Hyper vs Stagewise (2026)

Hyper

by ASI Flow, Inc.

Stagewise

by stagewise (YC S25)

Pros

• ✓Every plan publishes its price and included credit, and each session runs under a hard spending cap with costs shown live.
• ✓Tests and browser flows run in a sandbox and are logged in a verification ledger, Autopilot re-checks each task in a separate verifier before marking it done, and approvals gate deploys, merges, secrets and extra spend.
• ✓Two MCP servers, a REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs and an A2A endpoint let other agents delegate work to Hyper.

Limitations

• –Verification covers what tests and browser flows can observe: ASI Flow states that it does not prove business correctness.
• –No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification yet: ASI Flow lists SOC 2 as on its roadmap and ISO 27001 as planned.
• –Independent validation is still early: two reviews on Product Hunt so far, ASI Flow's open AppBench covers six tasks, and its Terminal-Bench 2.1 run is being published as it runs with no completion rate yet.

Pros

• ✓Multi-agent orchestration with parallel execution: run multiple agents simultaneously each implementing full features or fixing bugs in isolated contexts, with an average 87.6% cache hit rate enabling long-running tasks at lower cost than single-agent alternatives.
• ✓Universal model support with BYOK or subscription passthrough: connect OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and more via your own API keys or existing coding subscriptions, with no vendor lock-in.
• ✓Open-source AGPL-3.0 with live app previews and git workflows: full source auditable on GitHub, app preview rendering shows changes live during agent execution, and git workflow integration handles branching and commits natively.

Limitations

• –macOS-only desktop app limits cross-platform team adoption: Windows and Linux support is not yet available, which is a hard constraint for teams that do not standardize on macOS development machines.
• –No public pricing page: paid plans exist via Stripe but tier details are not publicly listed, requiring direct contact or app sign-up to understand costs before committing to a subscription.
• –AGPL-3.0 license has commercial implications: teams embedding or distributing Stagewise as part of commercial products must comply with AGPL copyleft requirements, which may require legal review before enterprise adoption.