Recurse vs Aster

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Recurse compared with Aster
Detail	Recurse	Aster
What it does	Build and deploy Agent MCP Apps	Intelligent Auto Routing
Stage	Growing	Growing
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	usage-based	usage-based
Pricing	Not given	aster-work: $0.40 input / $0.80 output per million tokens. aster-code: $0.80 input / $1.60 output per million tokens. No subscription or seat fees. Prepaid credits start at $5 with no expiry. Routing included in product rates.
Key features	Run agents with Python tools Deploy agents as MCP servers Validate structured inputs and outputs Inspect run results and artifacts Secrets management 24-hour result retention	Task-aware model routing Curated model collection
What makes it different	No subscription or idle charges for usage-based pricing Zero markup on model tokens Hosting included with deployment Available through MCP clients like Claude and Codex Full visibility into agent execution and results	Reinforcement learning router trained on real task data 97.5% lower token cost vs frontier models Same product name regardless of underlying model
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	35 no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	11	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	20	11
Referring domains (Majestic)	39	23

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