# Hermes Agent — pricing, features, and fit

> Open-source personal agent that runs on your own hardware, learns skills from completed work, and reaches you on Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, email, or a terminal. TestedActually has not published a full verdict on Hermes Agent yet — the verified numbers below are the short version.

Human page: https://testedactually.com/personal-ai-agents/hermes-agent/
Mirror: https://testedactually.com/personal-ai-agents/hermes-agent.md
Updated: 2026-09-24

Product site: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com

**Hermes Agent pricing (every row carries its source)**

| Tier | Price | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Self-hosted | $0/mo | 2026-09-24 | [github.com](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent) |
| Nous Portal Plus | $20/mo | 2026-09-24 | [www.tracxn.com](https://www.tracxn.com/a/d/company/69dc9a76e795b82190108753/hermes%20agent) |

Appears in:

- [Hub — Personal AI agents](/personal-ai-agents/)
- [Benchmark — AI crawler access test: can answer engines read these vendors?](/personal-ai-agents/benchmarks/personal-ai-agents-ai-crawler-access/)

## Sources

- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent — checked 2026-09-24, confidence: documented
- https://www.tracxn.com/a/d/company/69dc9a76e795b82190108753/hermes%20agent — checked 2026-09-24, confidence: unconfirmed
- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/ — checked 2026-09-24, confidence: documented
- https://portal.nousresearch.com/r/tested-actually — checked 2026-09-25, confidence: unconfirmed