends a lot on your infra setup, what are you running long tasks on right now?

@svpino native Hermes app is neat love seeing agents move beyond telegram. which platform handles long running tasks smoother so far?